ColdFusion

We are pleased to announce that we have released the updates for the following ColdFusion versions: ColdFusion (2018 release) Update 8 ColdFusion (2016 release) Update 14   The following are links to the tech notes for each update: ColdFusion (2018 release) Update 8 ColdFusion (2016 release) Update 14   These updates fix security vulnerabilities that are mentioned in the security bulletin,  APSB20-16.   The Docker images for these updates are also available.   Please update your ColdFusion versions today. Let us know if you face any issues while installing the updates. Your feedback is essential to further enhancing the product.   We thank you for your continuing support.

As a user of my web site drives around, her latitude/longitude changes. I would like for her to be able to click a button and have her current coordinates (which are captured through JS in a geoLocation script) passed to the query below through a form as #userLat# and #userLon#. The resultset would be displayed in a new cfml template. If I have to use the JS variables within one of the JS scopes, can I create the form using javascript and pass the variables to the query that way? Perhaps the question is as simple as, can a javascript variable be made available for use in a cfml template? And, if so, how? Sounds simple to some, I'm sure, but I've had only cursory dealings with javascript and none with Ajax. I'm hoping for a conceptual overview that can lead me to focused self-education. Your advice is welcome.~John ========================SELECT MID, AptName, round(calc_dist,2) AS DistanceFROM (     SELECT MID, AptName, sqrt(power((#userLat# - lat),2)&

I've recently inherited a Coldfusion 2018 instance. I was provided a clone of the production server which I have running as a VM on an external drive. It's also up on AWS so that others on my team can access it remotely. I can access the CF adminitrator app just fine from the local VM at the typical address (http://localhost:8500/CFIDE/administrator/index.cfm). However, on the AWS VM (which is theoretically identical), I get the default CF 500 error screen at that same address. Not seeing any errors logged, so I'm not sure what is causing it. Has anyone else run into a similar issue? I'm at a loss for how to troubleshoot without any detailed errors.

Ok, I am trying to make a PDF file ... At the end of a <cfsavecontent> within a function within a ajax .cfc template ... I added <cffileaction = "write"file = "c:\inetpub\wwwroot\webstuff\coldfusion\images\pdffile.html"output = "#invoice#">That worked fine. Then I added ... <cfhtmltopdf>source = "c:\inetpub\wwwroot\webstuff\coldfusion\images\pdffile.html"destination = "c:\inetpub\wwwroot\webstuff\coldfusion\images\pdffile.pdf"</cfhtmltopdf>The moment I run it I get a parse JSON error.  It's hosing on the cfhtmltopdf tag. I know I do not yet have a other parameters ... but what am I doing wrong to cause the JSON error? 

Recently, I have become aware of Ghostcat as a vulnerability in the Tomcat AJP protocol can be exploited to read file contents and access source code and configuration files. If the servers allow file uploads, the flaw can also be exploited to remotely execute code. Dubbed GhostCat because is has existed in Tomcat for more than a decade, the vulnerability affects Tomcat versions 6.x, 7.x, 8.x, and 9.x. Apache Tomcat has released versions 9.0.31, 8.5.51, and 7.0.100 to address the issue. Since Tomcat is embedded in ColdFusion Server, is there a plan for patching ColdFusion to account for this issue?  Is there a way to mitigate the problem until such a patch is implemented?  Is there a way to patch the Tomcat on the Server without a ColdFusion patch?   My company is currently running ColdFusion 2016.   Thank you for any suggestions you might have.

I tried to log in in Bullhorn but this error keeps on appearing.Invalid data for CFSQLTYPE CF_SQL_INTEGER.The error occurred in C:\jrun4\servers\Bullhorn_1\cfusion-ear\cfusion-war\WEB-INF\cfusion\CustomTags\BullhornPro\Tools\BHGetClientstore.cfm: line 53  

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Hello All,I am new to Adobe LiveCycle. I  need to  assemble the converted pdf files using assembler service.  I got the assembled pdf  with table of contents like below TOCHello Text ..... 3Sample Text ....5Sample PDF ... 8But i need the TOC  with number listing format TOC1. Hello Text ..... 32. Sample Text ....53. Sample PDF ... 8 Could anyone please help me on this?RegardsBagya

Hi,We are currently migrating an old CF10 server to CF2018; theres been very few problems.  A lot of the pages have the ability to export their views to xls.  When the system gets to the SpreadSheetWrite() call, a java runtime reflection exception is thrown:java.lang.reflect.InvocationTargetException It seems like java is throwing the error in such a way that CF isnt able to resume so my catch never gets triggered, so I cant get any additional information.  Haven't been able to figure out a way to catch and unwind the java error and the CF logs don't seem to have anything in them.I've tried the traditional CF catch "any" and I've tried catching "java.lang.Exception", but processing seems to end the moment SpreadSheetWrite() is called. I've also dumped the spreadsheet object prior to the write call, it appears to be properly formed in memory. I tried the same function on multiple sites within the server, they are all exhibiting the same behavior. Does anyon

How long should it take to install the lockdown tool? I have 4 websites in IIS and it has been stuck at 100% for an hour. Installing… Change permissions of IIS website: The log stopped populating and the cpu under task manger is at zero.

Hi,We have migrated from Coldfusion 10 to 2018. In the windows services I see Coldfusion 10 services and Coldfuision 2018 services running. When I stop the CF 10 services and just run the CF 2018 services the coldfusion administrator url does not work. When I run the CF 10 services the CF administration works. Do I need to run the CF 10 services? How do I make the CF administration work? Thanks.        

