Introduction

Installing and Using ColdFusion MX is intended for anyone who needs to install and configure Macromedia ColdFusion MX 7.

About ColdFusion MX 7 documentation

The ColdFusion MX 7 documentation is designed to provide support for the complete spectrum of participants.

Documentation set

The ColdFusion MX 7 documentation set includes the following titles:

Book

Description

Installing and Using ColdFusion MX

Describes system installation and basic configuration for Windows, Solaris, and Linux. To see this manual, go to www.macromedia.com/go/livedocs_cfmx7docs_installing.

Configuring and Administering ColdFusion MX

Part I describes how to manage the ColdFusion environment, including connecting to your data sources and configuring security for your applications. Part II describes Verity search tools and utilities that you can use for configuring the Verity Search Server engine, as well as creating, managing, and troubleshooting Verity collections. To see this manual, go to www.macromedia.com/go/livedocs_cfmx7docs_configadmin.

ColdFusion MX Developer’s Guide

Describes how to develop your dynamic web applications, including retrieving and updating your data, using structures, and forms. To see this manual, go to www.macromedia.com/go/livedocs_cfmx7docs_dev.

Getting Started Building ColdFusion MX Applications

Contains an overview of ColdFusion features and application development procedures. Includes a tutorial that guides you through the process of developing an example ColdFusion application. To see this manual, go to www.macromedia.com/go/livedocs_cfmx7docs_gs.

CFML Reference

Provides descriptions, syntax, usage, and code examples for all ColdFusion tags, functions, and variables. To see this manual, go to www.macromedia.com/go/livedocs_cfmx7docs__cfml_reference.

CFML Quick Reference

Provides a brief guide that shows the syntax of ColdFusion tags, functions, and variables.

Viewing online documentation

All ColdFusion MX 7 documentation is available online in HTML and Adobe Acrobat Portable Document Format (PDF) files. Go to the documentation home page for ColdFusion MX on the Macromedia website: www.macromedia.com. In addition, you can view the documentation in LiveDocs, which lets you add comments to pages and view the latest comments added by Macromedia, by going to www.macromedia.com/go/livedocs_cfmx7docs.