Huh -- never knew about that functionality! Taking a stab here -- if I wanted my own CFC's to do this same thing I'd be filling out those "hint" and "description" attributes that I've been skipping over?
Jonathon --- Ken Wexel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > ColdFusion Components (CFCs) are > self-describing...that is, you can > view the methods they expose, parameters they > require, etc. via a web > browser interface, using functionality built into > CF. For example, to > view the CF Admin API CFC, browse to: > > http://YOURSERVER/cfide/adminapi/administrator.cfc > > You'll be prompted to authenticate - enter your CF > Admin or RDS > password, and you'll see what is available via that > particular CFC. > > The same steps will work for the other Admin API > CFCs, specifically: > > base.cfc > datasource.cfc (the one you'll need for your > programmatic manipulation > of datasources) > debugging.cfc > eventgateway.cfc > extensions.cfc > mail.cfc > runtime.cfc > security.cfc > > Essentially, each group of functions available > through the ColdFusion > administrator is also available via the API, using > the above CFCs > (well, nearly all of them). > > For more info on the admin API and an example of > programmatically > manipulating a datasource (SQL Server in this case) > via the API, check > out: > > http://livedocs.macromedia.com/coldfusion/7/htmldocs/00001734.htm > > Same concepts work for Access, except you'll be > using the setMSAccess > (or setMSAccessUnicode) method instead of the > setMSSQL method used in > the example. > > Hope this helps, but if I can be of assistance, feel > free to drop me a > line off-list > > -Ken > > On 2/5/07, Jonathon S <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I'm not familiar with that -- CFC Browser? > > > > Jonathon > > > > > > --- Ken Wexel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > You can still browse them to see their methods, > > > properties, etc. using > > > the CFC browser. I've used the admin api set > pretty > > > heavily - they > > > are very very handy! > > > > > > > > > > > > ____________________________________________________________________________________ > > Now that's room service! Choose from over 150,000 > hotels > > in 45,000 destinations on Yahoo! Travel to find > your fit. > > http://farechase.yahoo.com/promo-generic-14795097 > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Upgrade to Adobe ColdFusion MX7 Experience Flex 2 & MX7 integration & create powerful cross-platform RIAs http:http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;56760587;14748456;a?http://www.adobe.com/products/coldfusion/flex2/?sdid=LVNU Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/message.cfm/messageid:268834 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.4
