Groundbreaking New Capabilities
Generate structured business reports.
Easily design and generate high-quality, repeating group, structured business reports and populate them dynamically in the context of web applications.
Build rich, high-quality forms.
Create rich Flash forms in minutes using just a few ColdFusion tags. Re-skin forms and reports easily across applications.
Create printable web content.
Dynamically transform web content into high-quality printable, portable documents in PDF or FlashPaper 2 formats using a single tag.
Develop new classes of applications.
Move beyond HTTP and create groundbreaking, new interfaces to mobile phones using SMS text messaging, IM using XMPP (the emerging IM standard), and other Internet protocols.
Develop faster with Dreamweaver MX 2004.
Become more productive by using the new ColdFusion Extensions for Dreamweaver MX to build applications rapidly.
Achieve new levels of high availability.
Use the ColdFusion Enterprise Manager to create individual instances of ColdFusion, isolating individual applications and administration. Administer ColdFusion programmatically using new Admin APIs.
Deploy on J2EE faster.
Package an application and the ColdFusion runtime into a single Java archive (EAR or WAR) for fast, easy deployment on leading J2EE servers.
Protect source code investments.
Compile CFM files into Java bytecode to distribute and execute without the visible source CFM files being present.
Search with new power.
Boost searching with the latest Verity technology, enabling highlighted search terms, searching within a results set, spelling suggestions, and hierarchical category searching.
Render rich charting.
Produce clean, crisp charts and graphs with over 200 different modifiable attributes to control animation, colors, labels, and more. Include charts and graphs within dynamic business reports.
Get Productive Fast, Build Powerful Applications
Speed up the development process with intuitive, rapid server scripting.
ColdFusion is the easiest and fastest development environment to learn and become productive with. Rapidly build and deploy applications in record time.
Add powerful capabilities easily with integrated application services.
Easily add common, powerful features including full-text searching, charting and graphing, rich forms generation, structured report generation, printable web content, high-performance e-mail generation, and Flash integration—all using powerful, native ColdFusion application services.
Integrate with a broad range of enterprise systems.
Connect to enterprise databases using type-4 wire-speed drivers; access Java, COM, and CORBA objects; access .NET via web services; and easily access JSP, Servlets, or EJBs.
Deploy flexibly.
Deploy ColdFusion on Windows, Linux, or Unix. Leverage the power of J2EE by deploying on leading J2EE platforms, including IBM WebSphere, BEA WebLogic, SunONE, or Macromedia JRun.
Generate structured business reports.
Use integrated business reporting to provide high-quality, structured reports otherwise possible only with expensive, third-party reporting products. Users have access to important business data in easy-to-understand formats.
Develop new classes of applications with SMS and IM gateways.
Use the extensible gateway architecture in ColdFusion MX 7 to build new classes of applications accessed through mobile phones using SMS text messaging, Lotus Sametime Instant Messaging, and XMPP Jabber IM.
Increase productivity with advanced development capabilities.
Use ColdFusion components to separate business logic from the presentation tier and easily create web services. Integrated session management, incremental page delivery, and JSP, Servlet, and EJB support are only the beginning of the advanced features available.
Deploy high-performance applications.
Standards-based J2EE architecture leverages the power of the J2EE platform. In addition, page compilation, database connection pooling, and data caching make ColdFusion a high-performing, scalable solution.
Proven globally.
ColdFusion is a mature, proven technology that tens of thousands of companies have adopted successfully around the world.
Macromedia ColdFusion MX is available in two product editions to accommodate your Internet application deployment needs: ColdFusion MX 7 Standard Edition and ColdFusion MX 7 Enterprise Edition. ColdFusion MX 7 features vary by product edition and operating system.
Product Line Overview
The ColdFusion MX 7 product line is available for purchase in two editions—Standard or Enterprise—and includes the entire infrastructure necessary to run ColdFusion applications.
ColdFusion MX 7 Enterprise Edition
ColdFusion MX 7 Enterprise is the solution for delivering multiple websites and applications on one or more servers, or on existing J2EE application server installations. It features all the capabilities of ColdFusion MX 7 Standard, plus special features for managing multi-application environments enabling highly scalable, reliable implementations of your important business applications.
