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Hello,I am trying to install the developer version of CF16 on an OSX machine. The basic install finishes successfully, but upon launching the administrator I get the usual Import Configuration form. When I submit this form which asks for the admin pword, I get this error:coldfusion.security.SecurityManager$UnauthenticatedCredentialsExceptionat coldfusion.security.SecurityManager.getAdminHash(SecurityManager.java:2298)at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:62)at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:43)at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:498)at coldfusion.runtime.StructBean.invoke(StructBean.java:508)at coldfusion.runtime.CfJspPage._invoke(CfJspPage.java:3168)at coldfusion.runtime.CfJspPage._invoke(CfJspPage.java:3068)at cfApplication2ecfm1451348368$funcLOGINUSER.runFunction(/CFIDE/administrator/Application.cfm:530)at coldfusion.runti

I saw the post about everyone's favorite ColdFusion IDE and I believe I've tried them all and can't really pick a favorite but I do like the features in CF builder.  I wanted to know if there were any other good IDEs besides CFEclipse that can connect to Team Foundation Server (TFS)?

Hi. Is anyone aware of any configuration file or -D argument for Performance management suite which can be set to enable the Monitoring->Basic->Enable Monitoring and Monitoring->Basic->Enable CF Admin Monitoring?Currently I use the silent install for CF 2018 + CF 2018 PMS to install and configure them but without this flag being set PMS doesnt show any metrics.   I think this flag appears that its stored in elasticsearch.ThanksNeil

We have been checking code for a total upgrade from MX 7 on Sever 2008.  The migration is to Coldfusion 2016 on MS Server 2016 (IIS 10).One issue that sticks out, (among many) is a possible code issue where a page link or submit button hangs in Google Chrome but not on MS Explorer or Firefox.If we transition around the site, clicking links, immediately in Chrome the link connections work as expected.  If we let the Chrome browser sit still on a page for a couple minutes, and then click a link, it hangs without resolving.  The click-through works if double-clicked.All other browsers used have no issues, just Chrome.  We use a mix of PC's running Win7, Win 10 with same results.

We recently put our CF 2016 and MS Server 2016 online for production.  While checking for self-induced errors, several external checking tools show that our site is not configured for http/2.   Redirects for http to https are in place as are the proper SSL certs. No errors discovered there.Local tests, suggested on internet posts, do show we are configured to serve http/2 and log files show the same.  However, looking at our jakarta redirect urls on the IIS logs may indicate that http/2 are being converted to http/1.  The Tomcat log shows, virtually, every query as http/1.Is there anything that I am missing on either IIS 10 or CF 2016 settings? 

After installing Update 14 in CF11 CF administrator page (or any .cfm content) is unreachable.  When trying to reach administrator at http://127.0.0.1/CFIDE/administrator/index.cfm the server reports a 400 error.I inherited this server and the current task from a previous Sys Admin who is no longer with us.  From everything I've read in the forums, it is configured incorrectly, in that the Web Server Configuration tool shows Configured Web Servers:All...plus the sub-sites individually...Which appears to be redundant.So, I used the wsconfig tool (ran as admin) to remove then add the sites [(did not include All), also, to further muddy the waters, we have SiteMinder installed (.net)]When I load the CFIDE Administrator page, I can successfully login to SiteMinder, then I receive a "400" error from CF "the webpage cannot be found"However, somehow, despite the odd configuration, the server works fine under Update 13...it also works fine under Update 14 if I remove/rename the IIS w

I am trying to add a barcode font (free 3 of 9) using the administrator's Font Management page. What I end up with is this:Notice that the Font Family, Font Face  etc are all called 'New'. The problem is that the font can't be displayed in a PDF document (works fine in a normal page). There doesn't appear to be a way to edit Font Family etc.I'm trying this with ColdFusion 2016  update 6 on Windows 2012 R2. We do not have this problem with our ColdFusion 9/Windows 2003 system. On that system the font shows up like this in the Font Management Page (not sure why there are two of them):and the font displays fine in PDFs:Any suggestions as to what might be wrong or how to fix it?ThanksBob

Hi Everyone,Has anyone heard about CFFiddle, which be announced in CFSummit 2016?I can't see any update around. Any clue?

