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  1. CFML Reference User Guide
  2. ColdFusion functions
    1. ColdFusion functions by category
    2. Functions a-b
      1. Abs
      2. ACos
      3. AddSOAPRequestHeader
      4. AddSOAPResponseHeader
      5. AjaxLink
      6. AjaxOnLoad
      7. ApplicationStop
      8. ArrayAppend
      9. ArrayAvg
      10. ArrayClear
      11. ArrayContains
      12. ArrayContainsNoCase
      13. ArrayDelete
      14. ArrayDeleteAt
      15. ArrayDeleteNoCase
      16. ArrayEach
      17. ArrayFilter
      18. ArrayFind
      19. ArrayFindAll
      20. ArrayFindAllNoCase
      21. ArrayFindNoCase
      22. ArrayInsertAt
      23. ArrayIsDefined
      24. ArrayIsEmpty
      25. ArrayLen
      26. ArrayMap
      27. ArrayMax
      28. ArrayMin
      29. ArrayNew
      30. ArrayPrepend
      31. ArrayReduce
      32. ArrayResize
      33. ArraySet
      34. ArraySetMetadata
      35. ArraySlice
      36. ArraySort
      37. ArraySum
      38. ArraySwap
      39. ArrayToList
      40. Asc
      41. ASin
      42. Atn
      43. AuthenticatedContext
      44. AuthenticatedUser
      45. BinaryDecode
      46. BinaryEncode
      47. BitAnd
      48. BitMaskClear
      49. BitMaskRead
      50. BitMaskSet
      51. BitNot
      52. BitOr
      53. BitSHLN
      54. BitSHRN
      55. BitXor
      56. BooleanFormat
    3. Functions-c-d
      1. CacheGet
      2. CacheGetAllIds
      3. CacheGetMetadata
      4. CacheGetProperties
      5. CacheGetSession
      6. CacheIdExists
      7. CachePut
      8. CacheRegionExists
      9. CacheRegionNew
      10. CacheRegionRemove
      11. CacheRemove
      12. CacheRemoveAll
      13. CacheSetProperties
      14. CallStackDump
      15. CallStackGet
      16. CanDeSerialize
      17. Canonicalize
      18. CanSerialize
      19. Ceiling
      20. CharsetDecode
      21. CharsetEncode
      22. Chr
      23. CJustify
      24. Compare
      25. CompareNoCase
      26. Cos
      27. CreateDate
      28. CreateDateTime
      29. CreateObject
      30. CreateObject: .NET object
      31. CreateObject: COM object
      32. CreateObject: component object
      33. CreateObject: CORBA object
      34. CreateObject: Java or EJB object
      35. CreateObject: web service object
      36. CreateODBCDate
      37. CreateODBCDateTime
      38. CreateODBCTime
      39. CreateSignedJWT
      40. CreateEncryptedJWT
      41. CreateTime
      42. CreateTimeSpan
      43. CreateUUID
      44. CSRFGenerateToken
      45. CSRFVerifyToken
      46. DateAdd
      47. DateCompare
      48. DateConvert
      49. DateDiff
      50. DateFormat
      51. DatePart
      52. DateTimeFormat
      53. Day
      54. DayOfWeek
      55. DayOfWeekAsString
      56. DayOfYear
      57. DaysInMonth
      58. DaysInYear
      59. DE
      60. DecimalFormat
      61. DecodeForHTML
      62. DecodeFromURL
      63. DecrementValue
      64. Decrypt
      65. DecryptBinary
      66. DeleteClientVariable
      67. Deserialize
      68. DeserializeJSON
      69. DeserializeXML
      70. DirectoryCopy
      71. DirectoryCreate
      72. DirectoryDelete
      73. DirectoryExists
      74. DirectoryList
      75. DirectoryRename
      76. DollarFormat
      77. DotNetToCFType
      78. Duplicate
    4. Functions-e-g
      1. EncodeForCSS
      2. EncodeForDN
      3. EncodeForHTML
      4. EncodeForHTMLAttribute
      5. EncodeForJavaScript
      6. EncodeForLDAP
      7. EncodeForURL
      8. EncodeForXML
      9. EncodeForXMLAttribute
      10. EncodeForXpath
      11. Encrypt
      12. EncryptBinary
      13. EntityDelete
      14. EntityLoad
      15. EntityLoadByExample
      16. EntityLoadByPK
      17. EntityMerge
      18. EntityNew
      19. EntityReload
      20. EntitySave
      21. EntityToQuery
      22. Evaluate
      23. Exp
      24. ExpandPath
      25. FileClose
      26. FileCopy
      27. FileDelete
      28. FileExists
      29. FileGetMimeType
      30. FileIsEOF
      31. FileMove
      32. FileOpen
      33. FileRead
      34. FileReadBinary
      35. FileReadLine
      36. FileSeek
      37. FileSetAccessMode
      38. FileSetAttribute
      39. FileSetLastModified
      40. FileSkipBytes
      41. FileUpload
      42. FileUploadAll
      43. FileWrite
      44. FileWriteLine
      45. Find
      46. FindNoCase
      47. FindOneOf
      48. FirstDayOfMonth
      49. Fix
      50. Floor
      51. FormatBaseN
      52. GeneratePBKDFKey
      53. GenerateSecretKey
      54.  GetApplicationMetadata
      55. GetAuthUser
      56. GetBaseTagData
      57. GetBaseTagList
      58. GetBaseTemplatePath
      59. GetClientVariablesList
      60. GetComponentMetaData
      61. GetContextRoot
      62. GetCPUUsage
      63. GetCurrentTemplatePath
      64. GetDirectoryFromPath
      65. GetEncoding
      66. GetException
      67. GetFileFromPath
      68. GetFileInfo
      69. GetFreeSpace
      70. GetFunctionCalledName
      71. GetFunctionList
      72. GetGatewayHelper
      73. GetHttpRequestData
      74. GetHttpTimeString
      75. GetK2ServerDocCount
      76. GetK2ServerDocCountLimit
      77. GetLocale
      78. GetLocaleDisplayName
      79. GetLocalHostIP
      80. GetMetaData
      81. GetMetricData
      82. GetPageContext
      83. GetPrinterInfo
      84. GetPrinterList
      85. GetProfileSections
      86. GetProfileString
      87. GetReadableImageFormats
      88. GetSafeHTML
      89. GetSAMLAuthRequest
      90. GetSAMLLogoutRequest
      91. GenerateSAMLSPMetadata
      92. GetSOAPRequest
      93. GetSOAPRequestHeader
      94. GetSOAPResponse
      95. GetSOAPResponseHeader
      96. GetSystemFreeMemory
      97. GetSystemTotalMemory
      98. GetTempDirectory
      99. GetTempFile
      100. GetTemplatePath
      101. GetTickCount
      102. GetTimeZoneInfo
