New tags, attributes, and values

New and changed tags are also documented elsewhere, for the following releases:

This table lists tags, attributes, and attribute values that have been added since the ColdFusion MX release:

Tag

Attribute or value

Added in this ColdFusion release

Multiple tags

attributeCollection

ColdFusion 8

cfajaximport

All

ColdFusion 8

cfajaxproxy

All

ColdFusion 8

cfapplication

scriptProtect

ColdFusion MX 7

 

loginStorage

ColdFusion MX 6.1

cfargument

component value of type attribute

ColdFusion 8

 

xml value of type attribute

ColdFusion MX 7

 

All

ColdFusion MX

cfcache

cachedirectory, timespan attributes

ColdFusion MX

cfcalendar

onBlur and onFocus attributes

ColdFusion MX 7.01

 

All

ColdFusion MX 7

cfchart

style , title attributes

ColdFusion MX 7

 

xAxisType, yAxisType attributes

ColdFusion MX 6.1

 

All

ColdFusion MX

cfchartdata

All

ColdFusion MX

cfchartseries

datalabelstyle attribute

ColdFusion MX 7

 

horizontalbar value of type attribute

 

 

All

ColdFusion MX

cfcollection

categories attribute

ColdFusion MX 7

 

New values of the language attribute

 

 

list and categoryList values of action attribute

 

 

name attribute

ColdFusion MX

cfcomponent

implements, serviceaddress attributes

ColdFusion 8

 

component value of extends attribute

 

 

style, namespace, serviceportname, porttypename, wsdlfile, bindingname, and output attributes

ColdFusion MX 7

 

Extended functionality for the hint and displayname attributes when publishing document-literal style web services

 

 

All

ColdFusion MX

cfcontent

variable attribute

ColdFusion MX 7

cfcontinue

All

ColdFusion 9

cfdbinfo

All

ColdFusion 8

cfdirectory

listinfo and type attributes

ColdFusion 8

 

recurse attribute for list and delete actions

ColdFusion MX 7

cfdiv

All

ColdFusion 8

cfdocument

bookmark, authPassword, authUser, localUrl, proxyHost, proxyPassword, proxyPort, proxyUser, saveAsName and userAgent attributes
totalsectionpagecount and currentsectionpagenumber scope variables

ColdFusion 8

 

src, srcfile, and mimetype attributes

ColdFusion MX 7.01

 

All

ColdFusion MX 7

cfdocumentitem

All

ColdFusion MX 7

cfdocumentsection

name, authPassword, authUser, and userAgent attributes

ColdFusion 8

 

All

ColdFusion MX 7

cfdump

show, format, hide, keys, metainfo, output, and showUDFs attributes

ColdFusion 8

cfexchangecalendar

All

ColdFusion 8

cfexchangeconnection

All

ColdFusion 8

cfexchangecontact

All

ColdFusion 8

cfexchangefilter

All

ColdFusion 8

cfexchangemail

All

ColdFusion 8

cfexchangetask

All

ColdFusion 8

cfexecute

variable attribute

ColdFusion MX 6.1

cffeed

All

ColdFusion 8

cffile

result attribute for action="upload" action

ColdFusion MX 7

 

fixnewline attribute for action="append" and action="write" actions

 

cffileupload

All

ColdFusion 9

cffinally

All

ColdFusion 9

cfform

onSuccess attribute support in AJAX controls for the onError attribute

ColdFusion 8

 

name and action attributes are optional

ColdFusion MX 7

 

accessible, format, height, width , method, onError, onReset, preloader, scriptsrc, skin, style, timeout, wMode attributes

 

cfformgroup

All

ColdFusion MX 7

cfformitem

script value of type attribute

ColdFusion MX 7.01

 

All

ColdFusion MX 7

cfftp

fingerprint, key, paraphrase, and secure attributes
quote, site, allo, and acct values to the action attribute

ColdFusion 8

 

result attribute

ColdFusion MX 7

cffunction

description attribute; the XML value to the returntype attribute

ColdFusion MX 7

 

All

ColdFusion MX

cfgrid

bind, bindOnLoad, pageSize, preservePageOnSort, stripeRows, stripeRowColor attributes, and HTML value of format attribute.

