BlueDragon Blog
Here you'll find tips and information about making the most of BlueDragon, which offers several compelling implementation alternatives for your CFML applications. This blog was created originally by Charlie Arehart, who was New Atlanta CTO from 2003-2006.,He has since moved on to become an independent consultant but continues to answer comments raised in existing blog entries. BlueDragon continues, and you should look to the newer BlueDragon blog, from New Atlanta president, Vince Bonfanti, for more updated information. 
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Executing CFML from the command line (or, "where did cfml.exe go?")
Tuesday, 29 July 2003 11:59 P GMT-05
Just yesterday a prospective customer asked me if we had a solution to the need to run CFML templates from the command line (in other words, without a browser). In particular, he wanted to be able to schedule the execution of some CFML template
Category: BlueDragon Coding
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FAQ: "What's the difference between BlueDragon/J2EE and CFMX for J2EE?"
Friday, 11 July 2003 11:59 P GMT-05
When you look at our J2EE implementation, there are many similarities to CFMX's and yet also many beneficial advantages we offer. (The previous message today discussed the more general differences and similarities betwen BlueDragon and CFMX.)
First,
Category: FAQs
FAQ: "When will BlueDragon support CFMX features?"
Friday, 11 July 2003 11:59 P GMT-05
This is another question that we get all the time, "When will BlueDragon support CFMX features?"
There are several answers to that. First, keep in mind that like CFMX, BlueDragon is built atop a Java platform (in the BD Server, Server JX, and J
Category: FAQs
Interested in a BlueDragon (or related) talk at your CFUG?
Friday, 11 July 2003 11:59 P GMT-05
I've spoken at several CFUGs and CF conferences in recent months, talking either directly about BlueDragon or giving a talk on a related subject and working in a discussion of BlueDragon (hey, it's my job now!)
If you or your group is interested, ju
Pointing folks to the BlueDragon web site
Friday, 11 July 2003 9:20 P GMT-05
If you want your colleagues or management to learn more about BlueDragon, you may know that we have a very rich web site. There are dozens of subsections to it, including all sorts of articles, whitepapers, FAQs, documents, and more.
Perhaps as
Category: BlueDragon Site
New search interface for the blog, and mailing list
Monday, 7 July 2003 11:59 P GMT-05
In case you don't notice it on its own, you'll see that there's now as "search" option here in the blog. That's another cool feature provided by Blog-city (for premium account holders only, but one of many that make that option well worthwhile).
So
Category: BlueDragon Site
Accessing the BD Admin - Part 2 (SSH)
Monday, 7 July 2003 7:12 P GMT-05
Continuing the previous entry, I mentioned that besides changing the built-in web server to allow access from more than the localhost, another way to get into your Admin remotely is to use SSH. BlueDragon user Chris Pyle shared these observations:
Category: BlueDragon Admin
Accessing the BlueDragon Admin outside your localhost
Monday, 7 July 2003 7:12 P GMT-05
Are you interested in accessing your BlueDragon Administrator from outside the machine on which it's installed? Or have you tried to access it (even on a localhost) by way of an integrated web server (like Apache or IIS)? You've then found that it ca
Category: BlueDragon Admin
Challenges getting into the BlueDragon FTP site?
Saturday, 5 July 2003 11:59 P GMT-05
Are you having any challenges connecting to the NewAtlanta FTP site? That's where we offer patches and revisions of BlueDragon (and ServletExec and JTurbo). Again, I'll offer a later note about getting and using those patches.
But assuming you know
Category: Other
Determining the BlueDragon engine revision you're running
Saturday, 5 July 2003 11:59 P GMT-05
In a previous entry, I told you how to determine information about the version of BlueDragon you're running (such as 3.0.2 on Server JX in development mode).
But sometimes you need to know the actual engine revision. This is especially important wh
Category: Other
Adding the "Powered by BlueDragon" logo to your site
Wednesday, 2 July 2003 11:59 P GMT-05
You're seeing it pop up on sites more and more, the "Powered by BlueDragon" logo. Indeed, you can see it at the top of this page, as all of blog-city.com runs on BlueDragon.If you'd like to add the logo to your site, you certainly can. In f
Category: BlueDragon Evangelism
About the Server.BlueDragon variables
Wednesday, 2 July 2003 11:59 P GMT-05
Have you ever wondered if you could determine programmatically what version of BlueDragon you're running? Of course, you can open the BlueDragon Administrator and the first page tells you what product you're running (Server, Server JX, etc.) and the
Category: Other
Searching past messages on the BlueDragon-Interest list
Wednesday, 2 July 2003 11:59 P GMT-05
There's a new search interface available for the BlueDragon-Interest list. The new interface is quite a bit more capable than the previous one.
Whether you're new to the BlueDragon-Interest list (and want to catch up on what you've missed before joi
Category: BlueDragon Site
Have you joined the BlueDragon-Interest mailing list?
Wednesday, 2 July 2003 11:59 P GMT-05
Have you joined the BlueDragon-Interest mailing list? This is a mailing list we run at New Atlanta for the discussion of all things BlueDragon. Ask questions, pose challenges, share your experiences. Our engineers and management team all follow
Category: BlueDragon Site
FAQ: "I've heard BlueDragon has a version free for deployment. Is that true?"
Tuesday, 1 July 2003 11:59 P GMT-05
We get this all the time, "This free version of the server, do you mean free for production?" Yes, BlueDragon Server is available free for production. Go to town! Install it on your server and sell your widgets, tell folks about your charit
Category: FAQs