      103. GetToken
      104. GetTotalSpace
      105. GetUserRoles
      106. GetVFSMetaData
      107. GetWriteableImageFormats
    5. Functions-h-im
      1. Hash
      2. HMac
      3. Hour
      4. HQLMethods
      5. HTMLCodeFormat
      6. HTMLEditFormat
      7. IIf
      8. ImageAddBorder
      9. ImageBlur
      10. ImageClearRect
      11. ImageCopy
      12. ImageCreateCaptcha
      13. ImageCrop
      14. ImageDrawArc
      15. ImageDrawBeveledRect
      16. ImageDrawCubicCurve
      17. ImageDrawLine
      18. ImageDrawLines
      19. ImageDrawOval
      20. ImageDrawPoint
      21. ImageDrawQuadraticCurve
      22. ImageDrawRect
      23. ImageDrawRoundRect
      24. ImageDrawText
      25. ImageFlip
      26. ImageGetBlob
      27. ImageGetBufferedImage
      28. ImageGetEXIFMetadata
      29. ImageGetEXIFTag
      30. ImageGetHeight
      31. ImageGetIPTCMetadata
      32. ImageGetIPTCTag
      33. ImageGetMetadata
      34. ImageGetWidth
      35. ImageGrayscale
      36. ImageInfo
      37. ImageMakeColorTransparent
      38. ImageMakeTranslucent
      39. ImageNegative
      40. ImageNew
      41. ImageOverlay
      42. ImagePaste
      43. ImageRead
      44. ImageReadBase64
      45. ImageResize
      46. ImageRotate
      47. ImageRotateDrawingAxis
      48. ImageScaleToFit
      49. ImageSetAntialiasing
      50. ImageSetBackgroundColor
      51. ImageSetDrawingColor
      52. ImageSetDrawingStroke
      53. ImageSetDrawingTransparency
      54. ImageSharpen
      55. ImageShear
      56. ImageShearDrawingAxis
      57. ImageTranslate
      58. ImageTranslateDrawingAxis
      59. ImageWrite
      60. ImageWriteBase64
      61. ImageXORDrawingMode
    6. Functions-in-k
      1. IncrementValue
      2. InputBaseN
      3. Insert
      4. Int
      5. InvalidateOauthAccesstoken
      6. Invoke
      7. InitSAMLAuthRequest
      8. InitSAMLLogoutRequest
      9. InvokeCFClientFunction
      10. IsArray
      11. IsAuthenticated
      12. IsAuthorized
      13. IsBinary
      14. IsBoolean
      15. IsClosure
      16. IsCustomFunction
      17. IsDate
      18. IsDateObject
      19. IsDDX
      20. IsDebugMode
      21. IsDefined
      22. IsImage
      23. IsImageFile
      24. IsInstanceOf
      25. IsIPv6
      26. IsJSON
      27. IsK2ServerABroker
      28. IsK2ServerDocCountExceeded
      29. IsK2ServerOnline
      30. IsLeapYear
      31. IsLocalHost
      32. IsNull
      33. IsNumeric
      34. IsNumericDate
      35. IsObject
      36. isOnline
      37. IsPDFArchive
      38. IsPDFFile
      39. IsPDFObject
      40. IsProtected
      41. IsQuery
      42. isSamlLogoutResponse
      43. isSafeHTML
      44. IsSimpleValue
      45. IsSOAPRequest
      46. IsSpreadsheetFile
      47. IsSpreadsheetObject
      48. IsStruct
      49. IsUserInAnyRole
      50. IsUserInRole
      51. IsUserLoggedIn
      52. IsValid
      53. IsValidOauthAccesstoken
      54. IsWDDX
      55. IsXML
      56. IsXmlAttribute
      57. IsXmlDoc
      58. IsXmlElem
      59. IsXmlNode
      60. IsXmlRoot
      61. JavaCast
      62. JSStringFormat
    7. Functions-l
      1. LCase
      2. Left
      3. Len
      4. ListAppend
      5. ListChangeDelims
      6. ListContains
      7. ListContainsNoCase
      8. ListDeleteAt
      9. ListEach
      10. ListFilter
      11. ListFind
      12. ListFindNoCase
      13. ListFirst
      14. ListGetAt
      15. ListInsertAt
      16. ListLast
      17. ListLen
      18. ListMap
      19. ListPrepend
      20. ListQualify
      21. ListReduce
      22. ListRemoveDuplicates
      23. ListRest
      24. ListSetAt
      25. ListSort
      26. ListToArray
      27. ListValueCount
      28. ListValueCountNoCase
      29. LJustify
      30. Location
      31. Log
      32. Log10
      33. LSCurrencyFormat
      34. LSDateFormat
      35. LSDateTimeFormat
      36. LSEuroCurrencyFormat
      37. LSIsCurrency
      38. LSIsDate
      39. LSIsNumeric
      40. LSNumberFormat
      41. LSParseCurrency
      42. LSParseDateTime
      43. LSParseEuroCurrency
      44. LSParseNumber
      45. LSTimeFormat
      46. LTrim
    8. Functions-m-r
      1. Max
      2. Mid
      3. Min
      4. Minute
      5. Month
      6. MonthAsString
      7. Now
      8. NumberFormat
      9. ObjectEquals
      10. ObjectLoad
      11. ObjectSave
      12. OnWSAuthenticate
      13. ORMClearSession
      14. ORMCloseAllSessions
      15. ORMCloseSession
      16. ORMEvictCollection
      17. ORMEvictEntity
      18. ORMEvictQueries
      19. ORMExecuteQuery
      20. ORMFlush
      21. ORMFlushall
      22. ORMGetSession
      23. ORMGetSessionFactory
      24. ORMIndex
      25. ORMIndexPurge
      26. ORMReload
      27. ORMSearch
      28. ORMSearchOffline
      29. ParagraphFormat
      30. ParameterExists
      31. ParseDateTime
      32. Pi
      33. PrecisionEvaluate
      34. ProcessSAMLResponse
      35. ProcessSAMLLogoutRequest
      36. Quarter
      37. PreserveSingleQuotes
      38. QueryAddColumn
      39. QueryAddRow
      40. QueryConvertForGrid
      41. QueryExecute
      42. QueryFilter
      43. QueryGetResult
      44. QueryGetRow
      45. QueryKeyExists
      46. QueryMap
      47. QueryNew
      48. QueryReduce
      49. QuerySetCell
      50. QuotedValueList
      51. QueryEach
      52. Rand
      53. Randomize
      54. RandRange
      55. ReEscape
      56. REFind
      57. REFindNoCase
      58. ReleaseComObject
      59. REMatch
      60. REMatchNoCase
      61. RemoveCachedQuery
      62. RemoveChars
      63. RepeatString
      64. Replace
      65. ReplaceList
      66. ReplaceNoCase
      67. REReplace
      68. REReplaceNoCase
      69. RestDeleteApplication
      70. RestSetResponse
      71. RestInitApplication
      72. Reverse
      73. Right
      74. RJustify
      75. Round