Hello all, QQ, with each CF Hotfix, there is also the PM hotfix.jar file that is bundled.  I see the date modified on the bundled hotfix.jar falls in date/time range for the update.  For example in hotfix 8, the PMT-hotfix\hotfix.jar has a modified date of 3/13/2020.  However, when I run the jar, the wizard notes its for PMT Update 1.   Thus, what is up and should the PMT hotfix be run as well?  If not, perhaps it should not be bundled with the CF HF 8? please advise. Bill

I just saw that CF11 is being unsupported at the end of this month.  Two tags that I see I need to replace with going to CF2018 are cftree and cfmenu.  Can someone point me to where I can find replacements for these?  thanks,Ronnie

In the installation documentation there is reference to installing CF on Unix (Other) by using ColdFusion_2018_WWEJ_java.jar but I can't seem to find that installer file.

I am helping a client update their existing ColdFusion 8 server environment to ColdFusion 2018. They currently run many (hundreds) of websites through a single instance of ColdFusion 8 Standard Edition on Windows Server. Is this model still supported by ColdFusion 2018 Standard Edition, or does this require an Enterprise Edition license to do so? Aside from all of the obvious changes to code required to make the upgrade (there will be a development and staging environment setup to test everything before the new servers go live), the client is worried that the license for Standard Edition may not cover their specific use case any longer. Can someone shed some light? I cannot find the answer here nor through the official license documentation. Perhaps I'm misinterpreting it, but it doesn't appear to touch on this specific use case.

Having issues with 2016 Update 14. I am not sure if it has something to do with the ISAPI redirect. I know in the past updates we had issues with accessing the ColdFusion Administrator using their connector port using ISS.

Resources:• Check the ColdFusion documentation to verify that you are using the correct syntax.• Search the Knowledge Base to find a solution to your problem.Browser Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 10.0; Win64; x64) AppleWebKit/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/80.0.3987.132 Safari/537.36 Edg/80.0.361.66Remote Address XXX.XXX.XXX.XXXReferrerDate/Time 20-Mar-20 12:56 PMStack Traceat cfscrImportEMail_Orders2ecfm1689115925._factor46(C:/inetpub/wwwroot/ScheduledTasks/Example_Company/scrImportEMail_Orders.cfm:162) at cfscrImportEMail_Orders2ecfm1689115925._factor48(C:/inetpub/wwwroot/ScheduledTasks/Example_Company/scrImportEMail_Orders.cfm:2) at cfscrImportEMail_Orders2ecfm1689115925.runPage(C:/inetpub/wwwroot/ScheduledTasks/Example_Company/scrImportEMail_Orders.cfm:1)coldfusion.exchange.webservice.EWSException: Could not connect to the exchange server with the credentials.at coldfusion.exchange.webservice.EWSConnection.login(EWSConnection.java:1799)at coldfusion.tagext.net.exchange.ExchangeTag.cre

We are trying to install coldfusion11 on a new server.We have updated the correct values for datasources in CF admin page , but the neodatasource.xml is not getting updated. Could you please suggest the path forward here?

Hi, I logged in to CF admin with my username and was able to create the DSN using admin account and password.  However, I need to login as admin to grant access for other user and can't use that same admin account.  What should I do? Thanks

Since Coldfusion version 3, I work with Access datasources for information systems built with CF.Access datasource does still work with Coldfusion version 11.Then , with Coldfusion version 16,after days ans days of trials, CF16 cannot create Access datasource anymore !So , will next version of Coldfusion will be back with this historical functionnality ?All my work is based on this.Stays with CF11 for the moment.Thanks for any comment.I have never seen a new software version abandonning an historical and great functionnality.Pierre.

Hello,   We are using Oracle 12c and ColdFusion 2018.     I am trying to make the index.cfm page the default page instead of default.cfm page as default and this is not working on our Dev server, it worked correctly on our test server, both Dev and test are on Windows 2019 servers. ThanksIQ

All, I've been tasked to create a simple SMS system that we can use in office to keep in real-time contact with those working from home.  Any ideas/suggestions? I don't think we need/want anything that would require maintaining a connection.  Heck, the boss even suggested using polling to update communications (although I kind of balk at that idea.)  Although if maintaining a connection (having a state vs stateless) is easier/better, I'd be all about it. V/r, ^  _ ^

Hello, Is it possible to migrate or import a CF site built in CF 8 directly into CF 2018. I have limited experience with CF and need some guidence. I have installed yeh trial version of CF 2018 and need to make sure I will have the same functionality with the site on the new platform. I have been attempting this but have not had sucess. My trial has 19 days left. Is there a possible extension for this trial so I can test further? Thank you, Robert

Hello,    I have installed ColdFusion 2018 Enterprise edition on Windows 2019 server.I have configured the ColdFusion Admin for server settings successfully and also installed an application which is running successfully on our Windows 2016 server, however on this new server I am not able to run the application , I get an error , Please let me know how to fix this error. ThanksIQ "HTTP Error 500.0 - Internal Server Error The page cannot be displayed because an internal server error has occurred.Most likely causes:IIS received the request; however, an internal error occurred during the processing of the request. The root cause of this error depends on which module handles the request and what was happening in the worker process when this error occurred.IIS was not able to access the web.config file for the Web site or application. This can occur if the NTFS permissions are set incorrectly.IIS was not able to process configuration for the Web site or application.The a

I am trying to connect to azure-mysql-db from non-azure vm but getting below error - - It's being allowed through firewall, I checked the logs but refusing by database. Error -Connection verification failed for data source: mydatasourcejava.sql.SQLException: Access denied for user 'mydatasource'@'12.11.156.5' (using password: YES)The root cause was that: java.sql.SQLException: Access denied for user 'mydatasource'@'12.11.156.5' (using password: YES). Can anyone please help me with this.