Webmaster Forum / ColdFusion / Advanced Techniques / April 2006

Does anyone know a better way to get the status of a gateway instance?  
GetGatewayInstanceStatus(gatewayid) will return true if a instance is starting
AND running, and false if stopped or failed... in my opinion it should only be
true if its running & functional.  But in either ...

I am creating a PDF file with CFHTTP (a third party tool is creating it) I need
to know when the file which is located in the same folder is done creating.
Normally it doesn't take but 3-4 seconds and then I use CFLOCATION is direct
the user to the PDF file. Sometimes though it ...

I'd like to add a forum to one of my web portals, is there a "out of the box" type of coldfusion application that I can add to my portal?
Thanks!
James

Is there a way to pass a queryname as a variable to a cfloop? Here's the code I
am working with:
    <cfloop query="qindustry">
        <cfset Output_Code = "#Output_Code# <input type=""checkbox""

Is there a layout control that helps you put information in multiple columns?  
For instance, I'm trying come up with a directory type of structure we may
start with 30 links and end up with 50 down the road. I don't want to display
all of these links in one row. I want to the ...

Does anyone know how to deploy mvc framework from server standpoint?. I have
all my business logic as cfcs but I want to move them to different server so
that my cfm code is in one server and my cfcs are in another. Has anyone done
this or point me in the right direction?.

Hi, I am having all kinds of trouble controlling this code when it comes to
placing it in a table.  I have tried CSS and it doesn't help either.  I have
tried nested tables but it seems to have a mind of its own when I try to place
it on a page.  I hope someone can help me ...

I am trying to use a thrid-party WSDL system from a CFMX 7.01 installation on
Windows 2003.  A request to a simple (i.e. no parameters) method returns good
data:
CFML:

Well, i use an Application.cfm to secure pdf files access in a web site.
I've modifed wwwroot/WEB-INF/web.xml file to declare :
    <servlet-mapping>
        <servlet-name>CfmServlet</servlet-name>

I am attempting to allow a user to save the contents of a table created with a
cfquery into an Excel spreadsheet.  Using <cfcontent>  I am able to create the
spreadsheet fine, but the formatting is not right.  Some of it is and some of
it is not.  The bold on the header line ...

is there an easy way to create a same page tabbed interface in dmx & CF. I used layers in the past and toggled the visability but it started to get totally unworkable and too complex.

I'm trying to output a document in pdf format using cfdocument.   However, the
page never finishes.  I eventually have to close the page manually.  
My code is as follows:
Does anyone have any ideas as to what might be wrong?

CF 7, SQL Server 2005
I will try and explain this as clearly as possible, let me know if I failed
and I will attempt to clear it up.
The application keeps track of orders as they go through phases of production.

I would like to create on my page  a search result that will show ten results
then, allow the user to search an additional ten and so on. Also, show "next
ten results" and "previous results" as navigation buttons on the bottom of
page.  Thanks.:confused;

I've used the cf_ThreeSelectsRelated custom control and I'm having a problem. I
need to use three of the cf_ThreeSelectsRelated controls on one form and it
doesn't work. Has anyone had and solved this problem?
Thanks!