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CoachKen11
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November 15, 2017
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.CFM and Dreamweaver

  • November 15, 2017
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I was wondering why the .cfm extension file type is no longer included with Dreamweaver.  I know it is not a recent change, but wondering why it happened?

I want to make updates to some legacy code, and have not seen much support for ColdFusion via the .cfm,  in DW.

Is there a newer method or format for creating files that interact with ColdFusion servers?

Are .cfm files being maintained or converted to something else by developers?

Thanks for any and all help you can provide.

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    Correct answer Nancy OShea

    CoachKen11  wrote

    I was wondering why the .cfm extension file type is no longer included with Dreamweaver.  I know it is not a recent change, but wondering why it happened?

    Back when I was still deciding which server-side languages to learn, I toyed with the idea of using CFML until I learned how expensive & difficult it was to find commercial web hosting for it.    Back then, PHP was everywhere but CFML was not.   Then around 2006, Adobe announced that ColdFusion was being dropped from DW at some point but they didn't say exactly when.   They just urged all CF developers away from DW toward ColdFusion or Fusion Builder.   At that point, I decided to work exclusively wtih PHP code.   I could see no future for CFML. 

    Several years elapsed between that initial announcement and DW's ultimate removal of CF but judging by the negative responses when CC came out in 2013, I guess a lot of CF developers never got that memo.   Anyway, it is what it is and it's never going to change back. 

    CF IDEs:

         ColdFusion Builder

         Aptana

         CFEclipse

         Sublime Text for CF

    Or, switch to PHP or ASP.NET.

    Nancy

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    Nancy OShea
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    Nancy OSheaCommunity ExpertCorrect answer
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    November 16, 2017

    CoachKen11  wrote

    I was wondering why the .cfm extension file type is no longer included with Dreamweaver.  I know it is not a recent change, but wondering why it happened?

    Back when I was still deciding which server-side languages to learn, I toyed with the idea of using CFML until I learned how expensive & difficult it was to find commercial web hosting for it.    Back then, PHP was everywhere but CFML was not.   Then around 2006, Adobe announced that ColdFusion was being dropped from DW at some point but they didn't say exactly when.   They just urged all CF developers away from DW toward ColdFusion or Fusion Builder.   At that point, I decided to work exclusively wtih PHP code.   I could see no future for CFML. 

    Several years elapsed between that initial announcement and DW's ultimate removal of CF but judging by the negative responses when CC came out in 2013, I guess a lot of CF developers never got that memo.   Anyway, it is what it is and it's never going to change back. 

    CF IDEs:

         ColdFusion Builder

         Aptana

         CFEclipse

         Sublime Text for CF

    Or, switch to PHP or ASP.NET.

    Nancy

    Nancy O'Shea— Product User & Community Expert
    Jon Fritz
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    Jon FritzCommunity Expert
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    November 15, 2017

    For a few years now, Adobe has been nudging CF developers over to the ColdFusion Builder software by slowly removing/hiding support for it in DW.

    Some will keep the older, more compatible version of DW installed along with the newer version(s), some will jump to CFBuilder, and still others will jump ship from Adobe all together.

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