Exporting an HTML Table to Excel While Applying Relative Cell References Using ColdFusion Markup Language

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A new problem I was tasked with was to make enhancements to a report built using CFML by changing the totals column to a SUM() function when the report is exported to Microsoft Excel. The trick here was that the table was being exported as HTML code, and then opened in Excel. Since the location … Read more

Issues with CFML Syntax when Switching from Adobe ColdFusion to Railo

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Railo is an open source CFML server that can replace Adobe (or Macromedia) ColdFusion. I ported several CFML-based apps from an old instance of Macromedia ColdFusion MX 6 to Railo 3.2.1 about two years ago, and it’s been relatively trouble-free since the change. However, the change itself was fraught with difficulties. That was due, not … Read more