New Atlanta is pleased to announce that the first public beta of BlueDragon 7.0 is now available for download:
http://www.newatlanta.com/c/products/bluedragon-beta/download/home The final BlueDragon 7.0 documentation isn't complete, so be sure to read the What's New in BlueDragon 7.0 document for a description of new features: http://www.newatlanta.com/products/bluedragon/self_help/docs/7_0/BlueDragon_70_Whats_New.pdf Please provide beta feedback on the BlueDragon-Interest mailing list: http://www.newatlanta.com/products/bluedragon/self_help/archive_search/index.cfm We're very excited about BlueDragon 7.0 release as it introduces several important new CFML programming language features that are not available on any other CFML server. Here's a list of new features in BlueDragon 7.0: - multi-threaded programming via CFTHREAD and CFJOIN - interfaces and abstract CFCs - "null" keyword and IsNull function - return null from CFC methods to match any CFC type - check for null database values - CFQUERY enhancements: - CACHEDUNTILCHANGE attribute (BD.NET and SQL Server 2005 only) - BACKGROUND attribute for background SQL processing - Application.cfc with enhancements: - onClientStart event handler - onMissingTemplate event handler - CFDOCUMENT with enhancements: - PNG and JPEG output formats (great for creating thumbnails) - (not available on FREE BlueDragon Server edition) - CFCHART with enhancements: - CFCHARTLEGEND - CFCHARTTITLE - CFCHARTIMAGE - CFSEARCH enhancements: - support for multiple languages - support for Word and PDF documents - CFTIMER - SOAP-related functions - support for MySQL 5.0, including stored procedures - miscellaneous minor CFMX 7.0 compatible enhancements - performance enhancements - bug fixes For completeness, here are the major new CFMX 7.0 features that are not supported in BlueDragon 7.0: - event gateways - Flash forms - reporting services Again, be sure to read the What's New in BlueDragon 7.0 document for details on all of these features. Vince Bonfanti New Atlanta Communications, LLC ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Introducing the Fusion Authority Quarterly Update. 80 pages of hard-hitting, up-to-date ColdFusion information by your peers, delivered to your door four times a year. http://www.fusionauthority.com/quarterly Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/message.cfm/messageid:254590 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.4
