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About ColdFusion Documentation

The documentation set is designed to provide support for all components of the ColdFusion development system. Both the print and online versions are organized to allow you to quickly locate the information you need.

Documentation set

The documentation set contains:

Getting Started with ColdFusion -- Covers system installation and basic configuration, describes the components of the ColdFusion development system, and introduces the ColdFusion Markup Language (CFML).

Administering ColdFusion Server -- Describes configuration options for maximizing performance, managing data sources, setting security levels, and a range of development and site management tasks.

Developing Web Applications with ColdFusion -- Presents the fundamentals of ColdFusion application development and deployment, including data sources, user interfaces, and Web technologies. The development tools in ColdFusion Studio are covered in detail.

Advanced ColdFusion Development -- Gives an overview of CFML elements such as functions, expressions, arrays, scripting, and XML data exchange. Also discusses custom tags, CF API tags, integrating object technologies, and site management.

CFML Language Reference -- Provides the complete syntax, with example code, of all CFML elements.

Quick Reference Card -- An online (Acrobat) guide to CFML.

Documentation distribution

The ColdFusion CD-ROM contains the complete document set. The setup program installs the document set by default.

The print manuals are available in Adobe Acrobat (PDF) format from the dochome.htm page in the /cfdocs directory of your Web root. If the files are not available locally, you get them from our Web site at http://www.allaire.com/products/COLDFUSION/Documentation.cfm.

You can also access the documentation in HTML from both of these locations.

Reading online documentation

You can open the online documents in a number of ways:

Documentation conventions

When reading, please be aware of these formatting cues:


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