I've been reading a lot about object oriented programming (OOP) and domain driven design (DDD) over the past few months.  I've also been trying to wrap my head around how I can implement OOP coding styles into my daily CFML application development.  Most of the time you'll see OOP/DDD applied towards solving rather complex problems, which makes sense in terms of using it for production purposes.  However, when trying to learn a concept sometimes it makes sense to take something simple and make it a little more complicated in order to learn.  In other words, I need to learn how to walk before I can run.What I've done is set up a simple model for a user registration system that will be used on a web site.  I'm sure we've all built tons of these things - a user visits a web site where they are asked to enter their name, email address, password, etc...  My goal was to take what I've learned about OOP so far and apply it to a scenario like this.In my reading ab

Has this been asked before - but how does the CF2018 port 9101 application find local servers to begin profiling? I am on Windows Server 2016 running both CF2016 and beta CF2018. Thanks - Phil

I have deployed the cfusion.ear file that got created during the ColdFusion 2016 install.  I'm trying to get to ColdFusion admin and I'm receiving the exception below.  Has anyone ran into this.  I have tried running the hotfix, but still get same error.Operating System:  Windows 64bit[2/5/18 9:37:11:675 CST] 000000a0 webapp        E com.ibm.ws.webcontainer.webapp.WebApp logServletError SRVE0293E: [Servlet Error]-[CfmServlet]: javax.servlet.ServletException: ROOT CAUSE: coldfusion.server.ServiceFactory$ServiceNotAvailableException: The Monitoring service is not available.at coldfusion.server.ServiceFactory.getMonitoringService(ServiceFactory.java:223)at coldfusion.CfmServlet.service(CfmServlet.java:199)at coldfusion.bootstrap.BootstrapServlet.service(BootstrapServlet.java:89)at com.ibm.ws.webcontainer.servlet.ServletWrapper.service(ServletWrapper.java:1233)at com.ibm.ws.webcontainer.servlet.ServletWrapper.handleRequest(ServletWrapp

I am new to coldfusion and need some "schooling" on this matter.  I  installed Coldfusion2016 as a .war file (cfusion.war, a JEE install option) in the webapps folder in apache tomcat 9.x directory.  It created a cfusion folder and under the cfusion folder I have: cf_scripts, CFIDE, META-INF, WEB-INF folder and a crossdomain.xml file.  I can access the administrator file, or go the administrator website of coldfusion, using "localhost/cfusion/CFIDE/administrator" My question is when I want to create a coldfusion project or put a coldfusion file to run in the server, where do i put the files.  Do I put it in the apache tomcat webapps folder, cfusion directory or CFIDE directory folder?  Which is my root folder where I should be placing my coldfusion stuff?  Where is the webapps folder for the coldfusion2016 install in apache tomcat server?

Hi,Is it possible to have an internal website built on ColdFusion 11 be accessible on mobile devices for use outside of the firm's network?  Security is leading us to a road where we have to replicate the existing website on a different folder to be accessed externally.  Is there another option where only 1 set of code is maintained for both internal (desktop) and external (mobile) access?  I'd also like to use Active Directory for authentication.Thanks.Wendy

Based on my reading, the Repository pattern is frequently used to create an abstraction layer between an application's business logic/entities and the data/persistence layers (i.e. the database).  However, most of the examples I've seen online on how to implement these patterns are in C#, Java, or other languages.  Additionally, they always seem to be using some type of ORM like Entity Framework.[caption width="543" align="alignnone"] How a repository works. Credit: Microsoft[/caption] I'd like to learn more about the Repository pattern and evaluate how I can utilize them in my OOP CFML app development.  I'd also like to see examples of how a repository might be used in CFML without an ORM.  I wonder if I would need to create my own "data mapping object" which would help translate my entities into the individual data points before sending them off to my DAO's for persistence.  Does anyone have any experience with this subject and/or hav

We have a scheduled task that runs periodically to "harvest" emails out of an Exchange inbox.  It has run well for quite a while.  Recently we're getting this error:microsoft.exchange.webservices.data.Appointment cannot be cast to microsoft.exchange.webservices.data.EmailMessageThe error appears to be getting generated within the CFExchangemail tag, itself.  Our guess is that something in the inbox is cast as an Appointment rather than mail but in looking directly at the Inbox on exchange we see nothing amiss.  We've cleared out the whole inbox and calendar of this account but the error continues.This appears to only affect the Inbox.  I can query other folders using CFExchange with no problems.Any ideas?Here's the tag call where the error occurs (nothing special):<cfexchangemail    action = "get"    name = "FindAccountMail"    connection = "cxn">    <cfexchangefilter name="Folder" value="Inbo

When I send  a request similar to this. https://localhost/notexsistent.jsp. The response headers sent is:-HTTP/1.1 404 /notexsistent.jspDate: Thu, 03 May 2018 08:52:13 GMTServer: ApacheCache-Control: publicExpires: Thu, 03 May 2018 08:52:13 GMTContent-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8The unresolved path appended after status code 404 is creating HTTP Splitting attack vector.A request like this https://localhost/ss/%0Asomevalue:somevalue/notexsistent.jspresponse is:-HTTP/1.1 404 /ss/somevalue:somevalue/aaa.jspDate: Thu, 03 May 2018 08:57:25 GMTServer: ApacheCache-Control: publicExpires: Thu, 03 May 2018 08:57:25 GMTContent-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Thus injecting into response header. I am stuck as i am unaware of internal workings of Coldfusion.

