About ColdFusion Documentation

ColdFusion documentation is designed to provide support for ColdFusion developers and ColdFusion Server administrators. 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, and Linux

Advanced ColdFusion 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 ColdFusion Server 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

Book	Description
Installing and Configuring ColdFusion Server	Describes system installation and basic configuration for Windows NT, Windows 2000, Solaris, and Linux
Advanced ColdFusion 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 ColdFusion Server 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

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/cfdocs/dochome.htm.

ColdFusion documentation in Acrobat format is available on the ColdFusion product CD-ROM and for download from the ColdFusion web site: http://www.coldfusion.com.

ColdFusion Studio documentation

ColdFusion Studio contains a wide range of online assistance, including a complete collection of ColdFusion documentation. To view ColdFusion online documentation from within ColdFusion Studio, click the Help resource tab. You will see an expandable list of documents about ColdFusion Server and ColdFusion Studio, as well as other information that relates to Web programming:

ColdFusion Studio online documentation is searchable and you can bookmark individual pages. For more information about using the ColdFusion Studio interface, see the ColdFusion Studio documentation set.

Advanced ColdFusion Administration
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