      76. RTrim
    9. Functions-s
      1. Second
      2. SendGatewayMessage
      3. SendSAMLLogoutResponse
      4. Serialize
      5. SerializeJSON
      6. SerializeXML
      7. SessionInvalidate
      8. SessionRotate
      9. SessionGetMetaData
      10. SessionInvalidate
      11. SessionRotate
      12. SetDay
      13. SetEncoding
      14. SetHour
      15. SetLocale
      16. SetMonth
      17. SetProfileString
      18. SetVariable
      19. SetYear
      20. Sgn
      21. Sin
      22. Sleep
      23. SpanExcluding
      24. SpanIncluding
      25. SpreadsheetAddAutoFilter
      26. SpreadsheetAddColumn
      27. SpreadsheetAddFreezePane
      28. SpreadsheetAddImage
      29. SpreadsheetAddInfo
      30. SpreadsheetAddPageBreaks
      31. SpreadsheetAddRow
      32. SpreadsheetAddRows
      33. SpreadsheetAddSplitPane
      34. SpreadsheetCreateSheet
      35. SpreadsheetDeleteColumn
      36. SpreadsheetDeleteColumns
      37. SpreadsheetDeleteRow
      38. SpreadsheetDeleteRows
      39. SpreadsheetFormatCell
      40. SpreadsheetFormatColumn
      41. SpreadsheetFormatCellRange
      42. SpreadsheetFormatColumn
      43. SpreadsheetFormatColumns
      44. SpreadsheetFormatRow
      45. SpreadsheetFormatRows
      46. SpreadsheetGetCellComment
      47. SpreadsheetGetCellFormula
      48. SpreadsheetGetCellValue
      49. SpreadsheetGetColumnCount
      50. SpreadsheetInfo
      51. SpreadsheetMergeCells
      52. SpreadsheetNew
      53. SpreadsheetRead
      54. SpreadsheetReadBinary
      55. SpreadsheetRemoveSheet
      56. SpreadsheetSetActiveSheet
      57. SpreadsheetSetActiveSheetNumber
      58. SpreadsheetSetCellComment
      59. SpreadsheetSetCellFormula
      60. SpreadsheetSetCellValue
      61. SpreadsheetSetColumnWidth
      62. SpreadsheetSetFooter
      63. SpreadsheetSetHeader
      64. SpreadsheetSetRowHeight
      65. SpreadsheetShiftColumns
      66. SpreadsheetShiftRows
      67. SpreadsheetWrite
      68. Sqr
      69. StripCR
      70. StructAppend
      71. StructClear
      72. StructCopy
      73. StructCount
      74. StructDelete
      75. StructEach
      76. StructFilter
      77. StructFind
      78. StructFindKey
      79. StructFindValue
      80. StructGet
      81. StructGetMetadata
      82. StructInsert
      83. StructIsEmpty
      84. StructKeyArray
      85. StructKeyExists
      86. StructKeyList
      87. StructMap
      88. StructNew
      89. StructReduce
      90. StructSetMetadata
      91. StructSort
      92. StructToSorted
      93. StructUpdate
      94. StoreSetMetadata
      95. StoreGetACL
      96. StoreGetMetadata
      97. StoreAddACL
      98. StoreSetACL
    10. Functions-t-z
      1. Tan
      2. ThreadJoin
      3. ThreadTerminate
      4. Throw
      5. TimeFormat
      6. ToBase64
      7. ToBinary
      8. ToScript
      9. ToString
      10. Trace
      11. Transactionandconcurrency
      12. TransactionCommit
      13. TransactionRollback
      14. TransactionSetSavePoint
      15. Trim
      16. UCase
      17. URLDecode
      18. URLEncodedFormat
      19. URLSessionFormat
      20. Val
      21. ValueList
      22. VerifyClient
      23. Week
      24. Wrap
      25. WriteDump
      26. WriteLog
      27. WriteOutput
      28. WSGetAllChannels
      29. WSGetSubscribers
      30. WSPublish
      31. WSSendMessage
      32. XmlChildPos
      33. XmlElemNew
      34. XmlFormat
      35. XmlGetNodeType
      36. XmlNew
      37. XmlParse
      38. XmlSearch
      39. XmlTransform
      40. XmlValidate
      41. Year
      42. YesNoFormat
  3. ColdFusion Tags
    1. ColdFusion tag summary
    2. ColdFusion tags by category
      1. Application framework tags
        1. cfapplication
        2. cfassociate
        3. cferror
        4. cfimport
        5. cfinterface
        6. cflock
        7. cfscript
        8. cfthread
      2. Communications tags
        1. cfexchangecalendar
        2. cfexchangeconnection
        3. cfexchangecontact
        4. cfexchangefilter
        5. cfexchangemail
        6. cfexchangetask
        7. cffeed
        8. cfmail
        9. cfmailparam
        10. cfmailpart
        11. cfpopcfimap
      3. Database manipulation tags
        1. cfdbinfo
        2. cfinsert
        3. cfobjectcache
        4. cfprocparam
        5. cfprocresult
        6. cfquery
        7. cfqueryparam
        8. cfstoredproc
        9. cftransaction
        10. cfupdate
      4. Data output tags
        1. cfchart
        2. cfchartdata
        3. cfchartseries
        4. cfcol
        5. cfcontent
        6. cfdocument
        7. cfdocumentitem
        8. cfdocumentsection
        9. cfflush
        10. cfheader
        11. cflog
        12. cfoutput
        13. cfpresentation
        14. cfpresentationslide
        15. cfpresenter
        16. cfprocessingdirective
        17. cfprint
        18. cfreport
        19. cfreportparam
        20. cfsilent
        21. cftable
      5. Debugging tags
        1. cfdump
        2. cftimer
        3. cftrace
      6. Exception handling tags
        1. cfcatch
        2. cferror
        3. cffinally
        4. cfrethrow
        5. cfthrow
        6. cftry
      7. Extensibility tags
        1. cfchart
        2. cfchartdata
        3. cfchartseries
        4. cfcollection
        5. cfcomponent
        6. cfexecute
        7. cfftp
        8. function
        9. cfindex
        10. cfinterface
        11. cfinvoke
        12. cfinvokeargument
        13. cfobject
        14. cfproperty
        15. cfreport
        16. cfreportparam
        17. cfreturn
        18. cfsearch
        19. cfsharepoint
        20. cfspreadsheet
        21. cfwddx
        22. cfxml
      8. File management tags
        1. cfdirectory
        2. cffile
        3. cffileupload
        4. cfftp
        5. cfzip
        6. cfzipparam