ColdFusion 8

 

onBlur and onFocus attributes

ColdFusion MX 7.01

 

format attribute and support for Flash and XML output
enabled, onChange, style, tooltip, visible attributes (Flash format only)

ColdFusion MX 7

cfgridcolumn

mask attribute

ColdFusion MX 7

 

currency value of type attribute

ColdFusion MX 7

cfhttp

clientCert and clientCertPassword attributes

ColdFusion 8

 

never value of GetAsBinary attribute

ColdFusion MX 7.01

 

result attribute

ColdFusion MX 7

 

HEAD, PUT, DELETE, OPTIONS, and TRACE values of method attribute

ColdFusion MX 6.1

 

multipart, getasbinary, proxyUser, proxyPassword attributes

 

 

charset,firstrowasheaders attributes

ColdFusion MX

cfhttpparam

header and body values of type attribute

ColdFusion MX 6.1

 

encoded, mimeType attributes

 

cfimage

All

ColdFusion 8

cfimport

All

ColdFusion MX

cfimap

All

ColdFusion 9

cfindex

prefix attribute

ColdFusion MX 7.01

 

custom3, custom4, category, and categorytree attributes for update and refresh actions

ColdFusion MX 7

 

status attribute for update, refresh, delete, and purge actions

 

 

New values of the language attribute

 

cfinput

autosuggest, autosuggestBindDelay, autosuggestMinLength, delimiter, maxResultsDisplayed, showAutosuggestLoadingIcon, sourceForTooltip, and typeahead attributes.

ColdFusion 8

 

support for the bind attribute in HTML forms and the bindAttribute, bindOnload, and onBindError attributes.

 

 

datefield value of the type attribute in HTML forms

 

 

height and width attributes (all except checkbox and radiobutton)

ColdFusion MX 7

 

bind attribute (text and password)

 

 

label attribute (all but button, image, reset, and submit)

 

 

mask attribute (text only)

 

 

validateAt attribute (all but button, image, reset, and submit)

 

 

datefield, button, file, hidden, image, reset, and submit values of type attribute

 

 

daynames and monthnames attributes (type="datefield" only)

 

 

boolean, email, guid, maxlength, noblanks, range, submitOnce, URL, USdate, and uuid values of the validate attribute

 

 

tooltip, visible, and enabled attributes (Flash forms only)

 

 

src attribute (image only)

 

cfinterface

All

ColdFusion 8

cfinvoke

refreshWSDL, wsdl2java arguments

ColdFusion 8

 

servicePort attribute for web services

ColdFusion MX 7

 

All

ColdFusion MX

cfinvokeargument

omit attribute

ColdFusion MX 7

All

ColdFusion MX

cflayout

All

ColdFusion 8

cflayoutarea

All

ColdFusion 8

cfldap

returnAsBinary attribute

ColdFusion MX 7

cflocation

statusCode attribute

ColdFusion 8

cflock

Request value of scope attribute

ColdFusion 8

cflogin

All

ColdFusion MX

cfloginuser

All

ColdFusion MX

cflogout

All

ColdFusion MX

cfloop

characters, file, and array attributes

ColdFusion 8

cfmail

prioirity, useSSL, and useTLS

ColdFusion 8

 

The cfmail tag no longer lets you send multipart mail by embedding the entire MIME-encoded message in the tag body. Use the cfmailpart tag, instead.

ColdFusion MX 7

 

charset, failto, replyTo, userName, password, wrapText attributes

ColdFusion MX 6.1

 

spoolEnable attribute

ColdFusion MX

cfmailparam

contentID, {{disposition}}attributes

ColdFusion MX 7

type attribute

ColdFusion MX 6.1

cfmailpart

All

ColdFusion MX 6.1

cfmap

All

ColdFusion 9

cfmapitem

All

ColdFusion 9

cfmediaplayer

All

ColdFusion 9

cfmenu

All

ColdFusion 8

cfmenuitem

All

ColdFusion 8

cfmessagebox

All

ColdFusion 9

cfNTauthenticate

All

ColdFusion MX 7

cfobject

.net value of type attribute and related assembly, port, protocol, and secure attributes

