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Adobe ColdFusion makes it easy to produce Internet applications. Write fewer lines of code and use a range of included features - including XML support, charting and graphing, AJAX and integration with Flash, Office and PDF - to speed up development and reduce production time and coding errors. ColdFusion is scalable enough to run small business Web applications to large, clustered, data-heavy enterprise applications and comes in two editions - Standard and Enterprise - to meet your budget and requirements.

ColdFusion 9 introduces a range of new features including updated Object-Relational Mapping (ORM), improved Office, SharePoint and Flash integration and new AJAX controls including mapping, a multimedia player, multifile upload and more.

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New Features

Top New Features

Office file interoperability

Easily generate office documents for reporting, decision making, and presentations. Read, create, and update spreadsheets using the new CFSPREADSHEET tag. Programmatically generate PDF files from Microsoft PowerPoint and Word files. Dynamically produce presentations in HTML or SWF from PowerPoint presentations directly on the server.

Tight integration with ColdFusion Builder

Leverage the power of Adobe ColdFusion Builder software, a highly customisable, Eclipse based IDE that enables developers to build ColdFusion applications faster than ever before.

Object-relational mapping

Build database-independent applications using object-relational mapping (ORM) based on the open source Hibernate library. Save time and manage database logic and connectivity without writing any SQL. Use the ORM Application Wizard in ColdFusion Builder to generate ColdFusion components (CFCs) for logic and connectivity without writing a single line of code.

Microsoft Office SharePoint integration

Expose data from Microsoft Office SharePoint web services to a ColdFusion application with the new CFSHAREPOINT tag. Additionally, use the single sign-on capability in SharePoint to display a ColdFusion application as a web part within a SharePoint site without requiring users to reenter their credentials.

Enhanced Adobe Flash Platform integration

Take advantage of faster Flash Remoting to increase application performance. Use ColdFusion as a Service to speed up RIA development by easily accessing many existing enterprise services via AMF without writing a single line of CFML.

ColdFusion as a Service

Leverage the power of ColdFusion enterprise services via AMF or SOAP without writing a single line of CFML. These services include CFCHART, CFDOCUMENT, CFIMAGE, CFMAIL, CFPDF, and CFPOP. Additionally, make your application more secure by sandboxing these services to prevent access by unknown applications.

Adobe AIR local/remote database synchronisation

Offer users applications with online/offline capability featuring reliable data management. Using SQLLite in the client and ORM on the server, ColdFusion 9 manages conflict resolution and data synchronisation between the client and server when your application comes back online.

New Ajax controls

Build more compelling and intuitive applications with a broader set of Ajax controls that leverage the new Ext JS 3.0 library via CFML tags and attributes. New controls include mapping, multimedia player, multifile upload, accordion navigation, progress indicator, confirmations, alerts, buttons, and sliders.

Server Manager

Save time by simultaneously performing administrative tasks across multiple servers from one central console. You can create data sources, schedule tasks, apply hot fixes, clear caches, and compare settings across a cluster of ColdFusion servers.

Built-in support for portlet standards

Expose virtually all enterprise applications, including ColdFusion applications, in one integrated portal. ColdFusion 9 allows you to define a ColdFusion component as a portlet. This includes support for Java Portlet Specifications JSR 168 and JSR 286.

Features

General ColdFusion Features

Application Development

• AJAX Framework and AJAX UI components
• Object-relational mapping (ORM) for database abstraction
• Advanced caching with ehcahce
• Adobe LiveCycle Data Services ES integration
• Image manipulation
• RSS and Atom feed creation and manipulation
• Dreamweaver and Eclipse extensions with Eclipse based debugging
• ZIP and JAR manipulation
• Adobe Flash based forms and Flash Remoting support
• Embedded full-text search engines
• Charting and graphing
• XML Support, including SOAP and REST for Web Services
• File manipulation
• Dynamic e-mail support
• Application events and ColdFusion components

Information Management

• .NET assembly support, COM connectivity, JDBC and OBDC support
• Support for POP, IMAP and Exchange (only partial support for Exchange in Standard edition)
• Sharepoint integration
• Active Directory and LDAP support
• FTP and SFTP support

Server Management

• Web based server administration with an administrator API
• Desktop based Server Manager
• Compiled application deployment

Document Services - Enterprise Feature Router - Partial Support in Standard Edition

• PDF form processing and PDF document manipulation
• Server side printing
• PowerPoint integration
• PDF conversion from Word, PowerPoint, HTML
• Excel integration
• Adobe FlashPaper generation

Protocol Support - Enterprise Feature Router - Partial Support in Standard Edition

• Data management service and data services messaging
• Support for enterprise IM gateways - Sametime and XMPP
• Asynchronous CFML gateway
• SMS gateway
• JMS gateway
• TCP/IP socket gateway
• Directory watcher gateway

Please note, some features run through the Enterprise Feature Router. These features will run in the Standard Edition. However, all features running through the EFR will be limited to one shared simultaneous request.

Editions

Standard Edition

Ideal for delivering a robust website or application on a single server, ColdFusion 9 Standard provides powerful development capabilities in an easy-to-manage configuration.

Enterprise Edition

The solution for delivering high-performing websites and applications in a clustered or virtualised environment, ColdFusion 9 Enterprise provides all the capabilities of ColdFusion Standard plus additional features for creating enterprise-ready applications.

Enterprise only features include server monitoring tools, clustering support, enterprise database drivers, advanced protocol support, enhanced document support and more.

Developer Edition

Free edition of ColdFusion, for local development only. Cannot be used in production.