About ColdFusion Documentation

ColdFusion documentation is designed to provide support for the complete spectrum of participants. The print and online versions are organized to allow you to quickly locate the information that you need. The ColdFusion online documentation is provided in HTML and Adobe Acrobat formats.

Printed and online documentation set

The ColdFusion documentation set consists of the following titles.

Book

Description

Installing and Configuring ColdFusion Server
Describes system installation and basic configuration for Windows NT, Windows 2000, Solaris, Linux, and HP-UX

Advanced ColdFusion Server Administration
Describes how to connect your data sources to the ColdFusion Server, configure security for your applications, and how to use ClusterCATS to manage scalability, clustering, and load-balancing for your site

Developing ColdFusion Applications
Describes on how to develop your dynamic Web applications, including retrieving and updating your data, using structures, and forms.

CFML Reference
The online-only ColdFusion Reference provides descriptions, syntax, usage, and code examples for all ColdFusion tags, functions, and variables.

CFML Quick Reference
A brief guide that shows the syntax of ColdFusion tags, functions, and variables

Using ColdFusion Studio
Describes how to use ColdFusion Studio to build, test, and deploy Web content, including using the built-in editor for a variety of scripting and markup languages

Book	Description
Installing and Configuring ColdFusion Server	Describes system installation and basic configuration for Windows NT, Windows 2000, Solaris, Linux, and HP-UX
Advanced ColdFusion Server Administration	Describes how to connect your data sources to the ColdFusion Server, configure security for your applications, and how to use ClusterCATS to manage scalability, clustering, and load-balancing for your site
Developing ColdFusion Applications	Describes on how to develop your dynamic Web applications, including retrieving and updating your data, using structures, and forms.
CFML Reference	The online-only ColdFusion Reference provides descriptions, syntax, usage, and code examples for all ColdFusion tags, functions, and variables.
CFML Quick Reference	A brief guide that shows the syntax of ColdFusion tags, functions, and variables
Using ColdFusion Studio	Describes how to use ColdFusion Studio to build, test, and deploy Web content, including using the built-in editor for a variety of scripting and markup languages

Viewing online documentation

All ColdFusion documentation is available online in HTML and Adobe Acrobat PDF formats. To view the HTML documentation, open the following URL on the Web server running ColdFusion: http://localhost/coldfusion/docs/dochome.htm.

To view and print ColdFusion documentation in Acrobat format, open the following URL on the Web server running ColdFusion: http://localhost/coldfusion/docs/AcrobatDocs/index.htm.

Printing ColdFusion documentation

The PDF files offer excellent print output. You can print an entire book or individual sections.

Locate the ColdFusion PDF files by opening the following URL on the host system: http://localhost/coldfusion/docs/AcrobatDocs/index.htm

LiveDocs comments are not longer enabled for ColdFusion 5.0. Please use one of the following resources instead.

Version 5.0

Developing ColdFusion Applications
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