Adobe/ColdFusion News Brief (May 12, 2006)

 
May 12, 2006

by Ryan Hartwich

Updates and Fixes

Early this week Adobe released the beta 3 updates to the Flex 2 platform (http://labs.adobe.com). These include updates to the Flex Data Services (the server component), Flex Builder (Eclipse based IDE), the ColdFusion/Flex connectivity pieces, etc. The final release is expected as soon as late June.

Adobe released the 8.0.2 updater for Dreamweaver. The release notes are rather brief. All you need to know is that the two major fixes are to the code generated for server behaviors (minimize SQL injections) and active content (EOLAS fixes for embedded Flash objects). The 8.0.2 updater includes all of the fixes released in the 8.0.1 updater. You can install it over 8.0.0 or 8.0.1 to be fully patched.

http://www.adobe.com/support/dreamweaver/downloads_updaters.html#dw8

Hosting Issues

Are you planning on moving to a new ColdFusion host? I tried this week to port a small ColdFusion-based Flash forms application to a new host, Godaddy.com. I'm having problems getting the Flash form to show up in the web browser (IE and Firefox on Windows XP with the Eolas fix in place). Two things to immediately consider when moving to a new host:

  1. Do you need a 'fix' for things like Flash forms installed?
    (Mystic/7.02 update beta 3 for ColdFusion 7)

    (Note: Rumor has it that the existing cumulative hot fixes for 7.01 can cause problems; if you don't need these fixes yet, you may want to wait until the final release.)

  2. Are any of the tags or functions in ColdFusion that you need disabled by your host (very common)? For a list of tags that can be disabled, check out http://www.techfeed.net/blog/index.cfm/2006/5/11/Disabling-ColdFusion-ta gsfunctions

BlogCFC Release

Ray Camden, a frequent ColdFusion blogger and developer of open source projects has completed development on version 5 of his blogging application, BlogCFC.

http://ray.camdenfamily.com/projects/projects.cfm

While not nearly as comprehensive as industry leaders MoveableType and WordPress, it is free, easy to use, and best of all, built on ColdFusion.

Microsoft Fix for Old Flash Version Bug

Microsoft released a patch (http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/Bulletin/MS06-020.mspx) through their Windows Update service that updates the Flash Player in some versions of Windows. The updated player fixes a known security risk with older versions. Adobe/Macromedia previously released this fix (i.e., it is not a new problem that MS is independently fixing). It appears as if this fix is primarily intended for Flash Player versions below 6; however, it is unclear if users are receiving updates to those versions, or a full upgrade to 8.0.24. There have been reported problems installing the fix on older versions of Windows with old versions of the Flash Player. The best solution is for everyone to upgrade via Adobe's site to Flash Player 8 or Flash Player 9 beta 3.

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