ColdFusion Standard 9.0 (PC/Mac)

Rapidly develop enterprise-ready Internet applications while spending less time writing code with Adobe ColdFusion 9. Designed to meet the robust needs of professional developers, Adobe ColdFusion 9 enables users to condense complex business logic into fewer lines of code, making it faster and simpler to build the compelling applications the modern web user demands. Plus, unique integration between ColdFusion and the Adobe Flash Platform provides the easiest solution for building rich Internet applications (RIAs) from client to server.

• Develop and manage a range of applications quickly and easily
• Rapidly build rich interfaces for new and existing ColdFusion applications
• Integrate ColdFusion applications with enterprise technologies

New and enhanced features of Adobe ColdFusion 9

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--Benefit from 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. Use the ORM Application Wizard in ColdFusion Builder to generate ColdFusion components (CFCs) to save time and manage database logic and connectivity without writing a single line of SQL code.

Microsoft Office SharePoint integration--Use data from Microsoft Office SharePoint web services with a ColdFusion application using the new CFSHAREPOINT tag. The single sign-on capability in SharePoint also allows you to display a ColdFusion application as a web part within a SharePoint site, without requiring users to re-enter 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 and 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 using 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. 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, defining ColdFusion component as a portlet. This includes support for Java™ Portlet Specifications JSR 168 and JSR 286.

Other top features of Adobe ColdFusion 9

Server Monitor--Improve usability through greater visibility into internal application performance. By providing information about the server--including requests, queries, memory usage and errors--the Server Monitor and Multiserver Monitor allow you to troubleshoot and fine-tune applications in development and production. Set alerts and other actions to help prevent memory problems, slow pages or other performance issues.

Application-specific settings--Build more secure applications by separating application resources on the same ColdFusion server, setting ColdFusion mappings and custom tag paths on a per-application basis.

Multi-threading--Improve application performance through more granular control of application threads. The CFTHREAD tag allows you to create, end, join together or temporarily suspend the processing of specific ColdFusion threads.

Presentations on demand--Keep online presentations current with the latest available data. Create high-quality, on-demand presentations and eLearning courses with animation, audio and video dynamically generated on the server.

User-based Administrator and RDS access--Improve application security by restricting access to the ColdFusion server, creating multiple ColdFusion Administrator and Remote Development Services (RDS) accounts with individual permissions.

.NET and Microsoft Exchange Server integration--Build hub applications for all enterprise resources and personnel, leveraging . either local or remote .NET objects or Exchange Server functionality within your ColdFusion application with easy-to-use tags.

• Easily create and read Atom and RSS feeds with less code
• Easily access and manipulate ZIP and JAR files with less code
• Improve performance with CFML file manipulation functions
• Strong encryption libraries for improved application security
• Leverage common JavaScript operators within CFML expressions

Adobe ColdFusion v.9.0 software enables developers to rapidly build enterprise-ready Internet applications by condensing complex business logic into fewer lines of code. Plus, unique integration between ColdFusion and the Adobe Flash Platform provides the easiest solution for building rich Internet applications (RIAs) from client to server.