Leverage the power of Adobe® ColdFusion® Builder™ software, a highly customizable, Eclipse™ based IDE that helps you build ColdFusion applications faster than ever before.

Object relational mapping

Build database-independent applications using object relational mapping based on the open source Hibernate library. Manage database logic and connectivity without writing any SQL.

Enhanced caching

Boost performance by caching portions of pages with infrequently updated data. Specify a caching algorithm, and select disk- or memory-based caching.

CFC and CFML improvements

Improve performance and error handling with several updates to CFCs and CFML, including nested CFTRANSACTION, local variable scope, and implicit getters and setters.

CFSCRIPT support

Work faster with new support for CFSCRIPT, including full function, component, and interface definition.

Enhanced PDF functionality

Reduce required code by adding images to PDF files directly within the CFPDF tag. Brand and protect files by easily adding watermarks, headers, and footers to your PDF files.

Server Monitor

Troubleshoot and fine-tune applications more easily with improved access to server performance info. Set alerts and other actions to help prevent memory problems.

Image manipulation

Minimize image-related I/O calls. Use over 50 CFML tags and functions for creating and manipulating images.

Presentations on demand

Dynamically update online presentations with the latest available data including animation, audio, and video generated on the server with content from multiple external sources.

Virtual File System support

Build applications requiring fewer I/O calls with the new Virtual File System. Dynamically generate CFM files and execute them directly from memory.

File manipulation functions

Boost performance by breaking apart intensive I/O tasks with file manipulation functions in CFML. For example, read and write big files in segments rather than a single operation.

Atom and RSS feeds

Easily create and read Atom and RSS feeds with less code. The CFFEED tag can read and create common RSS and Atom feed formats, helping you quickly create complex content syndication applications.

Multi-threading

Improve application performance through more granular control of threads. Use the CFTHREAD tag to create, end, join together, or suspend the processing of specific threads.

Strong encryption libraries

Improve the security of your applications with the RSA BSAFE Crypto-J libraries in ColdFusion, which provide FIPS 140–certified strong encryption.

Database interaction improvements

Reduce required code with stored procedures. Use DBINFO to access data source information, and CFQUERYPARAM for creating stored procedures and queries.

JavaScript operators in CFML

Reduce required keystrokes by leveraging common JavaScript operators such as ++, ==, ||, <,> within CFML expressions.

Argument collections

Accelerate development by easily coding tags with many attributes. Specify an argumentsCollection attribute in most tags to specify the tag's attributes in a single structure.

Array and structure creation

Reduce required keystrokes by creating arrays and structures implicitly in assignment statements without using the ArrayNew or StructNew functions.

User-based Administrator and RDS access

Improve security with individual permission settings for server access. Specify pages and function accessibility by using ColdFusion Administrator and the Administrator API.

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Rapidly build rich interfaces for new and existing ColdFusion applications

Adobe AIR local/remote data synchronization

Offer applications with online/offline capability for better reliability. Manage conflict resolution and data sync between client and server when applications come back online.

New Ajax controls

Build more compelling and intuitive applications with a broader set of Ajax controls that leverage the new Ext JS 3.0 library via CFML tags and attributes.

Enhanced Adobe Flash Platform integration

Increase application performance with faster Flash® Remoting. Easily access many existing enterprise services via AMF without writing a single line of CFML.

ColdFusion as a service

Leverage the power of enterprise services via AMF or SOAP without writing a single line of CFML. Services include CFCHART, CFDOCUMENT, CFIMAGE, CFMAIL, CFPDF, and CFPOP.

Embedded BlazeDS

Offer users more fluid data interaction and real-time application feedback. Manage back-end distributed data and push data in real time to Flex and Adobe AIR® applications.

Ajax proxy tag

Easily bind a client-side Ajax application to a ColdFusion component on the server with the ColdFusion CFAJAXPROXY tag

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PDF forms support

Populate and extract data from PDF forms for a printable, portable way to share information and collect data from application users.

Microsoft Office file interoperability

Read, create, and update spreadsheets using the new CFSPREADSHEET tag. Generate PDF files from PowerPoint and Word files. Produce HTML or SWF from PowerPoint presentations.

Microsoft Office SharePoint integration

Use CFSHAREPOINT to expose data from SharePoint web services to a ColdFusion application. Display the application as a web part within a SharePoint site without requiring credential reentry.

Built-in support for portlet standards

Expose all enterprise application in one integrated portal Define a ColdFusion component as a portlet. Supports Java™ Portlet Specifications JSR 168 and JSR 286.

Built-in support for portlet standards

Expose virtually all enterprise applications, including ColdFusion applications, in one integrated portal.

IMAP support

Simplify email management with the new CFIMAP tag, which allows you to easily connect to any IMAP server and manage email.

.NET integration

Specify any .NET object — either local or remote — and use it in your ColdFusion application, just like any Java or other object resource.

Microsoft Exchange Server integration

Build a hub application including enterprise messaging, calendaring, a contact list, and more. Access Exchange Server functionality with easy-to-use tags.

Adobe ColdFusion 9 Standard / Features

Develop and manage applications more quickly and easily

Tight integration with ColdFusion Builder

Object relational mapping

Enhanced caching

CFSCRIPT support

Enhanced PDF functionality

Server Monitor

Image manipulation

Virtual File System support

File manipulation functions

Atom and RSS feeds

Multi-threading

Strong encryption libraries

Database interaction improvements

JavaScript operators in CFML

Argument collections

Array and structure creation

User-based Administrator and RDS access

Rapidly build rich interfaces for new and existing ColdFusion applications

New Ajax controls

Enhanced Adobe Flash Platform integration

ColdFusion as a service

Embedded BlazeDS

Integrate ColdFusion applications with enterprise technologies

Microsoft Office SharePoint integration

Built-in support for portlet standards

Built-in support for portlet standards

IMAP support

.NET integration

Microsoft Exchange Server integration

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