Using this manual
This manual can to help anyone with a basic understanding of HTML learn to develop ColdFusion applications. However, this manual is most useful if you have basic ColdFusion experience or have viewed the Getting Started experience, which is available from the ColdFusion Administrator. Use this manual in conjunction with the CFML Reference.
About Adobe ColdFusion 8 documentation
The ColdFusion documentation is designed to provide support for the complete spectrum of participants.
Documentation set
The ColdFusion documentation set includes the following titles:
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Manual |
Description |
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Installing and Using ColdFusion |
Describes system installation and basic configuration for Windows, Macintoch, Solaris, Linux, and AIX. |
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Configuring and Administering ColdFusion |
Part I describes how to manage the ColdFusion environment, including connecting to your data sources and configuring security for yowur applications. Part II describes Verity search tools and utilities that you can use for configuring the Verity K2 Server search engine, as well as creating, managing, and troubleshooting Verity collections. |
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ColdFusion Developer's Guide |
Describes how to develop your dynamic web applications, including retrieving and updating your data, using structures, and forms. |
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CFML Reference |
Provides descriptions, syntax, usage, and code examples for all ColdFusion tags, functions, and variables. |
Viewing online documentation
All ColdFusion documentation is available online in HTML and Adobe Acrobat Portable Document Format (PDF) files. Go to the documentation home page for ColdFusion on the Adobe website: www.adobe.com/support/documentation/en/coldfusion/. In addition, you can view the documentation in LiveDocs, which lets you add comments to pages and view the latest comments added by Adobe, by going to www.adobe.com/go/livedocs_cf8docs.