Webmaster Forum / ColdFusion / Advanced Techniques / October 2004

I'm extending a CF application Scarecrow did for me.
It is a quote e-mailer that will send out different quotes of different types
at different times:
My MS Access db assigns 365 quotes for each type:

I am having constant problems with CF 4.5 haning.  THe server log file is
loaded with the below errors all timed just prior to the service hanging.  
Macormedia doesn't have any good support in their database for these types of
errors.  Any help would be greatly appreciated.

I have set the tabindex property for all the fields in the form, so that the
user can just tab between fields as they are doing data entry. But how do I get
the cursor to start in the beginning field? Right now the user has to click in
that field. Is there an event I can tap into ...

Suppose I wanted a user to transfer to a page that would then open a PDF, and
when the PDF was closed, then run a powerpoint presentation, etc. without the
user having to click on a link to invoke each of these.
Any idea how to do this?  

We have a global error handler that we want to use for both CF5 and CFMX.  The
error handler accesses some of the ServiceFactory objects, which to knowledge
are only  available in MX.  I put a <cfif > block around that code that will
check the server version.  However, it appears ...

Please send me an email to daaa@rockmail.com.  
Thanks.
Don

I am sure that this has been covered before, but I am unable to find it, so I
apologize for the re-post.  Additionally, this is probably a JavaScript
functionality that I am looking for, but here goes anyway.
I am looking for a select list/listbox that when the user types in a ...

I'm trying to build a dinamic .doc document using through COM Objects and VBA
scripting.
I experience an error when i try to access the collections needed to do a
bulleted list in a word document:

I need some advice on the best way to configure our CFC directories and manage
code so that developers can work on different MVC layers at the same time.
Right now all of our CFM files are under the devroot directory.  All of our
CFCs are in a parallel directory called cfcroot.

I've searched the forums and the web but I can't find anything that validates
an age, with someones date of birth, on an action page.  I have a form with a
date of birth text field that is required in the following format: mm/dd/yyyy
I would like to verify that an applicant is 18 ...

Does any one know how to switch between records in coldfusion.For example:
I have a form field(select box-one record at a time) that contains some
people's names. And I have some other fields that will contain the peoples info
such title,phone ext, address,etc. Whoever is ...

I am able to successfully use cffile to upload images and other kinds of
documents to a folder outside the website root, but how do I then reference
that document or image in a web page for the web user to see or make a link for
a PDF or DOC download from the secure location. Is ...

Has anyone had a message, similar to the one below, to show up in the log files
under mail.log?
Failed to send the spooled mail file, C:\CFusion\Mail\spool\3A2.cfmail. SMTP
server replied "Requested action not taken: mailbox name not allowed or chunk

I created a routine will extract filtered records from one table and insert  
them in another table.  But first it must check to see if the file exists so it
doesnt create a duplicate.   Basically what I want it to do is:
(a) If the file does not exist,  create it

I recently migrated my site upto coldfusion MX from Cold Fusion 5. The site
uses a cookie based shopping cart that lets users purchase products and
stores them in a cookie. Recently some users have complained about products
dropping from their cart. They add the product to their ...