The Allaire Cold Fusion Connector comes with three types of component: Page, Site and Publish.
Page The page component toolbars used to access the Allaire Cold Fusion Connector are displayed from the Page view by selecting the View menu, then selecting the View Toolbars option, and then selecting the Components
option. There are two Cold Fusion toolbars. Detailed information about each page component is available in the tables below.
Site
The Data Entry Wizard is accessed from the Site view by selecting the File menu, and then selecting the Run Site Component option.
Publish The Cold Fusion Publish component is selected from the Publish view by clicking on the Settings button, then selecting the Components tab, and then selecting the check box for the Cold Fusion Publish component.
IMPORTANT:
The Cold Fusion Publish component MUST be selected prior to publishing or staging your site. If the Cold Fusion Publish component is not selected, errors will occur when you view your Cold Fusion pages from a browser.
Page Components Fusion2Fusion components are grouped into two toolbars.
- Cold Fusion Forms: Cold Fusion Form tags and dynamic form elements
- Cold Fusion: Non-form elements.
The Cold Fusion toolbar contains the Nonvisual Component Manager. This component is used to manage components that do not have a visual representation in NetObjects. These components correspond to the Cold Fusion tags
bearing the same names.
Cold Fusion Form Toolbar
Component |
Description |
Dynamic Text Field
|
Provides a text field based on a query. |
Dynamic Text Area
|
Provides a text area based on a query. |
File Form Field
|
Provides a file input form field. |
CFSelect
|
Provides a dynamically generated dropdown or list box based on a query. Based on CFSelect tag. |
CFSlider
|
Provides a slider control based on the CFSlider tag. |
CFInput Text
|
An enhanced text field. Based on the CFInput tag. |
Cold Fusion Toolbar
Component |
Description |
Nonvisual Component Manager
|
Component used to manage nonvisual components. |
Browser Based Help |
Displays help. |
Verity Site Search
|
A Verity based site search utility for your NetObjects site. |
Dynamic Text
|
Displays dynamic text based on a query or other variable. |
Dynamic List
|
Displays dynamic HTML list based on a query or other variable. |
Dynamic Table
|
Displays dynamic HTML table based on a query or other variable. |
CFModule
|
Includes a CFModule in current page. |
CFReport
|
Includes a Crystal Report in current page |
CFInclude
|
Includes a Cold Fusion template in current page. |
Nonvisual Components
Nonvisual components correspond to the Cold Fusion tag bearing the same name.
Component |
Description |
CFQuery
|
Executes a SQL statement. |
CFInsert
|
Inserts a record into an ODBC data source based on a form. |
CFUpdate
|
Updates a record in an ODBC data source based on a form. |
CFIndex
|
Corresponds to the CFIndex tag. |
CFSearch
|
Corresponds to the CFSearch tag. |
CFMail
|
Sends e-mail based on a form or query. |
CFFile
|
Performs file operations on the server. |
CFLocation
|
Redirects user to another page. |
CFApplication
|
Used for session state and client state management. |
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