      9. Flow-control tags
        1. cfabort
        2. cfbreak
        3. cfcase
        4. cfcontinue
        5. cfdefaultcase
        6. cfelse
        7. cfelseif
        8. cfexecute
        9. cfexit
        10. cfif
        11. cfinclude
        12. cflocation
        13. cfloop
        14. cfrethrow
        15. cfswitch
        16. cfthrow
        17. cftry
      10. Forms tags
        1. cfapplet
        2. cfcalendar
        3. cffileupload
        4. cfform
        5. cfformgroup
        6. cfformitem
        7. cfgrid
        8. cfgridcolumn
        9. cfgridrow
        10. cfgridupdate
        11. cfinput
        12. cfpdf
        13. cfpdfform
        14. cfpdfformparam
        15. cfpdfparam
        16. cfpdfsubform
        17. cfselect
        18. cfslider
        19. cftextarea
        20. cftree
        21. cftreeitem
      11. Internet Protocol tags
        1. cfajaximport
        2. cfajaxproxy
        3. cfftp
        4. cffeed
        5. cfimap
        6. cfhttp
        7. cfhttpparam
        8. cfldap
        9. cfmail
        10. cfmailparam
        11. cfmailpart
        12. cfpop
        13. cfsprydataset
      12. Page processing tags
        1. cfcache
        2. cfcontent
        3. cfflush
        4. cfheader
        5. cfhtmlhead
        6. cfinclude
        7. cfprocessingdirective
        8. cfsetting
        9. cfsilent
      13. Security tags
        1. cflogin
        2. cfloginuser
        3. cflogout
        4. cfNTauthenticate
      14. Variable manipulation tags
        1. cfcookie
        2. cfdump
        3. cfparam
        4. cfregistry
        5. cfsavecontent
        6. cfschedule
        7. cfset
        8. cfsetting
      15. Other tags
        1. cfimage
        2. cflog
        3. cfregistry
    3. Tags a-b
      1. cfabort
      2. cfajaximport
      3. cfajaxproxy
      4. cfapplet
      5. cfapplication
      6. cfargument
      7. cfassociate
      8. cfauthenticate
      9. cfbreak
    4. Tags c
      1. cfcache
      2. cfcalendar
      3. cfcase
      4. cfcatch
      5. cfchart
      6. cfchartdata
      7. cfchartseries
      8. cfclient
      9. cfclientsettings
      10. cfcol
      11. cfcollection
      12. cfcomponent
      13. cfcontent
      14. cfcontinue
      15. cfcookie
      16. Tags d-e
    5. Tags f
      1. cffeed
      2. cffile
      3. cffile action = "append"
      4. cffile action = "copy"
      5. cffile action = "delete"
      6. cffile action = "move"
      7. cffile action = "read"
      8. cffile action = "readBinary"
      9. cffile action = "rename"
      10. cffile action = "upload"
      11. cffile action = "uploadAll"
      12. cffile action = "write"
      13. cffileupload
      14. cffinally
      15. cfflush
      16. cfform
      17. cfformgroup
      18. cfformitem
      19. cfftp
      20. cfftp: Connection: file and directory operations
      21. cfftp: Opening and closing FTP server connections
      22. cfftp : Opening and closing secure FTP server connections
      23. cfftp action = "listDir"
      24. cffunction
    6. Tags g-h
      1. cfgraph
      2. cfgraphdata
      3. cfgrid
      4. cfgridcolumn
      5. cfgridrow
      6. cfgridupdate
      7. cfheader
      8. cfhtmlhead
      9. cfhtmltopdf
      10. cfhtmltopdfitem
      11. cfhttp
      12. cfhttpparam
    7. Tags i
      1. cfif
      2. cfimage
      3. cfimap
      4. cfimapfilter
      5. cfimpersonate
      6. cfimport
      7. cfinclude
      8. cfindex
      9. cfinput
      10. cfinsert
      11. cfinterface
      12. cfinvoke
      13. cfinvokeargument
    8. Tags j-l
      1. cfjava
      2. cflayout
      3. cflayoutarea
      4. cfldap
      5. cflocation
      6. cflock
      7. cflog
      8. cflogin
      9. cfloginuser
      10. cflogout
      11. cfloop
      12. cfloop : conditional loop
      13. cfloop : index loop
      14. cfloop : looping over a COM collection or structure
      15. cfloop : looping over a date or time range
      16. cfloop : looping over a list, a file, or an array
      17. cfloop : looping over a query
    9. Tags m-o
      1. cfmail
      2. cfmailparam
      3. cfmailpart
      4. cfmap
      5. cfmapitem
      6. cfmediaplayer
      7. cfmenu
      8. cfmenuitem
      9. cfmessagebox
      10. cfmodule
      11. cfNTauthenticate
      12. cfoauth
      13. cfobject
      14. cfobject: .NET object
      15. cfobject: COM object
      16. cfobject: component object
      17. cfobject: CORBA object
      18. cfobject: Java or EJB object
      19. cfobject: web service object
      20. cfobjectcache
      21. cfoutput
    10. Tags p-q
      1. cfparam
      2. cfpdf
      3. cfpdfform
      4. cfpdfformparam
      5. cfpdfparam
      6. cfpdfsubform
      7. cfpod
      8. cfpop
      9. cfpresentation
      10. cfpresentationslide
      11. cfpresenter
      12. cfprint
      13. cfprocessingdirective
      14. cfprocparam
      15. cfprocresult
      16. cfprogressbar
      17. cfproperty
      18. cfquery
      19. cfqueryparam
    11. Tags r-s
      1. cfregistry
      2. cfreport
      3. cfreportparam
      4. cfrethrow
      5. cfreturn
      6. cfsavecontent
      7. cfschedule
      8. cfscript
      9. cfsearch
      10. cfselect
      11. cfservlet
      12. cfservletparam
      13. cfset
      14. cfsetting
      15. cfsharepoint
      16. cfsilent
      17. cfslider
      18. cfspreadsheet
      19. cfsprydataset
      20. cfstoredproc
      21. cfswitch
    12. Tags t
      1. cftable
      2. cftextarea
      3. cftextinput
      4. cfthread
      5. cfthrow
      6. cftimer
      7. cftooltip
      8. cftrace
      9. cftransaction
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The attributes autoSuggest and sourceForToolTip are impacted after deprecation of YUI and Spry libraries in ColdFusion 2016 (Update 3).

