Adobe ColdFusion 7 Standard

Adobe ColdFusion 7 software makes Internet application development and deployment faster and easier than any other solution available today.

ColdFusion MX 7 introduces new, powerful services for rich Flash forms generation, integrated business reports, dynamic generation of printable documents, and application access through instant messaging and SMS text messaging on mobile devices. This release will lower development costs and provide highly visible value to end users. Used alone or in conjunction with J2EE or .NET solutions, ColdFusion MX 7 solves new classes of problems while reducing development time and costs.

KEY FEATURES:

• Structured business reports
• PDF document generation
• Flex 2 Integration
• Rich, high-quality forms
• Enterprise Manager
• SMS text messaging
• Instant messaging
• J2EE package and deployment

COLDFUSION 7 FEATURES:

Structured business reports
Integrated business reporting provides high-quality, structured reports, otherwise possible only using expensive third-party products. Users have unprecedented access to important business data in a well-structured format that is easily understood.

Flex 2 integration
The combination of the rich user experience of Flex 2 and the productivity of ColdFusion MX 7 provides the fastest, easiest way to create rich Internet applications. Simple-to-use wizards in the ColdFusion Extensions for Flex Builder 2 generate complete data-driven RIAs, and server-side features give developers easy access to ColdFusion components from within Flex.

Printable web content
Dynamically transform existing HTML content into Adobe PDF or other formats to produce print-quality output that can be viewed in a browser, saved to disk, or e-mailed.

Rich forms
Build accessible, high-quality forms in minutes using the new rich Adobe Flash and XML forms capabilities. Use familiar CFML tags to easily create complex, multi-step forms. Re-skin forms across applications.

Charting
Produce high-quality charts and graphs with over 200 different modifiable attributes to control animation, colors, labels,and more.

Full-text search
The latest version of the Verity full-text search engine adds hierarchical category searching, spelling correction suggestions, highlighted search results, better search result data, and more.

Enterprise manager
Easily create multiple server instances on a single machine. Experience highly available, secure, and performance-optimized applications without the additional hardware and software expense of separate physical servers.

J2EE package deployment
Moving ColdFusion applications into production in J2EE environments has never been easier. Deploy an application and the entire ColdFusion runtime as a standard Java archive (EAR or WAR file).

Instant messaging
Easily create instant messaging-accessible applications that provide access to the full set of IM services, including presence awareness, buddy lists, and more. Natively connect to Lotus Sametime, Google, and XMPP, or extend and connect to other popular IM technologies.

SMS text messaging
Create a new class of applications accessible through SMS text messaging (Short Message Service) on mobile devices. SMS extends the reach of applications beyond the desktop, providing users with complete mobility.

Asynchronous processing
Greatly improve user's experience with complex applications by processing long-running tasks in individual threads. With the CFML event gateway, users no longer have to wait for lengthy batch processes to complete before moving on to other tasks within an application.

Adobe ColdFusion 7: Datasheet

Adobe ColdFusion 7: Features

Adobe ColdFusion 7: System Requirements

Windows

• Enterprise, Standard, Developer Edition
• Intel Pentium II or AMD Athlon 32-bit x86 processor
• Microsoft Windows 2000 Server, Advanced Server, or Datacenter Server with SP3; Windows Server 2003 Web, Standard, or Enterprise Edition with SP1 or R2; Windows 2000 Professional with SP3; or Windows XP Professional or Home Edition
• 512MB of RAM
• 500MB of available hard-disk space

Macintosh:

• Enterprise, Standard, Developer Edition
• PowerPC processor
• Mac OS X v.10.3.9, 10.4.2, or 10.4.3
• 512MB of RAM
• 500MB of available hard-disk space

Linux:

• Enterprise, Standard, Developer Edition
• Intel Pentium II or AMD Athlon 32-bit x86 processor
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS or ES 3.0 or 4.0, SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 8 or 9, or TurboLinux 8 Server (Japanese only)
• 512MB of RAM
• 500MB of available hard-disk space

Unix:

• Enterprise, Developer Edition
• SPARC or POWER3 processor
• Sun Solaris 8, 9, or 10 or IBM AIX 5L, 5.1, or 5.3
• 512MB of RAM
• 500MB of available hard-disk space

Supported Application Servers:

• Macromedia JRun 4 (Updater 4, 5, 6, or 7)
• IBM WebSphere Application Server, Version 5.1
• IBM WebSphere Application Server Network Deployment, Version 5.1
• BEA WebLogic Server 7 or 8.1
• Oracle Application Server 10g

Java Virtual Machine:

• Tested and certified with Sun JDK 1.4.2_05, 1.4.2_07, 1.4.2_09, and 1.4.2_11

Footnotes:

• For development purposes only.
• AIX support for WebSphere application server only.

ColdFusion 7 systems support matrix

This document details the complete list of supported operating systems, web servers, databases, and J2EE application servers by ColdFusion MX 7.0.2 edition.

Adobe ColdFusion 7: System Matrix

Adobe ColdFusion 7: System Requirements

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