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October 31, 2005
Unexpected telephony dial-in or passcode in a Breeze Meeting
(TechNote) A Breeze Meeting that uses integrated telephony does not have the expected conference call dial-in or passcode information.
Posted by dmorris at 11:34 AM
Verity compatibility issue with cfindex action=delete between ColdFusion 5 and ColdFusion MX
(TechNote) In ColdFusion 5, when deleting from a Verity collection, you could pass a value as the key. In ColdFusion MX and above, passing a value as a key will no longer work.
Posted by dmorris at 11:29 AM
October 27, 2005
Change background and Stage size in Flash
TechNote: The Stage provides a preview of how your Flash content will appear in your published file. You might change the size of the Stage to accommodate artwork designed for a larger Stage. The steps below show how to change the size and the background color of the Stage.
Posted by jhallstrom at 3:18 PM
Font properties return null in Flash Player 8
TechNote: Macromedia Flash Player 8 returns “null� when attempting to get the TextFormat.font property of an embedded font. Flash Player 7 returned the font name being used.
Posted by jhallstrom at 3:03 PM
When changing Schema item values, bindings do not update
TechNote: After components are bound in Macromedia Flash, changing schema item values (name/values) of a selected component may not update item values throughout the binding path.
Posted by jhallstrom at 2:54 PM
Undocumented ASNative no longer points to user's configuration folder
TechNote: Prior to Macromedia Flash MX 2004, there was an undocumented function available to Flash called ASnative(a,b)();. This feature was primarily used by component developers.
Beginning in Flash MX 2004 (v7.2) this function points to the Program Folder of Flash instead of the User's configuration folder. In some cases this has created issues with components created prior to Flash MX 2004.
Posted by jhallstrom at 2:44 PM
October 24, 2005
Unable to save PowerPoint after importing a SWF
(TechNote) Once you have imported a Flash 6 SWF into PowerPoint using the Breeze menu, you may be unable to save the PowerPoint file.
Posted by dmorris at 7:03 AM
October 18, 2005
ColdFusion MX/JRun 4.0: Hot fix available for JRun4 Updater 6, IIS 6.0 redirect response truncation
(Hot fix) Page redirects cause truncated response output with JRun 4 Updater 6 and the IIS 6.0 connector. This problem began in Updater 6 and affects both JRun (page redirects) and ColdFusion MX (using cflocation if JRun4 Updater 6 is used in the underlying server).
Posted by dmorris at 9:24 AM
October 13, 2005
Updated DataDirect JDBC drivers (version 3.5)
(Hot fix) This TechNote provides updated DataDirect JDBC version 3.5 drivers, which resolve issues in earlier versions of the drivers.
Posted by dmorris at 1:10 PM
ColdFusion MX 7.0 and 7.0.1: Hot fix available for SequeLink 5.4 Socket server
(Hot fix) ODBC access in Macromedia ColdFusion MX is provided through the use of the DataDirect SequeLink Server software. An update to the SequeLink socket server resolves some problems with hangs or crashes under load.
Posted by dmorris at 1:05 PM
Dreamweaver 8 Emerging Issues
TechNote (updated): updated two issues with new information.
Posted by jhallstrom at 11:18 AM
October 12, 2005
ColdFusion MX 6.1: Hot fix available for cfchart output not displaying with IIS 6
(Hot fix) cfchart does not generate HTTP headers. When no headers are provided, IIS 6 examines the data and presumes headers are included in the data (for legacy ISAPI extensions). If the image data accidentally contains a binary value that looks like a line-end near the beginning of the data, IIS 6 misinterprets the beginning of the image data as an HTTP header.
Posted by dmorris at 1:49 PM
Error when updating Flash Player 8 using auto-update
TechNote: Some Macromedia Flash Player 8 users are not be able to successfully update using the auto-update mechanism. When prompted to perform a Flash Player 8 update, the update downloads the required files and then produces an error.
