Webmaster Forum / ColdFusion / Advanced Techniques / August 2005

Is there a way to specify where the first piece of a pie chart starts/the
location of the piece?  Basically, I want it to start as if it were at 12:00 on
a clock (or 0 on a 60 second stop watch) - does that make sense?  
Thanks

I have a page where you can insert comments into a table based on a certain
order.  The problem I am having is that cflocation does not bring me back to
the page where I entered the comments.  The page is based on URL.recordID that
is passed from another page.  What is the best ...

hi, i seem to be having trouble with an application i wrote which loops over a
couple of queries resulting in the JVM server hanging. it seems that the app is
not freeing up memory as it goes along causing it to reach a size which exceeds
the allowed limit (about 750mb). the ...

I need to know how to write the MySql command to create a table with an auto
increment filed, a title field (abt 255 caracters) and a memo field(because I
need "unlimited" storage space for text)  and 8, yes/no or check box fields.  
I develop in Access and then export to a ...

If anyone here can help me out with this I would be forever grateful
I need to change the image directory path in this CFC. Currently it works
great as long as the images reside in the same folder. However, the images I
need to work with are not in this folder.

i am looking for the best combination of setting between coldfusion and an
imail server to send about 40,000 email to our customer base. i have tried many
different combinations and all seem to fail or die somewhere along the line.
what happens most of the time is that the cf ...

Trying to display a pie chart but the browser displays the typical missing
image red X becasue the path to the chart is not valid.   It is a server issue
I think, but I cannot figure out how to fix it.  I found the cached image
within the cfmx program files directory, so I know ...

I need to add a graphical calendar to my CF 5 forms.  Have looked at several
java script ones, and several from the CF Exchange.  The one I like best is
EXPERT CALENDAR, cost $25.  Anyone familiar with, or use this particular one?  
It's from this web site:  http://www.kaosweaver ...

ok I have a website and I want to make a whos online thing at the bottom. I use
sessions on my website for people who log in. ok now how would i make a whos
online application? i was thinking of somehow outputting the active sessions
pertaining to that site, is that possible at ...

I need to dynamically show the cut pattern for a piece of glass in a graphic
(or something) on a CF page.  What would be the best method to do this.  I
thought maybe dynamically producing an html table and using the border lines
but this got complicated and ugly.  Is there a ...

I have a page that is supposed to show a list of 7 days worth of events.
However if there is more than one item in the list it just repeats the very
last result over and over for the number of itmes on the list. ie. 5 dayes = 5
of the last day. I've exhausted all other avenues of ...

I want to select 5 random images from a directory of images to be displayed in
one row.
I know how to read the images from the directory:
!--- Directory to scan for images --->

I need to create a comma delimited text file from a query and some extra
default parameters, just chucked some code together to do this.  My problem is
that every variable is put on a new line of the txt file. Can somebody help
please?  CFMX 6.1

Does anyone know of a method for downloading xml or text files directly to a PC
without having to write the file on the server, has the user click on it and
have the file display in the browser ?
TIA

I have these four buttons that call vbscripts. save, close, open, delete.
I now need to create one that will generate an email including variables
produced in the output query.
Is it possible to include <cf> tags within a vbscript? What other solutions