Enterprise Manager
Easily configure and manage multiple, isolated applications or application clusters on a single physical server using the all-new Enterprise Manager.
High-Performance, Multithreaded Architecture
Get more flexible configuration options for e-mail, full-text search, and other features utilizing the high-performance multithreaded architecture.
Macromedia JRun Included
Create hybrid applications that combine ColdFusion pages with back-end logic written in Java by leveraging the award-winning Macromedia J2EE-compliant application server.
J2EE Server Deployment
Use ColdFusion with other enterprise-class systems and databases, and deploy ColdFusion applications as standard J2EE EAR/WAR files on leading J2EE application servers such as WebSphere or WebLogic.
Event Gateways
Build new classes of applications that connect to mobile devices and instant messaging clients with the included SMS, XMPP, and Lotus Sametime gateways—or build your own gateway to interact with other networked protocols.
Asynchronous Applications
Use the CFML asynchronous gateway to create multithreaded applications.
Enterprise-Class Databases Support
Connect to the leading enterprise-class databases using high-performance, wire-speed drivers.
Deploy on Enterprise Operating Systems
Deploy ColdFusion on Solaris or AIX operating systems.
Server Sandbox Security
Secure shared hosting environments with directory-based access control for tags, functions, data sources, and IP addresses.
Application Deployment Services
Effortlessly package, migrate, or archive applications and settings from within the ColdFusion administrator.
Sourceless Deployment
Deploy applications as Java bytecode to help protect intellectual property.
High-Performance Reporting and Document Generation
Generate structured business reports and documents for multiple users, realizing the high performance from the multithreaded report and document generation architecture
ColdFusion MX 7 Standard Edition
ColdFusion MX 7 Standard is the solution for delivering a powerful website or application on a single server. It features all the RAD development capabilities of ColdFusion, powerful new features such as PDF and FlashPaper document generation, rich flash forms, structured business reporting, and more—all in an easy-to-manage configuration that is ideal for small to medium-sized businesses.
ColdFusion MX 7 Developer Edition
ColdFusion MX 7 Developer is a free, fully functional version of ColdFusion for local development of applications that will be deployed on either Standard or Enterprise servers. In addition to localhost, access to applications running on a Developer Edition server is now possible from two client machines, making team development even easier.
Windows
ColdFusion Product Editions:
- Enterprise
- Standard
- Developer
Processor: Intel Pentium II processor or higher
Operating System:
- Microsoft Windows 2003 Web Edition, Standard Edition, Enterprise Edition
- Microsoft Windows 2000 Advanced Server, Datacenter Server, Server (SP3 or higher)
- Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional SP3 or higher - ~1
- Microsoft Windows XP Professional, XP Home - ~1
Memory: 512 MB RAM
Hard Disk Space: 500 MB
Linux
ColdFusion Product Editions:
- Enterprise
- Standard
- Developer
Processor Intel Pentium II processor or higher
Operating System
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS & ES 2.1 or 3.0
- SuSE Linux Enterprise Server 8.x
- TurboLinux 8 Server (Japanese only)
Memory: 512 MB RAM
Hard Disk Space: 500 MB
UNIX
ColdFusion Product Editions:
Processor
- SPARC
- PA-RISC 1.1 or 2.0
- POWER/3 processor
Operating System
- Sun Solaris 8, 9, or 10
- IBM AIX 5L 5.1 - ~2
- Apple Mac OS X 10.3 - ~1
Memory: 512 MB RAM
Hard Disk Space: 500 MB
Supported Application Servers
Macromedia JRun 4 (Updater 4 and higher)
IBM WebSphere Application Server – Express, Version 5.1
IBM WebSphere Application Server, Version 4, 5.0, 5.0.2, 5.1, 6.0
IBM WebSphere Application Server – Network Deployment, Version 5.0, 5.0.2, 5.1 Non-Clustered, Single Server Only - ~3
IBM WebSphere Application Server for Developers 5.0
BEA WebLogic Server 7, 8.1
Java Virtual Machine
ColdFusion MX 7 was tested and certified with Sun JDK 1.4.2_06.
~1 For development purposes only.
~2 AIX support for WebSphere application server only.
~3 Vertical and horizontal clustering not supported. Use of the Network Deployment console for deployment of ColdFusion applications is also not supported.