Adobe ColdFusion 9 Web Application Construction Kit: Advanced Application Development, Volume 3

Cover......Page 1
Contents......Page 13
Introduction......Page 25
Part 5 Creating Functions, Tags, and Components......Page 29
  Thinking About Extending Cfml......Page 31
  Building Your First Udf......Page 32
  Creating Libraries of Related Udfs......Page 41
  Creating General-Purpose Udfs......Page 46
  Sharing Udf Libraries With Others......Page 49
  Introducing Cfml Custom Tags......Page 51
  How to Use Custom Tags......Page 52
  Writing Custom Tags That Display Information......Page 56
  Custom Tags That Process Data......Page 62
  Additional Custom Tag Topics......Page 68
  Working With ......Page 69
  Advanced Custom Tags......Page 70
  Paired Custom Tags......Page 71
  Nested Custom Tags......Page 76
  Where to Go From Here......Page 77
  Review of Coldfusion Components......Page 79
  Simple Cfcs......Page 82
  Introspection and Hints......Page 90
  Accessing a Cfc Via a Url......Page 93
  Type Checking in Components......Page 95
  Components That Hold Instance Data......Page 96
  Working With Inheritance......Page 112
  Defining Interfaces......Page 115
  Implementing Security......Page 116
  Using the Onmissingmethod Method......Page 119
  Distributed Cfcs and Serialization......Page 120
Part 6 Coldfusion Configuration and Performance......Page 123
  The Coldfusion Administrator......Page 125
  Server Settings......Page 126
  Data and Services......Page 146
  Debugging and Logging......Page 148
  Server Monitoring......Page 154
  Extensions......Page 155
  Event Gateways......Page 157
  Security......Page 158
  Packaging and Deployment......Page 160
 Chapter 26 Managing Threads......Page 161
  Using the  Tag......Page 162
  Accessing Thread Data......Page 166
  Monitoring and Administering Threads......Page 172
  Best Practices......Page 177
  Options in the Coldfusion Administrator......Page 179
  Improving Query Performance With Caching......Page 180
  Caching Page Output......Page 187
Part 7 Integrating With Coldfusion......Page 201
  Using Cfpdf......Page 203
  Using Ddx......Page 224
  Working With Pdf Forms......Page 236
  Creating Pdf Files From Microsoft Office Documents......Page 244
  Introducing ......Page 249
  Manipulating Images With ......Page 251
  Exploring Other Coldfusion Image Manipulation Techniques......Page 263
  Creating and Drawing Images With Coldfusion......Page 265
  In Summary......Page 269
  Ajax-Based Layout Controls......Page 271
  Dynamically Populating Ajax Controls......Page 291
  Working With ......Page 299
  Working With Json......Page 302
  Special Considerations With Coldfusion Ajax Applications......Page 304
  Debugging Ajax......Page 306
  Security Options......Page 307
  Understanding the Relationship Between Coldfusion and Flex......Page 309
  Coldfusion-Powered Flex......Page 312
  Data Translation......Page 314
  Calling the Server (Rpc)......Page 318
  Coldfusion Flex Services......Page 321
  Data Messaging......Page 322
  Data Management......Page 323
  Coldfusion and Flex Configuration Settings......Page 324
  Debugging......Page 327
  Configuring Flash Builder for Flash Remoting......Page 331
  Flash Remoting Application......Page 332
  Data Management Application......Page 339
  Messaging Application......Page 346
  Conclusion......Page 349
  Comparison With Lcds Data Management......Page 351
  Configuring the Flash Builder Project......Page 352
  Building the Coldfusion Service Cfc......Page 353
  Building the Value Objects......Page 356
  Initializing Syncmanager......Page 357
  Loading Data......Page 359
  Editing and Saving Data......Page 360
  Managing Conflicts......Page 361
  Presenting ......Page 363
  Embedding Content......Page 368
  Styling Your Presentation......Page 369
  Adding Presenters......Page 371
  Saving Your Presentation......Page 373
  Converting From Powerpoint......Page 374
  Getting to Know Solr......Page 377
  Creating a Search Tool for Your Documents......Page 378
  Indexing Sql Data......Page 387
  Improving Search Results......Page 398
  Maintaining Collections......Page 402
  Administering Collections With ......Page 403
  Coldfusion Event Scheduling Concepts......Page 407
  Coldfusion Scheduling Versus Other Kinds of Scheduling......Page 408
  Creating, Modifying, and Deleting Scheduled Tasks......Page 409
  Scheduling Application Examples......Page 417
Part 8 Advanced Coldfusion Development......Page 423
  Why Use Stored Procedures?......Page 425
  Calling Stored Procedures From Coldfusion Templates......Page 426
  Welcome to Orm......Page 443
  Getting Started With Orm......Page 444
  Working With Persistent Cfcs......Page 445
  Hibernate and Sessions......Page 459
  Working With Relationships......Page 460
  Searching With Orm......Page 476
  Lazy Is Good!......Page 480
  Digging Deeper Into Hibernate......Page 481
  Introducing Regular Expressions......Page 483
  Regex Support in Coldfusion......Page 486
  Using Regular Expressions in Coldfusion......Page 487
  Using a Regex Testing Page......Page 500
  Crafting Your Own Regular Expressions......Page 501
  A New Era in Cfml Scripting......Page 515
  What Is ?......Page 516
  Implementing Cfcs in Script......Page 519
  Replacing Tags With Script......Page 520
  Defining Functions in Script......Page 533
  Exception Handling in Script......Page 535
  Common Problems and Solutions......Page 536
  Conclusion......Page 538
  Xml Document Structure......Page 539
  Reading and Creating Xml Documents......Page 542
  Using Special Characters in Xml......Page 549
  Xml Namespaces......Page 551
  Validating Xml......Page 554
  More Xml Resources......Page 558
  Understanding Xpath......Page 559
  Transforming Xml Into Content By Using Xslt......Page 564
  More Xpath and Xslt Resources......Page 583
  Why Go Global?......Page 602
  What Is Globalization?......Page 603
  Going Global......Page 604
  Better G11N Practices......Page 641
  What Is An Exception?......Page 648
  Introducing  and ......Page 649
  Basic Exception Handling......Page 650
  Understanding What Caused the Error......Page 654
  Writing Templates That Work Around Errors......Page 657
  Writing Templates That Recover From Errors......Page 660
  Deciding Not to Handle An Exception......Page 665
  Using ......Page 666
  Throwing and Catching Your Own Errors......Page 669
  Handling Exceptions With Scripting......Page 671
 Chapter 45 Using the Debugger......Page 672
  Overview......Page 673
  Configuring Coldfusion and the Debugger......Page 674
  Using the Debugger......Page 681
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