CFBuilder

SQL editor & SQL code assist

Mon, 26 Oct 2009 15:18:04 +0530

Open SQL Editor: You can right-click in the CFML editor, and select SQL Editor. Or, you can use the keyboard shortcut Ctrl+Alt+S (Windows) or Command_Alt+S (Mac OS). Using SQL Editor to write and edit SQL statements: In the SQL Editor, select a server from the Server drop-down list and a database from the Datasources drop-down list. Enter the SQL statement and click OK. The SQL statement is inserted in the CFML editor at the current caret position. You can also copy SQL code blocks from the SQL Editor directly into the CFML editor by selecting the code block and pressing Shift+Enter. To edit a SQL code block in the CFML editor, select the code block, right-click, and select SQL Editor. The selected code block appears in the SQL Editor. Code Assist for SQL statements: Code Assist is available only for database table names and field names in the SQL statement. For code hints to appear, begin entering the SQL statement in the SQL editor, and press Ctrl+ to display the database table names or field names. Navigate through the list of table names or field names using the Up Arrow and Down Arrow keys. Select a table name or field name and press Enter. The selected table or field is added to the SQL statement.

Support for non JRun Based servers

Fri, 23 Oct 2009 16:54:14 +0530

Prior to Public Beta Non-JRun based servers could not be added in CFB. That is if your ColdFusion is running on WAS or JBOSS, you couldn't add the server in Builder and work on it. We have now implemented this support. In your Public beta 2 build you will see that while adding the server the Application Server field as a combo-box, If you are working with non JRun Server you should select the option 'Other' so that on the second page you just need to enter the Document root. The only thing you cannot do while adding a non- Jrun server is starting-stopping the server hence you will be prompted about that message when you select the option 'Other'. However you can associate this server with a project and preview and debug files. Infact if you have a virtual host for the server you can add that as well. Working on all kinds of Application servers is now supported with ColdFusion Builder. Looking forward for your feedback about the same... :)

Issues on Mac - some tips

Wed, 21 Oct 2009 20:16:58 +0530

For those of you facing CFB performance and stability issues on Snow Leopard or on Mac in general, can you please try the following and let us know if you see any difference? 1. Uncheck 'Use Mozilla browser for Extensions' in Preferences->ColdFusion->Extensions 2. Turn off 'Time Machine' in System Preferences Thanks, Dipanwita Adobe ColdFusion QE Team

CFBuilder(CFB) performance

Wed, 21 Oct 2009 17:50:55 +0530

This is the key area we are trying to focus on for our next release. We had done considerable work on performance improvements for the previous Beta. But, we do understand that there is scope of improvement. We have gathered a mixed feedback from various forums, surveys, interaction in conferences, bugs reported etc, whereby we found that some users see the improvements whereas some still face serious issues with performance. For example, many of you reported issues with editor once you upgraded to Snow Leopard. There are many editor issues discussed like the ones on Snow Leopard, editing being slow even with small files, huge startup time, CFB becoming unusable, unstable build, system slowing down on using CFB etc, the repro cases for which are not straightforward. We do not hit upon them when we try out the reported cases here. The issues users face could be due to various reasons like improper installation, jvm.config tuning, server settings collection, system environment etc. So, we need more help and specific inputs from you in order to know what exactly is going wrong when user is trying to do a particular operation in CFB. If you have been facing any of the issues mentioned above or something even remotely similar to them, please take the stack trace using the handy tool at http://www.adaptj.com/main/download All you need to do is to select the CFBuilder process id from the current list of processes and get the thread dump. The tool is free if you use Java Web Start to download it. And works on MAC, Linux & Windows. I urge each one of you who are facing or have already reported any of these issues to please use the tool and send us the thread dump as soon as you hit upon them. You can email it to me directly at dsarkar@adobe.com with a crisp description of the issue. Users on Snow Leopard who have reported that they find CFB unstable on this platform, please send us the details as and when you face them using this tool. This will help us to resolve your painpoints. For free evaluation license, Go to Help->License, pick up the System Id from there. Then register yourself and provide the System ID. You will get an evaluation license with expiry date through email.

SQL Editor

Mon, 19 Oct 2009 18:49:04 +0530

With this release we give you a brand new SQL editor which is integrated into the CFML editor. The SQL Editor supports code assist and code colorization for the following types of SQL statements:

Select
Insert
Update
Delete

Also, note that for SQL statements within the cfquery tag, code assist is available in the CFML editor itself. You need not open the SQL Editor for code completion hints. In order to get code assist in the main editor or the SQL editor, you must have a server configured, running and associated with your project in ColdFusion Builder. The SQL editor does not support offline databases. I shall write more about the type of SQL code assist available in subsequent posts.

SQL colorization

Mon, 19 Oct 2009 18:36:23 +0530

Did you know that you can colorize your SQL inside now? You can colorize SQL keywords, comments, and text within the cfquery tag. And yes, you can set your SQL colorization preferences through Window->Preferences->ColdFusion->Editor Profiles->Editor->Colors->Tokens->SQL. Hope this helps in resolving the issue of SQL code not standing out in your CFML code.

