ColdFusion MX 7 product editions

The following table describes each edition of ColdFusion MX 7:

Edition

Description

Licensing

Developer

For Windows and Linux.

Supports requests from the local host and two remote IP addresses. Includes every feature in the Enterprise Edition, with the following exceptions:.

  • Banded reports, output from the cfdocument tag, and charts are watermarked.
  • Verity update is supported on a single-server configuration only.
  • There is a 10K Verity document search limit.
  • EAR/WAR deployment is not supported.
  • If you install ColdFusion MX 7 in Trial mode, it reverts to Developer Edition after 30 days.

Free for a single computer used for development and evaluation purposes only. Applications on Development Edition server are viewable from up to five client machines. Not licensed for deployment.

Standard

For Windows and Linux.

Features full ColdFusion Markup Language (CFML) support, including:

  • Custom tags and ColdFusion Components.
  • Full support for server-side ActionScript and Macromedia Flash Remoting.
  • Extensibility and integration with Simple Object Access Protocol (SOAP) and Extensible Markup Language (XML), and with Component Object Model (COM), Enterprise Java Beans (EJBs), and Common Object Request Broker Architecture (CORBA).
  • Rich forms.
  • A built-in charting and graphing engine, including enhancements in ColdFusion MX 7.
  • Database connectivity using ODBC with a desktop database, such as Microsoft Access, and using a Type 4 driver for SQL Server or MySQL.
  • Database and LDAP directory authentication, and resource security.
  • A 125K Verity document search limit.
  • ColdFusion MX 7 reporting

Licensed per server (up to eight processors per server).

Enterprise

For Windows, Linux, and Solaris.

Includes every feature in the Standard Edition, and also provides the following:

  • Database connectivity using Type 4 drivers for Oracle, DB2, Sybase, and Informix
  • External Event Gateway support, including XMPP/Jabber IM Gateway, Lotus Sametime IM Gateway, Asynchronous CFML Gateway, SMS/Mobile Cell Gateway, and local SMS development toolkit
  • The ability to import and execute Java Server Page (JSP) servlets and JSP Tag Library imports
  • Server sandbox security
  • A 250K Verity document search
  • Advanced server management capabilities, including server log analysis, configurable probes and alarms, and automated archive and deployment options
  • J2EE support, in particular, Servlet, Java Server Pages (JSP), and Enterprise JavaBeans (EJB)
  • Support for deployment on third-party J2EE application servers
  • Multiserver configuration and J2EE configuration support running multiple instances of ColdFusion MX 7 on a single computer
  • Backup mail servers and multithreaded e-mail delivery
  • HTTP-based load-balancing and failover using the Cluster Manager
  • Complete JRun 4 included
  • EAR/WAR package creation, and EAR/WAR deployment
  • Archive and deployment services

Licensed per CPU. Initial license is for two CPUs; licenses available in two-CPU increments.

Note: If you have a previous licensed version of ColdFusion installed, and you want to evaluate the Report Builder, you must install a trial or developer edition of ColdFusion MX 7.