Help, New Tags and New Functions in ColdFusion 9

Posted At : July 13, 2009 12:35 PM | Posted By : Tofinha
Related Categories: ColdFusion 9, ColdFusion Builder, ColdFusion

The following tags are new in ColdFusion 9. Each tag links to the help documents.

CFML tag	Category	Description
cfcontinue	Flow-control tags	Returns processing to the top of a loop; used within a cfloop tag.
cffileupload	File management tags Forms tags	Displays a dialog for uploading multiple files from the user's system.
cffinally	Exception handling tags	Used inside a cftry tag
cfimap	Communications tags, Internet protocol tags	Retrieves and manages e-mails and folders in IMAP servers
cfmap	Other tags	Embeds a Google map within a ColdFusion web page
cfmapitem	Other tags	Creates markers on the map; a child tag of the cfmap tag
cfmediaplayer	Other tags	Creates an in-built media player that can play FLV files
cfmessagebox	Application framework tags	Defines a control for displaying pop-up messages
cfprogressbar	Other tags	Defines a progress bar to indicate the progress of an activity
cfsharepoint	Extensibility tags	Invokes a SharePoint action from ColdFusion
cfspreadsheet	Extensibility tags	Manages Excel spreadsheet files

Below is a list of the new functions in ColdFusion 9 with links to their documentation.

ApplicationStop	ArrayContains	ArrayDelete
ArrayFind	ArrayFindNoCase	CacheGet
CacheGetAllIds	CacheGetMetadata	CacheGetProperties
CachePut	CacheRemove	CacheSetProperties
EntityDelete	EntityLoad	EntityLoadByExample
EntityReload	EntitySave	FileDelete
FileWriteLine	IsIPv6	IsNull
IsSpreadsheetFile	IsSpreadsheetObject
Location
ORMClearSession	ORMCloseSession	ORMEvictCollection
ORMEvictEntity	ORMEvictQueries	ORMExecuteQuery
ORMFlush	ORMGetSession	ORMGetSessionFactory
ORMReload	ObjectEquals
PreserveSingleQuotes	ObjectSave	ObjectLoad
SpreadsheetAddColumn	SpreadsheetAddFreezePane	SpreadsheetAddImage
SpreadsheetAddInfo	SpreadsheetAddRow	SpreadsheetAddRows
SpreadsheetAddSplitPane	SpreadsheetCreateSheet
SpreadsheetDeleteColumn	SpreadsheetDeleteColumns	SpreadsheetDeleteRow
SpreadsheetDeleteRows	SpreadsheetFormatCell	SpreadsheetFormatColumn
SpreadsheetFormatColumns	SpreadsheetFormatRow	SpreadsheetFormatRows
SpreadsheetGetCellComment	SpreadsheetGetCellFormula	SpreadsheetGetCellValue
SpreadsheetInfo	SpreadsheetMergeCells	SpreadsheetNew
SpreadsheetReadBinary	SpreadsheetSetCellComment	SpreadsheetSetActiveSheetNumber
SpreadsheetSetActiveSheet	SpreadsheetSetCellComment	SpreadsheetSetCellFormula
SpreadsheetSetCellValue	SpreadsheetSetColumnWidth	SpreadsheetSetFooter
SpreadsheetSetHeader	SpreadsheetSetRowHeight	SpreadsheetShiftColumns
SpreadsheetShiftRows	ThreadJoin	ThreadTerminate
Throw	Trace	TransactionCommit
TransactionRollback	TransactionSetSavepoint	Writedump
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