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A few weeks ago my CF MX 6 (yes I know - I hope to upgrade to at least 10 in January) app quit being able to send emails.  I looked in the log files for those tasks that did not send emails and found the following message.  "An exception occurred when setting up mail server parameters.  This exception was caused by coldfusion.mail.mailSessionException...".  I restarted the CF server because in the past that seems to remedy issues that have worked for years and quit working for some whatever reason.  I got into the CF Administrator after the restart to look at my mail settings, and got this error message "Unable to retrieve mail settings.  The selected method getServer was not found ...".  Now the Mail Server box is empty and when I try to enter my mail server name and save my update I get the "Unable to retrieve mail settings.  The selected method getServer was not found ..." message again.   Does anyone know how to fix this?

Hello all,I am very new to ColdFusion and am trying to create an instance of an assembly. Here is the two different paths I have tried so far:*Note* Calculator is the name of the assembly/namespace and Calc is the class inside of the assembly.<cfobject type="dotnet" name="calcInstance" class="Calculator.Calc" assembly="C:\ColdFusion2016\cfusion\wwwroot\WEB-INF\cfclasses\dotNetProxy\Calculator.dll">and<cfscript>  calculatorInstance = CreateObject(".NET", "Calculator.Calc", "C:\ColdFusion2016\cfusion\wwwroot\WEB-INF\cfclasses\dotNetProxy\Calculator.dll");  myVar = calculatorInstance.addition(1, 1);</cfscript>Both return "The error occurred in C:/inetpub/wwwroot/Test/index.cfm: line"There's no specific error that is given, just tells me that there was an error. I have JNBDotNetSide.exe running. I'm really not sure what I'm doing wrong. Does anyone have any suggestions on what to do?

HelloI'm running ColdFusion 11 (11,0,06,295053) in a SLESS 12 with Apache 2.4.10I found my logs full of messages like that:application.log:     "Error","scheduler-2","11/26/15","09:46:51",,""     "Error","scheduler-2","11/26/15","09:46:51",,""     "Error","scheduler-2","11/26/15","09:46:51",,""     "Error","scheduler-2","11/26/15","09:46:51",,""     "Error","scheduler-2","11/26/15","09:46:51",,""     "Error","scheduler-2","11/26/15","09:46:51",,""     "Error","scheduler-2","11/26/15","09:46:51",,""     "Error","scheduler-2","11/26/15","09:46:51",,""     "Error","scheduler-2","11/26/15","09:46:51",,""     "Error","scheduler-2","11/26/15","09:46:51",,""     "Error","scheduler-2","11/26/15","09:46:51",,""     "Error","scheduler-2","11/26/15","09:46:51",

Hi,We are using <cfdocument> tag to generate ~50 pages pdf with styled text only (no images).Sometimes the library unexpectedly stop working and the pdf generation hangs forever.We are forced to restart ColdFusion to make it working properly again.Can you suggest us a way to debug the underlying java library (icebrowser,iText) to collect some useful information about the circumstances that causes the problem?Some additional server data:SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 on VMwareServer Details   Server Product ColdFusion Version 11,0,09,299201 Edition Enterprise   Operating System UNIX   OS Version 3.12.28-4-default   Update Level /opt/coldfusion11/cfusion/lib/updates/chf11000009.jar   Adobe Driver Version 5.1.3 (Build 000094)   JVM Details   Java Version 1.8.0_25   Java Vendor Oracle Corporation  

Anyone run into a problem with calls to CFINDEX after having applied HotFix 21?  I'm getting the following stack after the hotfix (looks like during the indexing of a Word or Excel file):java.lang.NoSuchMethodError: org.openxmlformats.schemas.wordprocessingml.x2006.main.CTFFData.getCheckBoxList()Ljava/util/List; at org.apache.poi.xwpf.usermodel.XWPFRun.text(XWPFRun.java:1001) at org.apache.poi.xwpf.usermodel.XWPFRun.toString(XWPFRun.java:971) at org.apache.poi.xwpf.usermodel.XWPFParagraph.getText(XWPFParagraph.java:215) at org.apache.poi.xwpf.usermodel.XWPFTable.<init>(XWPFTable.java:117) at org.apache.poi.xwpf.usermodel.XWPFDocument.onDocumentRead(XWPFDocument.java:152) at org.apache.poi.POIXMLDocument.load(POIXMLDocument.java:166) at org.apache.poi.xwpf.usermodel.XWPFDocument.<init>(XWPFDocument.java:118) at org.apache.poi.xwpf.extractor.XWPFWordExtractor.<init>(XWPFWordExtractor.java:59) at coldfusion.tagext.search.MSDocument.readDocx(MSDocument.java:164) at c

After creating some charts using the built in cfchart tags, I've been told that the ability to right click is not 508 compliant. Looking at the zingchart website, I have been able to work out most of the JSON, and I can see that to disable it you would use the following"gui":{    "context-menu":{        "visible":"false"    }},My issue is that I don't know how to add this to the cfchart tag to get it to work. Thanks