Posted by jhallstrom at 12:57 PM
Flash Player issues with Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) communication
TechNote: This TechNote describes the following two issues: Data Loading fails when using a no-cache header Pragma; and
Data will not load correctly with a Self-Signed Certificate,
Posted by jhallstrom at 7:40 AM
October 11, 2005
ColdFusion MX 7 and MX 7.0.1: Hot fix available for cfchart output not displaying with IIS 6
(Hot fix) cfchart does not generate HTTP headers. When no headers are provided, IIS 6 examines the data and presumes headers are included in the data (for legacy ISAPI extensions). If the image data accidentally contains a binary value that looks like a line-end near the beginning of the data, IIS 6 misinterprets the beginning of the image data as an HTTP header.
Posted by dmorris at 1:10 PM
Enhanced Seek appears not to work with Flash Communication Server 1.5 and VP6
(TechNote) The enhanced seek option in Flash Communication Server MX 1.5 appears to not work with FLVs encoded with Flash 8 / VP6 video codec.
Posted by dmorris at 5:47 AM
How to change the context root of ColdFusion MX running on JRun
(TechNote) This TechNote contains information regarding changing the context root of ColdFusion MX installed as a J2EE application running on JRun.
Posted by dmorris at 5:42 AM
October 10, 2005
Gradients that contain spot colors are recognized by Acrobat as a process colors
TechNote: Gradients that contain spot colors are recognized by Adobe Acrobat as process colors.
Posted by jhallstrom at 1:32 PM
Why are font names being renamed to Gen_[fontname] in EPS files exported from FreeHand?
TechNote: When exporting EPS files from Macromedia FreeHand with the "Include fonts in EPS" option selected, the embedded fonts will be renamed. For example, the AvantGarde font will be renamed to Gen_AvantGarde. This will cause some applications to ask for these fonts when importing the FreeHand EPS file.
Posted by jhallstrom at 1:14 PM
October 7, 2005
RDS connections from Report Builder fail on ColdFusion MX 7.0.1 with certain IIS configuration
(TechNote) If the Integrated Windows Authentication option is checked and the Anonymous Access option is unchecked in Directory Security in IIS (port 80), RDS connections to the ColdFusion server will fail from the Report Builder with the following error:
The following error occurred while trying to connect to
the RDS Server: HTTP/1.1 401 Access Denied.
Posted by dmorris at 7:08 AM
October 5, 2005
Best practices for Voice Over IP (VoIP) audio
(TechNote) There are several factors for achieving the best audio experience using Voice Over IP in Macromedia Breeze. First and foremost is using a suitable microphone or headset and getting optimum volume levels into Breeze.
Posted by dmorris at 12:30 PM
October 4, 2005
Projector crashes when QuickTime 7 is used
TechNote: Windows projectors created using Macromedia Director may crash when launched on machines that have QuickTime Player version 7 installed.
Posted by jhallstrom at 12:28 PM
Backing up Contribute Publishing Services (CPS)
TechNote: Backing up an installation of Macromedia Contribute Publishing Services (CPS) is useful, especially if you must install CPS on another server. This TechNote lists the files to back up for CPS.
Posted by jhallstrom at 8:19 AM
October 3, 2005
Flash 8 FLVPlayback component support for Video Streaming with Flash Communication Server and Flash Media Server
(TechNote) The Flash 8 Professional authoring tool includes a new component for playing back Flash Video assets. This new component, FLVPlayback, supports progressive download video as well as streaming video via Flash Communication Server MX and Flash Media Server 2. The FLVPlayback component doesn't work as MediaPlayback component in Flash MX 2004 used to for streaming video. It requires additional configuration for streaming video.
Posted by dmorris at 2:01 PM
Common questions about Macromedia Flash Professional 8 and Flash Basic 8
TechNote (updated): TechNote has been updated with technical questions and answers for Flash 8.
Posted by jhallstrom at 1:55 PM
Issues with RTMP tunneling through proxy servers
(TechNote) Flash Communication Server uses the RTMP protocol (Real Time Message Protocol), which is Macromedia's proprietary TCP/IP protocol for streaming and data services. There are several issues to be aware of when setting up a Proxy Server to allow RTMP connections to tunnel through.
Posted by dmorris at 1:50 PM
ColdFusion MX 7.0.1: Hot fix available for cffile action="upload"
(Hot fix) To restore the old behavior, Macromedia has created a hot fix for cffile action="upload" when there is a file specification in the destination field.
Posted by dmorris at 10:47 AM