cfinput type="datefiield" is impacted after deprecation of YUI and Spry libraries in the 2016 and 2018 versions of ColdFusion.

For a full list of deprecated features, refer to Deprecated features.

Description

Used within the cfform tag, to place input controls that support input validation on a form.

Category

Syntax

<cfinput 
name = "name" 
autosuggest = "list or bind expression" 
autosuggestBindDelay = "integer number if seconds" 
autosuggestMinLength = "integer" 
bind = "bind expression" 
bindAttribute = "attribute name" 
bindOnLoad = "no|yes" 
checked = "yes|no" 
dayNames = "day of week labels separated by commas" 
delimiter = "character" 
disabled = "disabled" 
enabled = "yes|no" 
firstDayOfWeek = "day name" 
height = "number of pixels" 
id = "HTML id" 
label = "text" 
matchContains = "true|false" 
mask = "masking pattern" 
maxLength = "number" 
maxResultsDisplayed = "number" 
message = "text" 
monthNames = "month labels" 
onBindError = "JavaScript function name" 
onChange = "JavaScript or ActionScript" 
onClick = "JavaScript or ActionScript" 
onError = "script name" 
onKeyDown = "JavaScript or ActionScript" 
onKeyUp = "JavaScript or ActionScript" 
onMouseDown = "JavaScript or ActionScript" 
onMouseUp = "JavaScript or ActionScript" 
onValidate = "script name" 
pattern = "regular expression" 
range = "minimum value, maximum value" 
required = "yes|no" 
showAutosuggestLoadingIcon = "yes|no" 
size = "integer" 
sourceForToolTip = "URL" 
src = "image URL" 
style = "style specification" 
tooltip = "text" 
type = "input type" 
typeahead = "no|yes" 
validate = "data type" 
validateAt = "onBlur|onServer|onSubmit" 
value = "initial value" 
visible = "yes|no" 
width = "integer number of pixels">

Some attributes apply to only specific display formats. For details, see the Attributes table. In HTML format forms, standard HTML input control attributes not listed above are passed to the HTML and have their normal effect.

Note:

You can specify this tag's attributes in an attributeCollection attribute whose value is a structure. Specify the structure name in the attributeCollection attribute and use the tag's attribute names as structure keys.

See also

History

ColdFusion 8

  • Added autosuggest, autosuggestBindDelay, autosuggestMinLength, delimiter, 
    maxResultsDisplayed, showAutosuggestLoadingIcon, and typeahead attributes.
  • Added support for the bind attribute in HTML forms and the bindAttribute and bindOnload, and onBindError attributes.
  • Added the sourceForTooltip attribute
  • Added support for datefield value of the type attribute in HTML forms.

ColdFusion MX 7:

  • Added support for button, file, hidden, image, reset, and submit controls.
  • Added support for generating Flash and XML controls (specified in the cfform tag).
  • Added datefield type (Flash forms only) and the supporting dayNames and monthNames attributes.
  • Added bind, enabled, height, label, tooltip, visible, and width attributes for use in Flash forms.
  • Added support for onBlur and onServer validation, including the validateAt attribute.
  • Added USdate, range, boolean, email, URL, uuid, guid, maxlength, noblanks, and submitOnce validate attribute values.
  • Added support for preventing multiple submissions.
  • Added the mask attribute.
  • Deprecated the passthrough attribute. The tag now supports all HTML input tag attributes directly.

ColdFusion MX: Changed the cfform tag preserveData attribute behavior: if it is set to True, ColdFusion checks radio and check box values only if their value matches the posted value for the control. (In earlier releases, if the posted value did not match any of the cfinput check boxes or radio buttons for the control, the checked attribute was used.

Attributes

The following table lists attributes that ColdFusion uses directly. The tag also supports all HTML form tag attributes that are not on this list, and passes them directly to the browser.

Note:

Attributes that are not marked as supported in All or XML are not handled by the skins provided with ColdFusion. They are, however, included in the generated XML.

Attribute

Req/Opt; formats

Default

Description

name

Required;all

 

Name for form input element.

autosuggest

Optional, HTML

 

Specifies entry completion suggestions to display as the user types into a text input. The user can select a suggestion to complete the text entry. The valid value can be either of the following:

  • A string that consists of the suggestion values separated by the delimiter specified by the delimiter attribute.
  • A bind expression that gets the suggestion values based on the current input text. The bind expression must pass a cfautosuggestvalue bind parameter to represent the user input.
    Valid only for cfinput type="text".
    For more information, see Using autosuggest text input fields in the Developing ColdFusion Applications

autosuggestBindDelay

Optional, HTML

1 second

A nonzero integer that specifies the minimum time between autosuggest bind expression invocations, in seconds. This value also specifies the delay from when the user first enters a minimum-length entry in the field until the suggestion box appears. Use this attribute to limit the number of requests that are sent to the server when a user types.Valid only for cfinput type="text".
Note: The only way to get the default behavior is to omit the attribute. Otherwise, the delay must be a nonzero integer value.

autosuggestMinLength

Optional, HTML

1

The minimum number of characters required in the text box before invoking a bind expression to return items for suggestion.Valid only for cfinput type="text".

bind

Optional; HTML,Flash

 

A bind expression that dynamically sets an attribute of the control. For details, see Usage.

bindAttribute

Optional;HTML

value

Specifies the HTML tag attribute whose value is set by the bind attribute. You can only specify attributes in the browser's HTML DOM tree, not ColdFusion-specific attributes.
Ignored if there is no bind attribute.Valid only for cfinput type="text".

bindOnLoad

Optional;HTML

no

A Boolean value that specifies whether to execute the bind attribute expression when first loading the form. Ignored if there is no bind attribute.Valid only for cfinput type="text".

checked

Optional;all

no

Selects a radio button or check box control:

  • yes
  • no
    For HTML format, you can indicate that the item is selected by specifying the value as checked or specifying the attribute with no value.

