Webmaster Forum / ColdFusion / Advanced Techniques / February 2008

I'm looking into migrating a CF 8 server from Windows to Unix.  I see in the
documentation for CreateObject that com objects are not supported on Unix,
"Note: On UNIX, this function does not support COM objects."
Obviously, this won't work on Unix: Note:

I'm trying to get my NT username to automatically display, and ultimately,
avoid duplicate login screens for each app.  I just want to return the
username, without the user having to do anything.  Is this possible?
Thanks.

When I call my test webservice, it seems coldfusion/axis addes an extra
"return" node to the reponse. Is there any way to get rid of it? Any insight to
why?
Here is an example of a webservice with a method of "test":

I am having a problem with CFCHART. My code attached seems to be produce
nothing but a blank flash object.  Even if I add an xAxisTitle or yAxisTitle I
still have a blank canvas. I have seen the data in cfdump and it is correct, so
I am stumped. Can anyone see something I am ...

I got a XML Request format.....
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<Root>
<Action>AddData</Action>

I've been using the java POI built into coldfusion (CFMX7) to read excel files.
I can read 93-2003 files fine but I can't read Excel 2007 files.  Is there a
way to update the apache POI that is built into coldfusion so that it can read
Excel 2007 files?

I am trying to figure out a way to markup text results that have a search term
in it (see: Google, Yahoo, etc). The problem I'm having with the replacenocase
function is that the original text loses its case...which I don't want.
For example...

I have a form in CF8 where a user selects a client, fills out a form, and then
uses CFThread to process the submitted data, while the user can go on to the
next client and fill out another form, etc.
I am trying to do something like this in CF4.5 where I incorporate the

I need to set a session variable in <CFSCRIPT> and also standalone Javascript
file.
The <CFSCRIPT> statement looks like this:
config.baseUrl = "/images/#session.name#/";

Is there any possibility to view the directory structure of the CF Server
using CF Tags?
E.g. When you are creating a MS Access datasource, it allows you to Browse to
the required directory on the CF Server.

I am thinking of saving some html data in application scope say navigation bar
using
<cfsavecontent variable="xyz"><table><tr>......Lot of html
code.....</tr></table></cfsavecontent>

We are creating subsites by creating new subdirectories and using a separate
application.cfm and include files.
www.mysite.com/subsite1
www.mysite.com/subsite2

I'm having some trouble with .Net Integration. I have a .Net class that has one
function that takes a 3 parameters. It works fine from .Net. However, when I
try from ColdFusion, it can instantiate the object just fine (cfdump dumps the
object functions with the correct data types ...

This code will not work if you have Hot Fix 2 installed.
Data table to query object ? 3792 rows with 5 columns ~~about 12-13 Seconds
BACKGROUND:  We are using .NET to call all appropriate data into ADO DataSets
to ensure our ability to persist data even if the database is taken ...

I have a big application written in ASP/CF. In this application,  I added a
link to my small application in CF.  Both apps are on the same server but
separate websites.  I liked to use the user admin functionality that is
available in the big application into my small apps.  ...