Hi. I am trying to create a CFIF statement to search for part of our part numbers. For instance, we have part numbers like C1000 or C1300, etc. We also have part numbers like SG-BGA-6000 or PC-PLCC-2000. What I would like the If statement to do, is to tell me if there are any C Numbers, then send an email. How do you create an If Statement for part numbers that begin with C and have numbers after it? Thanks for anyone's help.Andy

I have been testing out Global Script Protection at the CF Admin level (v9.01). But it does appear to have any effect on the form posted data.... or maybe I am not understanding what it can/should do.With it on and if I post a form field with something like this entered:Test<script>alert('hello');</script>  On the resulting page I get a pop-up alert - I would expect Global Script Protection to stop this?Restarted both IIS and CF App and the variable not getting setting at the application level.I am looking for simple way to add some XSS protection to a legacy cf app that has come across my desk.  lots of forms and I do not have access to the source (encrypted).Cheers!

Hello, all,I'm overly concerned about XSS attempts on my sites.  I cannot seem to find a decent solution.I know that as far as using URL parameters on server-side processing, you should use canonicalize() to reduce encoded script to what a potential bad actor intended to run on the server, and sanitize from there.  Apparently, whitelisting is a very effective method.  But, what about when whitelisting isn't an option (like, for example, input into a database, or used as a conditional for database processing)?Also, what about client-side effects?  I've seen where URL parameters can be used to inject JavaScript code into a page.  Now, I know that EncodeForURL() and others should be used, but how can one manipulate the URL so that XSS would be rendered useless??  Without using a redirect like CFLOCATION??V/r,^_^PS:  It's the day before Thanksgiving Day, in the USA, so I won't be on much between now and Monday.  Happy Thanksgiving Day to all American

Hi All,What is the difference between #VARIABLES.ID# and #ID#?Thanks!John

The advertising for ColdFusion Builder 2016 clearly states it has a Tag Editor. It's on this page: Features | Adobe ColdFusion Builder Where is it? I tried every keyboard shortcut. I've looked all over the help files. I can't find it. The feature page reads:Tag editorEasily maintain existing code and minimize code errors by identifying required tag attributes and assigning values with the tag editor.Is this feature in the program or is it a case of false advertising? This claim of having a Tag Editor goes back to CF Builder 3. It did not have one either yet it was advertised as having one.

Hello,I'm trying to use the same method that I would typically used to create a anchor text in ColdFusion that I would do using HTML. I knew to use ## in ColdFusion but the link pointing to the anchor is giving me a 404.<a href="mylink"> Skip </a> -- This links returns a 404 <a name="##mylink"> </a>How do I create an anchor link that will point to a particular section on a new page?I'm trying to create a "Jump to Content" or "Skip Block Content" on my page and figured using an anchor link would be the best solution. Thanks.

Hello, all,I was just shown that an application written by someone else over ten years ago is working fine under CF9 and CF10; but it's breaking in CF11.I have something like:<cfinclude template="../myComponent.cfc" />Now, in myComponent.cfc, I have a function:<cffunction name="getThisAttribute" returntype="string" output="no">  <cfargument name="part1" /><cfargument name="part2" />  ...  <cfreturn thisValue /></cffunction>Under CF11, in the first page (again, this works in CF9 and CF10), if I do the following:<cfset thisVar = getThisAttribute(part1,'part2') />I get "getThisAttribute undefined".  Am I going to have to completely re-write how all this works if we switch to CF11???V/r,^_^

Why, when I initially launch Administrator, am I seeing this "double NavBar"?  When I select an item, it goes away. It returns when I logout and then log back in.  I uninstalled and reinstalled, but still have this issue.  Any assistance would be most appreciated.

I'm writing an application which needs to store a time interval as a value in an Oracle database. There is a datatype INTERVAL HOUR TO SECOND that accepts properly formatted varchar2 string values as such:insert into ar_tint (duration)values (interval '29:03:20' hour to second)The above SQL executes properly inside a <cfquery> block. Note that the argument must be in single quotes (per Oracle's own documentation on this subject), double quotes will throw an ORA-00917 'missing comma' error.As this argument is a string, I expected the following to work after a <cfset igg='29:03:20'>:values (interval <cfqueryparam cfsqltype="CF_SQL_VARCHAR" value='#igg#'> hour to second)What actually happens is that Oracle returns the following:Error Executing Database Query.ORA-00917: missing commaThe error occurred in D:/webroot/path/to/interval.cfm: line 2119 :20 : INSERT into ar_tint (duration)21 : values (interval <cfqueryparam cfsqltype="CF_SQL_VARCHAR" value='#igg#'> hour to

I am using CF Server 11 and CF Builder 3.Everything was fine, but suddenly I got a message "The 127.0.0.1 page isn’t working".  I get a similar message if I try to access the CF Administrator.I am using Apache Tomcat, 11.0. listening on port 8500 and Opera 41.0, Windows 10, 64 bit.I have checked firewalls but found no blocking. According to the message at the bottom of the CF Builder Page, CF Server is running.Anyone any ideas as to what could have happened? Thanks in advance for comments.