dayNames

Optional;all

S, M, T, W, T, F, S

Applies to datefield type only. A comma-delimited list that sets the names of the weekdays displayed in the calendar. Sunday is the first day; the rest of the weekday names follow in the normal order.

delimiter

Optional, HTML

comma (,)

The delimiter to use to separate entries in a static auto-suggest list. This attribute is meaningful only if the autosuggest attribute is a string of delimited values.

disabled

Optional;all

not disabled

Disables user input, making the control read-only. The attribute behavior depends on the format of the form as follows:

  • HTML format forms: ColdFusion passes this attribute directly to the HTML. To disable input, specify disabled without a value (HTML format) or with the value disabled (XHTML compliant). To enable input, omit this attribute.
  • Flash format forms: To disable input, specify disabled without an attribute, or disabled="yes" (or any ColdFusion positive Boolean value, such as true). To enable input, omit the attribute or specify disabled="no" (or any ColdFusion negative Boolean value, such as false).

enabled

Optional; Flash

yes

Boolean value that specifies whether the control is enabled. A disabled control appears in light gray. The inverse of the disabled attribute.

firstDayOfWeek

Optional;all

0

Applies to datefield type only. Integer in the range 0-6 that specifies the first day of the week in the calendar: 0 indicates Sunday; 6 indicates Saturday.

height

Optional; see Description

 

Applies to most Flash types, HTML image type on some browsers. The height of the control, in pixels. The displayed height might be less than the specified size.

id

Optional;HTML

name attribute value

The HTML ID of the form.

label

Optional; Flash, XML

 

Label to put next to the control on a Flash form. Not used for button, hidden, image, reset, or submit types.

mask

Optional;Flash, HTML

 

For tags with type="text". A mask pattern that controls the character pattern that users can enter, or that the form sends to ColdFusion. Mask characters and the corresponding valid input characters are:

  • A = A-Za-z
  • X = A-Za-z0-9
  • 9 = 0-9
  • ? = Any character
  • All other characters = insert the literal character
    For tags with type="datefield", a pattern that controls the format of dates that the user selects in the calendar. Mask characters are:
  • D = day; can use 0-2 mask characters.
  • M = month; can use 0-4 mask characters.
  • Y = year; can use 0, 2, or 4 characters.
  • E = day in week; can use 0-4 characters.
    For more information, see the Usage section.

matchContains

Optional

false

If true, the match returned contains the query string. By default, the results that_ start with_ the query string are returned.

maxLength

Optional;all

 

Maximum length of text entered, if type = "Text" or "password". For complete length validation, specify maxLength validation in a validate attribute; otherwise, this attribute prevents users from typing beyond the specified length, but does not prevent them from pasting in a longer value.

maxResultsDisplayed

Optional;HTML

10

The maximum number suggestions to display in the auto-suggest list.Valid only for cfinput type="text".

message

Optional;all

 

Message text to display if validation fails.

monthNames

Optional;all

January, February, March, April, May, June, July, August, September, October, November, December

Applies to datefield type only. A comma-delimited list of the month names that display at the top of the calendar.

onBindError

Optional;HTML

See Description

The name of a JavaScript function to execute if evaluating a bind expression, including an auto-suggest bind expression, results in an error. The function must take two attributes: an HTTP status code and a message.
If you omit this attribute, and have specified a global error handler (by using theColdFusion.setGlobalErrorHandler function), it displays the error message; otherwise a default error pop-up displays.

onChange

Optional;all

 

JavaScript (HTML/XML) or ActionScript (Flash) to run when the control changes due to user action. In Flash, applies to datefield, password, and text types only.

onClick

Optional;all

 

JavaScript (HTML/XML) or ActionScript (Flash) to run when the user clicks the control. In Flash, applies to button, checkbox, image, radio, reset, and submit types only.

onError

Optional;HTML, XML

 

Name of a custom JavaScript function to execute if validation fails.

onKeyDown

Optional;all

 

JavaScript (HTML/XML) or ActionScript (Flash) ActionScript to run when the user presses a keyboard key in the control.

onKeyUp

Optional;all

 

JavaScript (HTML/XML) or ActionScript (Flash) to run when the user releases a keyboard key in the control.

onMouseDown

Optional;all

 

JavaScript (HTML/XML) or ActionScript (Flash) to run when the user releases a mouse button in the control.

onMouseUp

Optional;all

 

JavaScript (HTML/XML) or ActionScript (Flash) to run when the user presses a mouse button in the control.

onValidate

Optional;HTML, XML

 

Name of a custom JavaScript function to validate user input. The form object, input object, and input object values are passed to the routine, which should return true if validation succeeds, and false otherwise. If used, the validate attribute is ignored.

pattern

Required if validate= "regex";HTML, XML

 

JavaScript regular expression pattern to validate input. ColdFusion uses this attribute only if you specifyregex in the validate attribute.Omit leading and trailing slashes. For examples and syntax, see Building Dynamic Forms with cfform Tags in the Developing ColdFusion Applications.

range

Optional;all

 

Minimum and maximum allowed numeric values. ColdFusion uses this attribute only if you specify range in the validate attribute. If you specify a single number or a single number followed by a comma, it is treated as a minimum, with no maximum. If you specify a comma followed by a number, the maximum is set to the specified number, with no minimum.
Note: ColdFusion does not process the range attribute when you use onsubmit or onBlur validation in XML format forms.

readonly

Optional; Flash, HTML

 

Applies to HTML and Flash forms.Valid only for cfinput type= "text". ColdFusion ignores this attribute for all other input types.

required

Optional;all

no

  • yes: the field must contain data.
  • no: allows an empty field.

showAutosuggestLoadingIcon

Optional; HTML

true

A Boolean value that specifies whether to display an animated icon when loading an auto-suggest value for a text input.

size

Optional;all

 

Size of input control. Ignored, if type = "radio" or "checkbox". If specified in a Flash form, ColdFusion sets the control width pixel value to 10 times the specified size and ignores the width attribute.

sourceForTooltip

Optional; HTML

 

The URL of a page to display as a tool tip. The page can include HTML markup to control the format, and the tip can include images.
If you specify this attribute, an animated icon appears with the text "Loading..." while the tip is being loaded.

src

Optional;Flash, HTML

 

Applies to Flash button, reset, submit, and image types, and the HTML image type. URL of an image to use on the button.

style

Optional;all

 

In HTML or XML format, ColdFusion passes the style attribute to the browser or XML.
In Flash format, must be a style specification in CSS format. For detailed information on specifying Flash styles, see Creating Forms in Flash in the Developing ColdFusion Applications.
In XML format, ColdFusion passes the style attribute to the XML.

