An Adobe AIR application that brings the ColdFusion 8 documentation to your desktop that is surprising small, easy to use, extremely fast, and built using the Ext JavaScript library.
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Read MoreHave you ever wanted to know if a request is coming from an Ajax call or from a standard GET/POST from the browser when using the ColdFusion 8 Ajax functionality?
Read MoreIn case you haven’t already checked it out, be sure to have a look at the applications available for download at the Adobe AIR Marketplace on Adobe Exchange. What is the Adobe AIR Marketplace? According the FAQ:
Read MoreAdobe AIR Marketplace is a place where AIR developers can publish their Adobe AIR applications for users to download. You can find the Adobe AIR Marketplace at www.adobe.com/go/marketplace.
HistoryTabs.js is a Prototype class to make tabbed navigation with history management simple. Designed for simplicity and convenient Ajax navigation using a tabbed interface that maintains the state of the browser’s back and forward buttons.
Interested? Read more and download HistoryTabs.
Read MoreI will be giving a brief presentation at the local ColdFusion User Group meeting tomorrow on my Ext.CFC that implements the basic features of ColdFusion 8’s <CFGRID> and associated tags. After releasing the inital CFC I began working on upgrading to the implementation to using the latest Ext 2.x - which required some minor changes. I have also completed the basic implementation of an editable grid, but want to finish the rest of the form controls available. So, here is the Ext.CFC upgraded to Ext 2.x with grouping ability.
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Read MoreAdobe wants to pick your brain. They have released two surveys to gather information from the CF community on the future release of ColdFusion.
Read MoreAs I am sure you have probably already heard, the official AIR 1.0 was released, along with an update to the Ext JS framework to work with the AIR application sandbox.
Read MoreI wanted to learn what Adobe AIR was all about, so I created an AIR application with the ColdFusion 8 documentation that utilizes the Ext 2.x library. The application allows you to easily view and search the ColdFusion 8 documentation. Best of all, no need to be online - everything is stored locally in the sqlite database - so it runs extremely fast. There are still a couple of minor bugs, and I am hoping to make some future improvements to the application, so be sure to check back.
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