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Explanation of ColdFusion Studio features. Also refer to toolbars, data entry wizard, editing, debugging, resources, Ron Kurtus, School for Champions. Copyright © Restrictions

ColdFusion Studio Features

by Ron Kurtus (revised 15 March 2001)

ColdFusion Studio has a number of special features that are worth while knowing about. They can be classified as the Main Toolbar, Quick Bar, and Data Entry Wizard.

Questions you may have on this process are:

This lesson will answer those questions. There is a mini-quiz near the end of the lesson.

Main toolbar

The main toolbar consists of the standard, view, edit, and tools sub-toolbars. There is also a debug toolbar.

Standard 

The standard toolbar includes the most basic types of actions you can take on a file, such as opening and saving. An interesting feature is extended find and replace, which allows you to search all files in a folder and subfolders for strings of HTML and CFML text.

View

The view toolbar enables you to turn on or off different panes on the screen, such as resource pane, result pane, and quick bar.

Edit

The edit toolbar contains editing icons, as well as the repeat last tag and code sweeper icons. The code sweeper allows you to select how you want to clean up the formatting of your HTML and CFML.

Tools

The tools toolbar allows you to change colors, verify links, check spelling and edit cascading style sheets.

Debugging

Finally, there is a debug toolbar, allowing you to walk through your code, one line at a time.

Quick bar

The quick bar allows quick coding in HTML or CFML. The HTML toolbars provide quick access to various HTML tags. There are three CFML toolbars: basic, advanced and forms.

Panes

There are two panes or sub-windows that act as work spaces.

Editor 

The editor pane allows you to enter HTML and CFML code. You can also view tag attributes, complete and validate tags. The editor pane has an edit, browse and design view.

Resource 

The resource pane includes special tabs to access what you want. You can access your files, data, projects, or site through the tabs. There is also a snippets tag, where you can create and use snippets of code that are often used. There is also help tag and a tag inspector and editor.

Data entry wizard

The Studio Data Entry Wizard will guide you through the creation of a data-entry form and action page. From File > New, select the CFML tab and select Data Entry Wizard. You can select the data source, table, and fields, and the Wizard will create an entry form, along with the processing and confirmation page.

Summary

Studio has toolbars, panes and a data entry wizard to help the development process.

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Mini-quiz to check your understanding

1. What does the Debugging Toolbar do?

It automatically debugs your code, making proper corrections

Allows you to walk through your code, one line at a time

It detects bugs

2. What does the Quick Bar do?

Facilitates HTML and CFML coding

Quickly jumps from one view to another

Has all the editing tools needed

3. What must you do if you don't use the Data Entry Wizard?

Create your own data entry forms

Re-boot the computer and start all over

Type in HTML commands

If you got all three correct, you are on your way to becoming a Champion in ColdFusion Development. If you had problems, you had better look over the material again.


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