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ColdFusion 8 by Adobe is the most significant release of ColdFusion since its inception ten years ago. Still the fastest, easiest way to build and deploy powerful Internet applications, ColdFusion 8 introduces powerful, new services for creating integrated business reports, dynamic generation of PDF documents, rich Flash and XForms generation, and deep integration and productivity tools for building RIAs with Abobe® Flex™ 3.
This release will lower development costs and provide highly visible value to end users. Used alone or in conjunction with J2EE or .NET solutions, ColdFusion 8 solves new classes of problems while reducing development time and costs.
• Web developers can use ColdFusion 8 to easily design and generate high-quality, structured business reports and populate them dynamically in the context of web applications.
• ColdFusion 8 can save development time and project costs by creating rich forms displayed in Flash in minutes, which can be re-skinned across applications through XML forms, using just a few ColdFusion tags.
• ColdFusion 8 enables the creation of a new applications accessible through SMS text-messaging on mobile devices.
• Web developers can build their own gateway using ColdFusion 8’s new Event Gateway extensible architecture to create applications that interface with Instant Messaging clients like Lotus Sametime or using XMPP (the emerging IM standard).
• Server Monitor see exactly what's happening in your application to help identify bottlenecks and tune the server for better performance. ColdFusion 8 also features a Multiserver Monitor to gain insight on all servers in a cluster.
• PDF features ColdFusion 8 applications can dynamically generate and interact with PDF documents and forms for a printable, portable way to intelligently capture and share information.
• Ajax features ColdFusion 8 can easily provide data to existing Ajax applications and frameworks. You can use simple tags to access a large library of prebuilt Ajax user interface components such as rich text editors, data grids, tree controls, tab navigators, and more.
• .NET integration with ColdFusion 8, you can specify any .NET object — either local or remote — and use it in your ColdFusion application, just like any Java™ or other object resource.
• Microsoft Exchange Server integration Programmatically interact with a Microsoft Exchange server to perform common tasks such as reading, creating, and modifying calendar events, contacts, tasks, and e-mail.
• Interactive debugger ColdFusion 8 introduces an Eclipse™ plug-in debugger. Use it to set breakpoints, watch variables, and step through code, making it easier to debug all your application code
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