tooltip

Optional; Flash, HTML

 

Text to display when the mouse pointer hovers over the control.
Ignored if you specify a sourceForTooltip attribute.

type

Optional;all

text

The input control type to create:

  • button: push button.
  • checkbox: check box.
  • datefield: HTML and Flash only; date entry field with an expanding calendar from which users select the date or dates. In HTML format only, users can also enter the date by typing in the field.
  • file: file selector; not supported in Flash. Not supported when you use Ajax form submission to submit the form asynchronously from the page.
  • hidden: invisible control.
  • image: clickable button with an image.
  • password: password entry control; hides input values.
  • radio: radio button.
  • reset: form reset button.
  • submit: form submission button.
  • text: text entry box.
    The attribute supports all HTML 5 input types, for example, email, range, or date.

typeahead

Optional;HTML

no

A Boolean value that specifies whether the auto-suggest feature should automatically complete a user's entry with the first result in the suggestion list.Valid only for cfinput type="text".

validate

Optional;all

 

The type or types of validation to do. Available validation types and algorithms depend on the format. For details, see Usage.

validateAt

Optional;all

onSubmit

How to do the validation; one or more of the following values:

  • onSubmit
  • onServer
  • onBlur
    The onBlur and onSubmit values are identical in Flash forms. For multiple values, use a comma-delimited list. For details, see Usage.

value

depends on type setting;all

 

HTML: corresponds to the HTML value attribute. Its use depends on control type.
Flash: optional; specifies text for button type inputs: button, submit, and image.

visible

Optional; Flash

yes

Boolean value that specifies whether to show the control. Space that would be occupied by an invisible control is blank.

width

Optional; see Description

 

Applies to most Flash types, and HTML image type on some browsers. The width of the control, in pixels. For Flash forms, ColdFusion ignores this attribute if you also specify a size attribute value.

Note:

Attributes that are marked as not supported in XML are not handled by the skins provided with ColdFusion. They are, however, included in the generated XML.

Usage

For this tag to work properly. the browser must be JavaScript-enabled.
If the cfform preserveData attribute is true and the form posts back to the same page, the posted value of the cfinput control is used, instead of its Value or Checked attribute.
You can use the keyboard to access and select dates from a datefield Flash input: press Tab to go to the field and press the Spacebar to open the menu. Use the Up, Down, Left, and Right Arrow keys to change the selected date. Use the Home and End keys to reach the first and last enabled date in a month, respectively. Use the Page Up and Page Down keys to reach the previous and next month, respectively.

Note:

To clear a datefield entry in Flash format forms, select the field to open the menu, and click the selected date.

For more information, see cfform. For information on using JavaScript regular expressions with this tag, see Building Dynamic Forms with cfform Tags in the Developing ColdFusion Applications.

Validation

The following sections describe how to do validation in cfinput tags.

  • Validation methods ColdFusion provides four methods of validation of cfinput text and password fields. You can specify one or a combination of the following in the validateAtattribute:
    • onSubmit: The form page on the browser includes JavaScript functions that perform validation before the form is submitted to the server. In Flash format forms, this option is identical to onBlur.
    • onBlur: In HTML format the form page on the browser includes JavaScript functions that perform validation when the field loses the focus. In Flash format, the attribute is equivalent to onSubmit. OnBlur validation uses the same algorithms as onSubmit validation. OnBlur validation was added in ColdFusion MX 7.
    • onServer: ColdFusion performs the validation on the server. Some onServer algorithms vary from the onSubmit algorithms. OnServer Date and Time validation allow more patterns than onSubmit validation. OnServer validation was added in ColdFusion MX 7, and automatically generates hidden fields to support the validation.
      You can also omit a validate attribute and specify the type of validation for the field in a separate hidden form field. This form of validation is equivalent to onServer validation, but it lets you specify separate messages for each validation that you do on the field. It is backward compatible with previous ColdFusion releases. For more information on hidden form field validation, see cfform and Validating form data using hidden fields in Validating form data using hidden fields in the Developing ColdFusion Applications.
  • Validation types Use the following values in the validate attribute to specify input validation for all validation methods. Most attributes apply only to password or text fields. You can specify multiple validation types in a comma-delimited list, but only some combinations are meaningful.

Type

Description

date

If validateAt="onServer", allows any date format that returns true in the IsDate function; otherwise, same as USdate.

USdate

A US date of the format mm/dd/yy mm-dd-yy or mm.dd.yy, with 1-2 digit days and months, 1-4 digit years.

eurodate

A date of the format dd/mm/yy, with 1-2 digit days and months, 1-4 digit years. The format can use /, -, or . characters as delimiters.

time

Time format hh:mm:ss

float or numeric

A number; allows integers.

integer

An integer.

range

A numeric range.

boolean

A value that can be converted to a Boolean value: Yes, No, True, False, or a number.

telephone

Standard U.S. telephone formats. Allows an initial 1 long-distance designator and up to 5-digit extensions, optionally starting with x.

zipcode

U.S. 5- or 9-digit ZIP code format #####-####. The separator can be a hyphen (-) or a space.

creditcard

Strips blanks and dashes; verifies number using mod10 algorithm. Number must have 13-16 digits.

ssn orsocial_security_number

US. Social Security number format, #########. The separator can be a hyphen (-) or a space.

email

A valid e-mail address of the form name@server.domain. ColdFusion validates the format only; it does not check that entry is a valid active e-mail address.

URL

A valid URL pattern; supports http, https, ftp file, mailto, and news URLs.

guid

A unique identifier that follows the Microsoft/DCE format, xxxxxxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxxxxxxxxxx, where x is a hexadecimal number.

uuid

A universally unique identifier (UUID) that follows the ColdFusion format, xxxxxxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, where x is a hexadecimal number.

maxlength

Limits the input to a maximum number of characters.

noblanks

Does not allow fields that consist only of blanks.

regex orregular_expression

Matches input against the pattern attribute. Valid in HTML and XML format only; ignored in Flash format.

SubmitOnce

Used only with submit and image types; prevents the user from submitting the same form multiple times before until the next page loads (for example, submitting an order a second time before getting the first order confirmation). Valid in HTML and XML format only; ignored in Flash format.