ColdFusion 8

 

password, proxyPassword, proxyPort, proxyServer, proxyUser, refreshWSDL, userName, wsdl2JavaArgs, and wsportname attributes for web services

 

 

component and webservice attributes

ColdFusion MX

cfobjectcache

All

ColdFusion MX

cfparam

min, max, pattern attributes

ColdFusion MX 7

 

creditcard, email, eurodate, float, integer, range, regex, regular_expression, ssn, social_security_number, time, URL, USdate, XML, zipcode values of the type attribute

 

cfpdf

action = "thumbnail" has the following new attributes:

  • hires
  • compresstiffs
  • maxlength
  • maxbreadth
  • maxscale
    action = "optimize" (new action with all new attributes)
    action = "addheader" (new action)
    action = "addfooter" (new action)
    action = "removeheaderfooter" (new action)
    action = "extracttext"
    action = "extractimage"
    action = "write" package = "true"
    action = "merge" encodeall="true"
    action = "write" name= #PDF variable#
    action = "transform" (new action)

ColdFusion 9

cfpdfform

All

ColdFusion 8

cfpdfformparam

All

ColdFusion 8

cfpdfparam

All

ColdFusion 8

cfpdfsubform

All

ColdFusion 8

cfpod

All

ColdFusion 8

cfpop

cids query variable

ColdFusion MX 7.01

cfpresentation

All

ColdFusion 8

cfpresentationslide

All

ColdFusion 8

cfpresenter

All

ColdFusion 8

cfprint

All

ColdFusion 8

cfprocessingdirective

pageEncoding attribute

ColdFusion MX

cfprocparam

All

ColdFusion 9

cfprogressbar

All

ColdFusion 9

cfproperty

All

ColdFusion MX

cfquery

result attribute

ColdFusion MX 7

cfreturn

All

ColdFusion MX

cfreport

HTML, XML values of format attribute, resourceTimespan, style attributes

ColdFusion 8

 

RTF value of format attribute

ColdFusion MX 7.01

 

template, format, name, filename, query, overwrite attribute

ColdFusion MX 7

cfreportparam

chart, query, series, style, subreport attributes

ColdFusion 8

name, value attributes

ColdFusion MX 7

cfsearch

category, categoryTree, status, suggestions, contextPassages, contextBytes, contextHighlightBegin, contextHighlightEnd, previousCriteria attributes

ColdFusion MX 7

 

natural, internet, and internet_basic values of type attribute

cfselect

support for the bind attribute in HTML forms and the bindAttribute, bindOnload, and onBindError attributes.

ColdFusion 8

 

Support for tooltips in HTML forms including the sourceForTooltip attribute

 

selected attribute can take a list

ColdFusion MX 7

 

enabled, group, height, label, onKeyUp, onKeyDown, onMouseUp, onMouseDown, onChange, onClick, queryPosition, tooltip, visible, and width attributes

cfsetting

requestTimeOut attribute

ColdFusion MX

cfsharepoint

All

ColdFusion 9

cfspreadsheet

All

ColdFusion 9

cfsprydataset

All

ColdFusion 8

cfstoredproc

result attribute

ColdFusion MX 7

cftextarea

Rich text editor support including the following attributes (HTML format only): richtext, basepath, fontFormats, fontNames, fontSizes, skin, stylesXML, templatesXML, toolbar, toolbarOnFocus, and support for the height and width attributes in HTML format

ColdFusion 8

 

support for the bind attribute and bindAttribute, bindOnLoad, and onBindError attributes in HTML format

 

 

support for tooltips in HTML format including tooltip and sourceForToolTip attribute

 

html attribute

ColdFusion MX 7.01

 

All

ColdFusion MX 7

cfthread

All

ColdFusion 8

cfthrow

object attribute

ColdFusion MX

cftimer

All

ColdFusion MX 7

cftooltip

All

ColdFusion 8

cftree

onBlur and onFocus attributes

ColdFusion MX 7.01

 

format, onChange, style attributes

ColdFusion MX 7

cftrace

All

ColdFusion MX

cfwindow

ALL

ColdFusion 8

cfxml

All

ColdFusion MX

cfzip

All

ColdFusion 8

cfzipparam

All

ColdFusion 8

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