ColdFusion and how to turn your forms into an ajax request with ExtJS core

Although I have used the freely downloadable core version of ExtJS for the example, one can certainly use and leverage of the existing ExtJS that is bundled with ColdFusion to do this as well.

On a project that I am currently working on I have the desire to use as much ajax as possible for this project, the reason being is that I personally hate to refresh an entire page just to make small changes to a page.

I have been working on this project for a few years and yes, my current blog is actually running a very early version of this application. In my design I want to turn a normal form into an Ajax form and not have to have the look and feel that comes with using the ExtJS widgets form.

This is actually easier than I thought it was.

ColdFusion and setting Focus on FORM field in CFDIV or CFWINDOW

I wanted to write about this because I read on another blog how he does it, and I am really surprised about it because it isn't the right way to do it.

I did try to contact the author as you can't post to his blog, nor can you contact him via is website. So I thought it would be best to explain why he is wrong here.

ColdFusion and a small gotcha when wanting to use cfwindow methods from under the hood

After reading an email in a mailing list I wanted to put an example together, on how this person could achieve what they wanted to do. The problem that I came across was something that had me stumped for a long time.

It seems that there is something missing in the way ColdFusion is creating the CFWindow and including the correct code.

ColdFusion and populating a dropdown, based on the selection of another

I thought I would write a tutorial on this subject as it appears to be the most asked from people, and show how to utilise some features of ColdFusion that seem to be overlooked by a lot of people.

When this question arises it seems that the majority if not all the answers and solutions that I see, are always pointing to the use of jQuery and never have I seen one that uses what is already built into ColdFusion.

ColdFusion 8 and turning of column header moving

I wanted to blog this as I have done it before, and quickly forgot how I did this. So for others who might google a solution, then at least there will be something to find.

cfgrid wish list for centaur

I have never really been a big fan of the new ajaxUI tags that have been introduced into ColdFusion, the main reason is that the library that it uses is well and truly outdated and if you need to get under the hood to do things, it can be extremely difficult to get support on such an older framework.

Coldfusion and fckEditor

Up till recently I had ignored the new ajax UI tags, features that have recently been added to ColdFusion 8. I came across one little problem, and it left me wondering, how did this get added with very little config support.

Now before you start thinking about it, have a read and let me know if you have other problems. Similar to this, or lack of thought that could have been improved much better.