Hi Dirk,
Coldfusion MX 7 only supports Flash Forms, and Flash (<cfform name="testform" type="flash"></cfform>)! This is just to help Coldfusion developers construct complex forms in a easy way. It's pretty nice, but what I really miss is a feature to use remoting with these forms. You can't use Flash remoting with the flash forms.
Coldfusion generates a swf and by remoting put's in al the provided data (Remoting that the developer can't use :-( )
It's a good enhancement, but just a little bit too simple for the real complex forms. For that you need Flash (or Flex).
The charting part works just the same way as the flash forms, only CFMX puts in a different swf template.
If you have any questions about CFMX 7 just mail me offlist and I'll be happy to help you with anything....
Michael van Leest
Dirk Eismann wrote:
Hi,
as you may now, ColdFusion MX 7 ("Blackstone") has just been released:
http://www.macromedia.com/software/coldfusion/
now after looking at the new features that CFMX 7 brings, I wonder how the Flash based features do relate to Flex. It seems obvious that the new charting and form features are based on Flex 1.5 - thus, CFMX 7 comes with some kind of Flex under the hood. Is it a stripped down version that just does the rendering or does it also provide the gateway infrastructure? BTW: Does CFMX 7 provide a new Remoting gateway and if so is it the same as in the standard Flex 1.5 product?
The CFMX 7 product page is somewhat vague on the Flash features or its underlying engine, so maybe someone with some Blackstone experience could shed some light on this?
Thanks, Dirk.
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