This document lists new and changed functions/tags in Adobe ColdFusion (2016 release).
New functions
The following is a list of new functions in Adobe ColdFusion (2016 release):
SpreadsheetAddRows
There is a new parameter, includeColumnNames, in this function. For more information, see SpreadsheetAddRows function description and examples.
ReplaceList
There is a new parameter, includeEmptyFields, in this function. For more information, see ReplaceList function description and examples.
cfapplication
There are two new attributes in the <cfapplication> tag:
- passArrayByReference
- searchImplicitScopes
For more information, see cfapplication.
cfsearch
The verity types, simple, explicit, internet, internet_basic, and natural no longer exist. There are two new verity types, Standard and DisMax, in the tag. For more information, see cfsearch.
cfloop
There is a new attribute, item, in <cfloop>. The attribute, index, is now optional.
For more information, see cfloop.
cfmailparam
There is a new, optional attribute, filename, in cfmailparam.
For more information, see cfmailparam.
cfoutput
There is a new, optional attribute, encodefor in this tag.
For more information, see cfoutput.
cfpdf
In Adobe ColdFusion (2016 release), you can use two additional 256-bit encryption algorithms when protecting a PDF document. The algorithms are:
- AES_256R5
- AES_256R6
For more information, see cfpdf.
CacheRemove
The CacheRemove function has an updated syntax:
CacheRemove(Object id, boolean throwOnError, String key, boolean exact)
For more information, see CacheRemove.
TimeFormat
The TimeFormat function has new masks to represent time zones in different formats. For more information, see TimeFormat function description and examples.
DateFormat
The DateFormat function has new masks to represent time zones in different formats. For more information, see DateFormat function description and examples.
Replace
The Replace function has an updated description and syntax. This function can take either string or callback function as an argument instead of the argument to replace the string. For more information, see Replace function description.
StructNew
The function has a new parameter, structType, that represents the type of struct to be created.
For more information, see StructNew.
WriteOutput
The function, WriteOutput, has a new parameter, encodefor. encodefor applies encoding on the input string.
For more information, see WriteOutput.
CreateDateTime
In the Adobe ColdFusion (2016 release), you can use the CreateDateTime function in the following ways:
- CreateDateTime(year)
- CreateDateTime(year, month)
- CreateDateTime(year, month, day)
- CreateDateTime(year, month, day, hour)
- CreateDateTime(year, month, day, hour, minute)
- CreateDateTime(year, month, day, hour, minute, second)
For more information, see CreateDateTime.
New member functions
Member Functions allow variables of certain CFML data types to be treated as objects with functions.
For a list of new member functions in Adobe ColdFusion (2016 release), see Member functions.
Other changes
All services in the services folder work as expected only if you create a virtual directory. Create a virtual directory that points to the path of the services folder (/CFIDE/services/).
When accessing the ColdFusion services via the connector port, replace "/CFIDE/services/" in the WSDL url with the name of the virtual directory. For example, http://localhost:82/cfideserv/image.cfc?wsdl, where cfideserv is the name of the virtual directory.