Difference between revisions of "ColdFusion FAQs"

Revision as of 20:20, 25 November 2012

Do you support cfform?

Yes, this is supported.

Do you support ColdFusion Report Builder

The ColdFusion Report Builder uses RDS for the Query Builder. We have RDS disabled for security purposes as recommended by Adobe / Macromedia.

We suggest downloading the developer edition of ColdFusion and Report builder, installing locally. Build the reports with the local development environment and upload the ColdFusion Report Files (CFR files) to our servers. Specify the path to your pre-built report files from within the cfreport tag which is NOT disabled.

Do you support Custom Tags with your ColdFusion Hosting?

We do support custom tags, but not all .cfx custom tags, which may require additional server installs of .dll's, etc. If it is a commercially available tag, we'll consider installing it.

Standard .cfm custom tags, yes.

Custom Tag directories for your site can be created through the site's Application.cfc file as shown in the ColdFusion Tips & Tricks wiki.

Do you support the tags CFFILE, CFDIRECTORY and CFOBJECT?

Yes, these are supported.

Do you support Scheduled Tasks for Coldfusion?

Yes, ColdFusion Scheduled Tasks are supported.

To setup a schedule task in ColdFusion, you can use the CFSCHEDULE tag to create the scheduled task the first time. The ColdFusion Tips & Tricks wiki shows how to use the CFSCHEDULE tag.

Do you support the CFX_IMAGE tag?

Yes, the CFX_Image tag is supported on our 32-bit ColdFusion servers. Efflaire's cfx_imagecr3 is also installed, and it is available to both 32-bit and 64-bit servers.

Do you support the CFX_Google api for ColdFusion?

Do you support the CFCONTENT tag?

Do you support CF Shopkart?

Do you support Flash Remoting?

Yes, this is automatically enabled for all sites on our ColdFusion servers.

Please use http://domainname.com/flex2gateway/ or http://domainname.com/flashservices/gateway/ as the gateway URL for your application.
(replacing domainname.com with your actual domain)

Do your ColdFusion servers support Verity and SOLR?

Yes, both Verity and SOLR are supported on ColdFusion versions 7-9. Verity is not available in ColdFusion 10.

Are any ColdFusion tags restricted?

Currently, we disable the following ColdFusion features on our shared hosting accounts:

• Access To Internal ColdFusion Java Components*
• CFExecute
• CFRegistry
• Remote Development Services (RDS)

If you are experiencing any difficulty with another ColdFusion tag or feature, please contact our customer support.

*Prevents CFML code from accessing and creating Java objects that are part of the internal ColdFusion implementation. This prevents a non-authenticated CFML template from reading or modifying administration and configuration information for this server. Adobe suggests these tags be disabled for production servers.

Can I use CFExecute?

No, that tag is disabled.

Is the CFMAIL tag enabled?

Yes, the CFMAIL tag is enabled on all of our ColdFusion servers. See the cfmail wiki for details on how to use it in our environment.

Is CFX_JpegResize allowed on your ColdFusion servers?

Yes, this is installed and allowed on our 32-bit ColdFusion servers.

Will you deploy my (CAR) file from the Coldfusion Administrator?

We will not deploy it that way, as that is a default method that wouldn't benefit you on our shared servers. Instead, please deploy your application through FTP and create the datasource (DSN) through your control panel at wcp.hostek.com. Please see the WCP DataSources wiki for instructions on how to create a datasource.

Note: If you have a VPS or Dedicated server at Hostek.com, you can deploy your application how you wish. Please see our VPS Plans page for more info on our VPS options, and our Virtual Dedicated Plans page for details on our virtual dedicated servers.

Can I use J2EE Session Variables?

Yes, we are now supporting J2EE Session Variables.

With ColdFusion, how can I see the real error, while the visitor sees a page without the error?

How do I install Mura (previously known as Sava) CMS on your servers?

How do I enable the CFCHART tag?

This is already enabled on all new accounts, but if CFCHART does not work on your site please do the following:

• Create a folder named CFIDE off of the root level.
• Create a blank file (0 bytes) named GraphData.cfm
• Create a directory called main off of CFIDE
• Navigate to the new directory at CFIDE/main
• Create a blank file (0 bytes) named ide.cfm

The CFCHART tag should now work.

What do I set as the "Destination" attribute for cffile?

How can I limit the tools available using the cftextarea FCKEditor toolbar?

There are two variations of the toolbar which can be specified in the <cftextarea> tag. If the toolbar attribute is un-specified, the toolbar set is "Default". If specified, you can use either "Default" or "Basic" this is case sensitive. See the tag options here for more information: cftextarea docs

The Using the rich text editor article from Adobe has more info on its usage.