New enhancements in Server manager

Wed, 14 Oct 2009 00:25:58 +0530

The Public Beta 2 has some new additions in the Server area: - Virtual Host support : You can now add your virtual hosts to your server. And associate these with your project. This makes it easier for you to work on your sites and manage your servers - URL Prefix : This was one more thing which a lot of you wanted and it has been supported in 2 ways- Server Wizard and right clicking in the navigator view->'Set URl Prefix'. - Support for non-Jrun servers : You can now add a Non-Jrun server i.e. JBOSS, WAS etc into CFbuilder and work with it. The only thing you can't do here is start-stop-restart the server. - Couple of Bug fixes : We have tried to fix a couple of major issues that you were facing while adding a server or working with it. If you see any new issue then feel free to add your comment. Do get your hands dirty with these new ones!

ColdFusion 9 and ColdFusion Builder Public Beta 2 Released!!

Wed, 07 Oct 2009 13:48:15 +0530

So now you know where the ColdFusion Builder Team had suddenly vanished for a while with no posts on the Blog and 'no hear-no say' happening. ColdFusion 9(Centaur) was officially released along with the Public Beta 2 of ColdFusion Builder on the 5th Oct 09. Which means you have a newer server to serve and a better release of the Builder to code! Do try and let us know how you feel about it!

What does not work in content assist if a server is not associated with a project

Tue, 01 Sep 2009 12:42:16 +0530

We have seen people reporting about scenarios where content assist does not show up in their project files as expected. So, just thought of jotting down couple of cases where content assist will not work if one does not associate a server with a project:

CFCs in webroot of server - list of CFCs will not show up and content assist on methods will not be available
CFCs mapped in CF administrator - list of CFCs will not show up and content assist on methods will not be available
Built-in CFCs like query.cfc, mail.cfc, pdf.cfc etc will not be available in content assist
Datasources configured in CF administrator - In , content assist on datasources will not show up.

Link folders

Tue, 25 Aug 2009 14:44:35 +0530

This post is majorly a result of our session in CFUnited. CFBuilder has so many small things that it isn't really possible to document everything and so this is one of things you might miss. So, what's with this flashy term "Link folder". The dictionary meaning says "A folder that is linked to something". The Link folders in ColdFusion Builder are folders (folders/directories containing any resources) which are linked to the project. When and where would a user ideally use this: Charlie is writing ColdFusion applications for various clients. He has a cleaner approach of working and so he creates Projects in location different from web root/document root[ For e.g. C:\ColdFusion9\wwwroot or C:\Intepub\wwwroot ]. Say for client 1 all his projects are in C:\Client1 so on and so forth. However in order to preview and debug files his source files have to be in the document root(Its mandatory!) So while creating a Project he will create the Project, say "Project_MI" for Client, say "XYZ" in C:\XYZ\Project_MI\ and he will link the source folder say C:\ColdFusion9\wwwroot\Project_MI in this Project. This way his purpose is served. To do this, while creating a project go to the 3rd Panel in the Project Creation Wizard and enter details. Refer to the image below. In case you have forgotten to do it while creating a project you can still do it by Right Click on Project -> Properties -> ColdFusion Project -> Additional Source Section Screen shot below: The folders that you link with your project could contain anything that the project needs. Physically these resources will still be at their own location but virtually they are associated with your project. Your link folders could be folders containing CFCs or image folders. Shoot your Questions if any...

Extension Title Image

Tue, 18 Aug 2009 18:59:47 +0530

There is a small enhancement available in Extension which nobody would have tried out.. You can add icons to the title bar of your extension.As you see, i have added a small funky icon..

The title bar size was a concern for many.By adding an icon the width of the title bar adjust to the size of the icon.So when you design the interface choose appropriately sized icon

Well to do this simply add an image attribute to the dialog tag in ide_config.xml

For more info on Extension checkout documentation

Back from CFUnited!

Mon, 17 Aug 2009 03:29:18 +0530

Hello All, We are back from CFUnited and its been a wonderful experience!! All the sessions were received well and its nice to see all our customers excited about CF9 and CFBuilder. We met some terrific people and are glad that we could spend considerable time with them. Detailed report will be coming soon from both of us! Till then...

CFUnited - Pre-session for CFBuilder BYL

Wed, 12 Aug 2009 09:27:24 +0530

Just wanted to add that the room where we are going to conduct this pre-session installation in Millenium Falcon (12th August at the lunch hour).

CFUnited

Tue, 11 Aug 2009 23:04:46 +0530

Woo hoo! We are in VA for the CFUnited. And as Dips mentioned in her last post, the excitement is all doubled :) The Lansdowne resort is a beauuttiiiifuulll place!! :) We are excited about the sessions here and meeting everyone. Just to remind all those who plan to attend our BYL- CFBuilder session here. We will be having an "Installation session" on the 12th August at the lunch hour. We will be distributing DVDs of CF9 and CF builder public beta installers. This session is primarily a Prep session for the BYL, where in we want to ensure that your laptops are all set before you walk in to our sessions. So feel free to walk-in for installations on 12th August. Will keep you all posted about how the CFUnited is going!!

At CFUnited 2009 from Aug 12 to Aug 15

Fri, 07 Aug 2009 13:38:47 +0530

I'm all excited and looking forward to meet some or many of our CFBuilder users there! Me and Bhakti will be conducting a BYL session there on CFBuilder: http://cfunited.com/2009/topics/363 Please note that for this session, we would have a pre-session preparation whereby we would have the attendees install CF9 and CFBuilder (public beta builds) on 12th August,'09 during lunch hours (12-1:30PM). We would mostly use one of these rooms - Millenium Falcon/Pippin/Gollum for this exercise. For those who are attending our BYL session, please make sure you walk in for the pre-session installations.