I created subdomains on my server for development part of my website and the cfajaxproxy is working great on the live version and on my subdomain dev.mydomain.com. I created a new subdomain name dev2.mydomain.com and now the cfajaxproxy isn't working on that one. I've check my admin panel and all but I'm enable to find anything that can change the configuration specificaly for cfajaxproxy.Anyone have a clue about that ?Thanks all lot !

Hello, I get the attached error when loading CF Builder 2016. I have tried unistalling/reinstalling but it does not show up in add/remove. I also updated Java to the latest release thinking it might have been that since it is the first item listed in the error. Machine is a newer I7 with Windows 10(anniversary update). Wanted to check out CF Builder(longtime DW user). Any ideas on what I can do?

I'm getting the following error indexing my collection. "SOLR Advance Feature is not available in this edition of ColdFusion server." I was able to successfully setup the data handler mappings and reload the collection. I have Coldfusion Server 11 Standard. According to Adobe's website Solr data handler is a standard feature. Features | Adobe ColdFusion Standard.Has anyone got the import data handler to work in the standard edition?

Hi -I installed CF10 Enterprise on a Windows 2008 R2 Enterprise 64-bit system.I updated with the mandatory cf10_mdt_updt.jar updateI applied Update 21 hotfix_021.jarAfter installation, I used the Web Configuration Tool to remove 'All IIS Sites', and allowed the server to be restarted to complete the removal.Then I re-added 'All IIS Sites'. This was to ensure that the wsconfig/1/isapi_redirect.dll was updated to the 8/19/2016 version.After this, almost everything works correctly, except for PDFs. The server returns the correct number of pages, but all are blank, when I try to display this way (angle brackets removed): cfcontent type="application/pdf" reset="yes"                cfoutput#toString(request.printable.viewOutput)#/cfoutputI have other code which can display PDFs, so it is not iText doing this. It might be CF cutting off binary content, which was a problem earlier in the CF10 saga, but I thought this wa

Dear All,i try to create a datasource from CFIDE. but i got this error. Please check image belowI already download the connectorFYI, i installed the ColdFusion at RedHat Enterprise Linux 7.2 ppc64 and the version of mariadb is 5.5Really appreciates for the big help

Hey Everyone,I have an unfortunately situation that not ideal where a development version of a website is on the same server as a production version of that same website. To make matters worse, both websites are running off the same ColdFusion instance. For the sake of argument, let's assume my client has the latest standard version of ColdFusion. Because it is not enterprise, I do not think I can run multiple instances of ColdFusion as separate services where I could have Trusted Cache enabled for once service and disabled for the other service. If I enabled Trusted Cache, it would be server wide correct? All websites that use the ColdFusion instance would be effected by the trusted cache. This is not ideal for development where we need to see changes right away. My question is this: has it ever been proposed to have an exception list for Trusted Cache? For example, all ColdFusion files that start with either example.com or www.example.com could be excluded from the Trusted Cache? Thi

I'm attempting to call the smartsheet.com api and read the JSON data from a list sheet request. Im new to API's so I'm certain I'm missing much with my code.Here is what I have so far:<cfscript>    apiURL = "https://api.smartsheet.com/2.0/sheets";    apiToken = "xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx";</cfscript><cfhttp url="#apiURL#" method="GET"  result="httpResp" timeout="120" charset="utf-8">    <cfhttpparam type="header" name="Authorization" value="Bearer #apiToken#" /></cfhttp> However I do not receive the desired response: I was attempting to use the sample provided to retrieve the data:SmartSheet API 2.0 Example Request:curl https://api.smartsheet.com/2.0/sheets -H "Authorization: Bearer ACCESS_TOKEN"Example Response:{     "pageNumber":1,   "pageSize":100,   "totalPages":1,   "totalCount":2,   "data":[        {   &nbsp

What is the best method to share variables like the following struct among several cfcs in the same directory of a RESTful API?  There are several cfcs but they all use the same generic error codes.<cfset RESTErrorCodes={801={detail="Configuration Error",message="Incorrect API Key",type="RestError"},802={detail="Database Exception",message="No Records Found",type="RestError"},803={detail="Usage Error",message="Required argument missing",type="RestError"}}>Any help would be greatly appreciated!

When displaying text using CFDocument in PDF format, if the text contains a less-than symbol ('<') NOT followed by a space character, the rest of the text does not display.For example, this:                 We reassured them that since it is <2cm in projected maximum diameterWill be displayed like this:                 We reassured them that since it isIt's as if the PFD conversion considers any less-than symbol not followed by a space as the start of a tagSimple demo:<cfset theText="We reassured them that since it is <2cm in projected maximum diameter"><cfdocument format="pdf"><cfoutput>#theText#</cfoutput></cfdocument>Now I realize that we could fix this by using the HTMLEditFormat() function on the text but this occurs in many locations and would require quite a lot of work. We are currently using