Webmaster Forum / ColdFusion / Advanced Techniques / February 2008

I have built a CFFORM using the Accordion Flash layout and I woudl like it if I
could run a javascript command on that page when each accordion form group
header is clicked.
I can get links contained in that form group to run commands, but the ideal

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 have an excel File that has some formatting in it that I would like to
preserve (some cells have background color, etc).   I'd like to remove a list
of email addresses from this file.  My first thought is to use cffile with
action read, use the following in a cfloop: ...

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 ...