In the CF administrator, I go to "Java and JVM" and then hit "Browse Server" -- on 2 of my CF servers it lists the directories of that server, but on 2 other servers it comes up blank. Anyone know the reason for this? (I am aware I can edit the java config file for this path, but would like to resolve the browse function). Thanks in advance. Image below is the blank screen, which normally has all the drives listed on the server).

Hi All,We're CF9 Enterprise Running on Unix - inside tomcat containers.I'm trying to see how the jvm.config file is set - but can only find outdated or not relevant articles on the subject.* while the CF Administrator settings page doesn't say so ... I'm assuming I'm working with a multiserver instance, as the option to edit the JVM is not in the administrator. so can't find the location of the jvm config from there* searching the VM that holds the tomcat containers for 'jvm.config' results in nothing.  No file on the system with that name.reading many other posts on this, it seems that "it depends" is the consistent answer in forums as to where the jvm.config file is.As I didn't set this environment up, and its not the standard install of CF with the installer ... I'm not sure where to look.1. Can CF9 operate without a jvm.config file?2. where is the file? how can I find the file?3. Ihere is no C:/coldfusion9/cfusion/ directory - > how can I determine the "runtime" directory w

Hello,Another issue has popped up on our migration to 2016 -  when viewing the application.cfm log in CF administrator, any entries from the log with an application name do not show up.  They are in the log file itself, but don't show up.  I've tested this by setting application name="" and creating an error.The other thing worth mentioning is this may very well have been the case for CF10 as well - however in CF 10 the log never wrote the application name in the log file.  Looking at old files it is always "" even though the application.cfm file has been that way for years.Thanks,ChrisChris Cosart | Senior Developer/AnalystCenter for Community College Student EngagementProgram in Higher Education LeadershipDepartment of Educational Leadership and PolicyCollege of EducationThe University of Texas at Austin

We are upgrading a server from CF11 to CF2016.  The server runs fine all day up until we do some night database processing.  When this occurs we start getting errors like this:Table foreign_address_formats defined for cfc hrPortal.foreign_address_formats does not existI have confirmed these tables do not get dropped.  Once the DB nightly processing is completed the cf server recovers and the errors go away.In our old CF11 instance we never encountered any issue like this at all.  This is an orm enabled datasource.  And the configuration between cf11 and cf2016 is exactly the same.Any ideas on this would be appreciated. - Alex

Hello, all,Quick question:  I have noticed that CreateUUID() creates a UUID that is ALL-CAPS.  Wouldn't there be more UUIDs if they were in miXeD-cAse?V/r,^ _ ^

Good Day,Currently we are using Cold Fusion 11 in our environment. What is the End-Of-Life date for this version?Thanks,

Some readers may know that CFDOCUMENT has long had a default behavior that if you had an img src (or similar html tag) that pointed to a local file, CF would under the covers turn that into an HTTP call to get the image, which could cause performance or even functionality problems. And CF8 added a new optional attribute to change that behavior: LocalURL.  (See my blog post from 2011 for more on that: http://www.carehart.org/blog/client/index.cfm/2011/11/19/perf_fix_via_cfdocument_localurl_attribute.)Sadly, it seems that the new CFHTMLtoPDF (added in CF11) works the same way (I've confirmed by viewing web server logs showing it creating URLs to get images via the web server), and yet it does NOT offer that LocalURL attribute to change that behavior.Has anyone else encountered or solved this?  I have done a lot of searching about it, to no avail.I did find that the underlying WKHTML kit does itself offer a --enable-local-file-access option, but it's only for use with

Hello everyone,    I'm a first semester CF guy and this is new to me so please bear with me.  I need to build a mini app that will perform simple to moderate calculations for a larger app I am building. I want my user to be able to go to a form and pick a conversion type, enter a number and and get a result based on what he/she enters.  For example, say it's 72 degrees Fahrenheit.  User pops in 72 and gets a result in Celsius.  I know how to create a form and the variable for it.  I even have the conversion formulas.  I can get the result to the action page, but that's where I get stuck.  How do I take the data that my user has inputted and multiply it by my formula and spit out the result at the same time?  I want to try to make it as lean as possible and I know it can be done a lot easier than some of the full-blow apps that I have seen out there that do the same type thing on a much grander scale.  Just need something quick

I'm using CF11 Standard and need to use websockets. Do i need to upgrade to the Enterprise version to do this?