Webmaster Forum / ColdFusion / Advanced Techniques / February 2005

How can I combine two arrays in cfscript to form one multidimensional array?
For example, I have two arrays:
firstarray[1]=fred;
firstarray[2]=jim;

I'm using XSL to transform my XML. In my XSL I want to display an image using
the <img> tag. I can not figure how to get the image to display. The code makes
the image missing icon be  displayed. When I do a right click|Properties on the
image icon I see: Thumbnail, or I get an ...

I am creating an article datebase and I would like to limit the amount of text
seen based on login. I am calling the articles in .txt form using cfinclude.  
Is it possible to just pull the first 300 characters of a text or html file.  
This will give a guest just a glimpse of the ...

Does anyone know if there are any examples of creating a MX 7 gateway to
VSAM files on a mainframe?  Thanks for any info.
...Brad

How can I pass a javascript variable to coldfusion before submitting a form ?
Basically, I need to know the value of a drop down box selection, and based on
that value, when the user clicks submit, I launch a one of 2 possible pages.

I have the following type of data in a page and I need to be able to pull each
and every CN value without the CN or anything behind it.
CN=CompStaff,OU=MyOU,DC=MyDC,DC=com,
Is there a way to do this in CF 4.5? I know we are behind times but we are

I'm heavily into developing reports with the new report writer as a convert
from Crystal Reports.  I'd like to report any bugs/problems I find with the
tool but I'm at a loss as to whom I should send these items.
So far I love the report writer.  It really is a breath of fresh ...

We are using ColdFusion 5 and ColdFusion MX 6.1 in production use where 5 are
the main server and version 6.1 are used for very specific events.  Anyways we
use client variables to manage are state and login information.  We are
noticing that once 6.1 uses the variables it ...

hi all..
i want to generate pdf files with cfdocument in cf7
it works fine with my local web server.
but while trying it live it throws following error..

Two methods (that I am interested in) to pass variables into a custom tag are

tag  To me there doesn't appear to be any advantage of one method over the
other (in terms of speed, memory, availability) ...

We have an issue in which we are trying to come up with the best solution to a
problem.  The problem is that we have up to 10,000 records that need to be
displayed in such a manner that they can be grouped and sub grouped much like a
file system, but with the ability to easily ...

Hello all,   I have to deploy an application on a server at a hosting company
that is known for stealing CF applications from their client?s sites and then
repurposing them into new products to sell to other customers.  Pretty slimy
stuff.  Is there some way I can securely ...

I created variables in javascript and would like to have them available to me
in cold fusion code.  Does anyone know how I can do this? In the accompaning
code I retrieved data from one frame into another using javascript.  I then
want to use that data as a datasource in the ...

I'm using CFMX 7 on SUSE LES 8.
when I specify cfform format="flash", the form doesn't render.
it seems to create a transparent block to whater size i specify.
Even when using examples from Forta's Intro to CFMX 7 and this article

this code works for every month BUT December. What's the problem please HELP  
THX
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