I’ve never had much reason to use ActiveX controls, though one major web application I support has a function where users are able to send log entries via Outlook email. This function was built using an ActiveX control many years ago, when Internet Explorer was the only browser we had to support. If a user … Read more
An error that I’ve run into a few times when implementing new components in a ColdFusion website is “Element [COMPONENT NAME] is undefined in a Java object of type class…” This error, when found in a development environment, is likely due to a typo in declaring locations for components in the Application.cfc file. (Or perhaps … Read more
Troubleshooting a web application page that is made from a crazy quilt of source code files is not always easy. Whether your application is built using ASP, PHP, ColdFusion, or something completely different, the challenge here is the same. How do you find the line of code in the source that is causing the problem … Read more