Webmaster Forum / ColdFusion / Advanced Techniques / February 2005

Does anyone know if there is a way to display the actual contents of a Word
document inside a coldfusion page? I have a page that I want to display an
image of a person and a biography that is stored in Word format.
Any help will be GRAETLY appreciated.

     I am getting a Query of Queries runtime error when I try to do a QoQ on
query which has a column with the clob datatype. The original query is
basically querying a database table which has a column whose datatype is CLOB.
And when I try to do query that original query ...

I have two select boxes and i want the information from what is selected in those boxes to query the database and fill a third select box (all on the same page)  Is this possible?

Guys Im trying to use a regexp, which is located in an XML document, on the
results from a CFHTTP request. I know the regexp works as it has been tested
but I keep getting 0 returned: Here is my code:  <cffile action='read'
    file='C:\CFusionMX\wwwroot\Project\template.xml' ...

Hello all-  I've been using CF for about 5 years, and I have successfully
avoided using Regular Expressions up to this point.  But I think the time has
finally come for me to learn how to use them...  I have a database with
information about people, including phone numbers.  In ...

All of the cfgrid query examples I see do not include a WHERE clause. I
would like to know if it is possible to include one and how do you pass in
an argument via the url.address. for example. Or possibly and alternative
method of passing a value to the query?

I was wondering how to copy an entire folder structure with sub folders and
files, then rename the main folder.  I have used the cfdirectory to 'rename'
the directory, but that's only after I manually coppied or FTP the folder
structure.  I want to use cf to both copy the folder ...

Hi,  I have an application that uses CFC's extensively. I have one function
that puts user info into a database and then redirects them to a page. Before
redirecting them, though, I have another CFC that scores my database that I
want  to run.  Currently, the system is setup for ...

I'm trying to create a form that displays different variations of text input
fields as a function of radio button choices. Example: if a user selects
"Sphere" for the shape, the form displays only the text input field "Diameter".
Selecting "Cylinder" would produce "Diameter" and ...

Hi im trying to use the benifits of query of queries, but cannot get it to
work...Im calling a cffunction inside a cfc (mx) from flash.mx here is my code:
    Thanx in advance
<cffunction name="getmodel" access="remote" returnType="query">  

Hello All,  My life long persuit of true dynamic queries continues, and as
usual, I hit another snag.  I am try to create a dynamic search page where the
admin would create the fields or dropdowns for the user to select. For this
example, we'll say a dropdown for month (01, 02, ...

I was wondering if anyone had any ideas or suggestions on how I can password
protect a link that references a pdf file.
I would like to set it up so that a page will show all the links to the file,
when the link is clicked, there would be a validation to see if user is logged

Hi I am using the dateAdd function to display records that where a payment is
due within the next two weeks, I would then like to set a field in that record
to 'Unpaid' The code works for the first record that is in the recordset but
for some reason i can't get it to loop through ...

I have a listing of questions, each followed by radio buttons.  How do I create the page so that the user can click select all, and they will all be selected.  I am using CFMX 6.1 on WinXPPro.  

Is it possible to trigger the click event of a button, like in javascript, on the onchange/onblur event of another form element???
Also, Is it possible to change the visibility of a button???