  • Validation differencesThe preceding table describes the general validation behavior. The underlying validation code must differ depending on the validation method and the form type. As a result, the algorithms used vary in some instances, including the following:
    • The validation algorithms used for date/time values varies between onSubmit/OnBlur and OnServer.
    • The algorithms used for onSubmit/OnBlur validation in Flash vary from those used for HTML/XML format, and generally follow simpler rules.
      The table describes the onSubmit/OnBlur behavior in HTML format. For detailed information on the OnServer validation algorithms, see Data validation types in About ColdFusion validation in the Developing ColdFusion Applications. For more information on validation, including discussions of the advantages and disadvantages of different validation types, see Validating data in the Developing ColdFusion Applications.

Masking input data

In HTML and Flash forms, the mask attribute controls the format of data that can be entered into a text field or that is selected in a datefield input control calendar. In HTML format, it does not prevent users from typing a date that does not follow the mask into a datefield input control. You can combine masking and validation on a field.
In text fields, ColdFusion automatically inserts any literal mask characters, such as hyphen (-) characters in telephone numbers. Users type only the variable part of the field.
The following pattern enforces entry of a part number of the format EB-1234-c1-098765, where the user starts the entry by typing the first numeric character, such as 3. ColdFusion fills in the preceding EB prefix and all - characters. The user must enters four numbers, followed by two alphanumeric characters, followed by six numbers.

<cfinput type="text" name="newPart" mask="EB-9999-XX-999999"/>
Note:

To force a pattern to be all-uppercase or all-lowercase, use the ColdFusion UCase or LCase functions in the action page.

For tags with type="datefield" (and cfcalendar tags), the number of pattern characters determines the format of the output when the user selects a date in the calendar, as follows:

Mask

Pattern

D

Single- or double-digit day of month, such as 1 or 28

DD

Double-digit day of month, such as 01 or 28

M

Single- or double-digit month, such as 1 or 12

MM

Double-digit month, such as 01 or 12

MMM

Abbreviated month name, such as Jan or Dec

MMMM

Full month name, such as January or December

YY

Two-character year, such as 05

YYYY

Four-character year, such as 2005

E

Single-digit day of week, such as 1 or 7

EEE

Abbreviated day of week name, such as Mon or Sun

EEEE

Full month day of week name, such as Monday or Sunday

The following pattern specifies that the Flash forms sends the date selected by using a datefield input control to ColdFusion as text in the format 04/29/2004:

<cfinput name="stDate" type="datefield" label="date:" mask="mm/dd/yyyy"/>

Flash form data binding

The bind attribute lets you populate form fields by using the contents of other form fields. To specify text from another field in a Flash format cfinput tag bind attribute, use the following format:{sourceTagName.text}For example, the following line uses the values from the firstName and lastName fields to construct an e-mail address. (The user can change or replace this value with a typed entry.)

<cfinput type="text" name="email" label="email"
bind="{firstName.text}.{lastName.text}@mm.com">

HTML form data binding

The bind attribute lets you set cfinput attributes dynamically. For example, you can automatically fill an email field text-input value based on name and domain field values. In HTML format, the bind attribute specifies a bind expression, which can have any for the following forms:

  • Bind parameter or string that contains
    one or more bind parameters. A bind parameter specifies a form control
    value or other attribute and, optionally, an event. In its most
    basic form, a bind parameter consists of the name or id attribute
    of the control to which you are binding in braces ({ }) The value
    of the control attributes specified in the bind parameters determine
    the value of the cfinput control attribute.
  • A CFC or JavaScript function, or URL, typically using one or more bind parameters as function parameters. The data returned by the function or URL sets the cfinput attribute value.
    For details of using HTML form data binding, see Binding data to form fields in the Developing ColdFusion Applications.

Note:

To bind to a cfinput control with type attribute of button, specify a bind event setting such as click in the bind expression of the control that binds to the button. The default event, onChange, has no effect.

Example: without binding

<!--- This example shows the use of cfinput within a cfform to ensure simple 
validation of text items. ---> 
<cfform action = "cfinput.cfm"> 
<!--- Phone number validation. ---> 
Phone Number Validation (enter a properly formatted phone number): <br> 
<cfinput 
type = "Text" name = "MyPhone" 
message = "Enter telephone number, formatted xxx-xxx-xxxx (e.g. 617-761-2000)" 
validate = "telephone" required = "yes"> 
<font size = -1 color = red>Required</font> 
<!--- Zip code validation. ---> 
<p>Zip Code Validation (enter a properly formatted zip code):<br> 
<cfinput 
type = "Text" name = "MyZip" 
message = "Enter zip code, formatted xxxxx or xxxxx-xxxx" 
validate = "zipcode" required = "yes"> 
<font size = -1 color = red>Required</font> 
<!--- Range validation. ---> 
<p>Range Validation (enter an integer from 1 to 5): <br> 
<cfinput 
type = "Text" name = "MyRange" range = "1,5" 
message = "You must enter an integer from 1 to 5" 
validate = "integer" required = "no"> 
<!--- Date validation. ---> 
<p>Date Validation (enter a properly formatted date):<br> 
<cfinput 
type = "Text" name = "MyDate" 
message = "Enter a correctly formatted date (dd/mm/yy)" 
validate = "date" required = "no"> 
<input 
type = "Submit" name = "" 
value = "send my information"> 
</cfform>

Example: with binding

The following example uses binding to generate a default e-mail address based on input controls with a first, last and domain names, and fills in the e-mail text-input field with the result.
The CFML page contains the following code:

<h3>CFC bind using onkeyup() event</h3> 
<ul> 
<li>When you type in the First Name field, the first initial appears in 
the Email control.</li> 
<li>Each key you enter in the Last Name and Domain fields appears in the 
Email control.</li> 
</ul> 

<cfform name="mycfform"> 
First Name<font color="#FF0000">*</font>:&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 
<cfinput type="text" name="firstname" required="yes"><br> 
Last Name<font color="#FF0000">*</font>:&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 
<cfinput type="text" name="lastname" required="yes"><br> 
Domain<font color="#FF0000">* 
</font>:&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 
<cfinput type="text" name="domain" required="yes"><br> 
<br> 
<cfinput type="text" name="email1" 
bind="cfc:bindFcns.getEmailId({firstname@keyup},{lastname@keyup}, 
{domain@keyup})"> 
<br><br> 
<font color="#FF0000">*</font> indicates the field is required. 
</cfform>

The bindFcns CFC contains the following code:

<cfcomponent> 
<cffunction name="getEmailId" access="remote"> 
<cfargument name="firstname"> 
<cfargument name="lastname"> 
<cfargument name="domain"> 
<cfreturn "#left(firstname,1)#.#lcase(arguments.lastname)#@# 
lcase(domain)#"> 
</cffunction> 
</cfcomponent>

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