Settings page

The Settings page of the ColdFusion MX Administrator contains configuration options that you can set or enable to manage ColdFusion MX. These options can significantly affect server performance. The following table describes the options:

Option

Description

Maximum number of simultaneous requests

(not available in J2EE configuration)

Enter a number to limit simultaneous requests to ColdFusion MX. When the server reaches the limit, requests are queued and handled in the order received. Limiting the number of simultaneous requests can improve performance.

Timeout requests after n seconds

Select this option to prevent unusually lengthy requests from using up server resources. Enter a limit to the time that ColdFusion MX waits before terminating a request. Requests that take longer than the timeout period are terminated.

Use UUID for cftoken

Specify whether to use a universally unique identifier (UUID), rather than a random number, for a cftoken.

Enable HTTP status codes

Select this option to configure ColdFusion MX to set a status code of 500 Internal Server Error for an unhandled error. Disable this option to configure ColdFusion MX to set a status code of 200 OK for everything, including unhandled errors.

Enable Whitespace Management (not available in J2EE configuration)

Select this option to compress repeating sequences of spaces, tabs, and carriage return/linefeeds. Compressing whitespace can significantly compact the output of a ColdFusion page.

Enable Global Script Protection

Select this option to protect Form, URL, CGI, and Cookie scope variables from cross-site scripting attacks. Select this option if your application does not contain this type of protection logic.

Default CFFORM ScriptSrc Directory

Specify the default path (relative to the web root) to the directory that contains the cfform.js file. Developers reference this file in the ScriptSrc attribute of the cfform tag.

In a hosted environment, you might need to move the cfform.js file to a directory other than CFIDE.

Missing Template Handler

Specify a page to execute when ColdFusion MX cannot find a requested page. This specification is relative to the web root.

Note: If the user is running Microsoft Internet Explorer with "Show Friendly HTTP error messages" enabled in advanced settings (the default), Internet Explorer will only display this page if it contains more than 512 bytes.

Site-wide Error Handler

Specify a page to execute when ColdFusion MX encounters an error while processing a request. This specification is relative to the web root. When you define a site-wide error handler or missing template handler, ColdFusion MX does not log page not found errors and exceptions.

Note: If the user is running Internet Explorer with "Show Friendly HTTP error messages" enabled in advanced settings (the default), Internet Explorer will only display this page if it contains more than 512 bytes.