As of ColdFusion (2021 release), CORBA has been removed. You can no longer use CORBA-related features, functions, and tags.
The following table briefly describes CFML tags:
CFML tag |
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Description |
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Stops the processing of a ColdFusion page at the tag location |
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Controls importation of JavaScript files used for ColdFusion AJAX-based features |
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Generates an AJAX proxy class on the client page for a ColdFusion component |
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Embeds Java applets in a cfform tag |
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Defines an application name; activates client variables; specifies client variable storage mechanism |
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Creates a parameter definition within a component definition; defines a function argument |
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Enables subtag data to be saved with a base tag |
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Breaks out of a CFML looping construct |
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Caches ColdFusion pages |
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Provides a calendar from which to select a date |
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Used with the cfswitch and cfdefaultcase tags |
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Catches exceptions in ColdFusion pages |
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Generates and displays a chart |
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Defines chart data points |
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Defines style in which chart data displays |
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cfclient | The <cfClient> tag is a marker tag that instructs ColdFusion to generate client-side code (JavaScript) for ColdFusion code. | |
cfclientsettings | This tag is similar to cfprocessingdirective and acts as a compiler directive to include plugins for various features (device detection and device API). | |
Defines table column header, properties |
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Administers Solr collections |
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Creates and defines a component object |
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Defines content type and filename of a file to be downloaded by the current page |
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Returns processing to the top of a loop; used within a cfloop tag. |
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Defines and sets cookie variables, including expiration and security options |
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Lets you retrieve information about a data source |
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Receives control if there is no matching cfcase tag value |
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Performs typical directory-handling tasks from within a ColdFusion application |
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Creates an HTML tag with that is populated using a bind expressions. |
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Creates PDF or Adobe FlashPaper output from a text block that contains CFML and HTML |
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Specifies action items, such as header, footer, and page break, for a PDF or FlashPaper document |
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Divides a PDF or FlashPaper document into sections |
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Outputs variables for debugging |
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Creates IF-THEN-ELSE constructs |
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Creates IF-THEN-ELSE constructs |
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Displays custom HTML error pages when errors occur |
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Gets, creates, deletes, modifies, or responds to Microsoft Exchange calendar events |
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Opens or closes a persistent connection with an Exchange server |
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Gets, creates, deletes, or modifies Exchange contacts |
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Helps users organize and manage conversations from a Microsoft Exchange account. |
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Allows you to perform various actions on the mail folder, such as get folder information, find folders, or create, copy, modify, move, delete, and empty the contents of a folder. |
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Sets filter conditions used in Exchange tag get operations |
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Gets and deletes Exchange mail messages and sets message properties |
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Gets, creates, deletes, or modifies an Exchange user task |
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Executes developer-specified process on server computer |
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Aborts processing of executing CFML tag |
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Reads, creates, and converts, Atom and RSS syndication feeds |
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Performs typical file-handling tasks from within ColdFusion application |
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Displays a dialog for uploading multiple files from the user's system. |
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Used inside a cftry tag |
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Flushes currently available data to client |
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Builds input form; performs client-side input validation |
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Groups form control into a containing object |
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Adds text and dividing rules to Adobe Flash forms |
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Permits FTP file operations |
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Defines function that you build in CFML |
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Displays tabular grid control, in cfform tag |
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Used in cfform; defines columns in a cfgrid |
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Defines a grid row; used with cfgrid |
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Directly updates ODBC data source from edited grid data |
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Generates HTTP headers |
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Writes text and HTML to HEAD section of page |
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cfhtmltopdf | Data output tags | <cfhtmltopdf> creates high quality PDF output from a text block containing CFML and HTML using the PDF Service Manager. |
cfhtmltopdfitem | Data output tags | The <cfhtmltopdfitem> specifies the action items for a PDF document created by the <cfhtmltopdf>tag. |
Performs GET and POST to upload file or post form, cookie, query, or CGI variable directly to server |
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Specifies parameters required for a cfhttp POST operation; used with cfhttp |
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Creates IF-THEN-ELSE constructs |
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Creates a cfimage, a ColdFusion data type that can be operated by image functions. |
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Retrieves and manages e-mails and folders in IMAP servers |
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cfimapfilter | Communication tags | Specifies filter parameters that control the actions of cfimap, get operations. |
Imports JSP tag libraries into a CFML page |
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Embeds references to ColdFusion pages |
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Creates Solr search indexes |
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Creates an input element (radio button, check box, text entry box); used in cfform |
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Inserts records in a data source |
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Defines an interface that a ColdFusion component can implement |
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Invokes component methods from a ColdFusion page or component |
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Passes a parameter to a component method or a web service |
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Creates a region of its container with a specific layout behavior |
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Defines a display region within a cflayout tag body |
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Provides access to LDAP directory servers |
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Controls execution of a page |
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Ensures data integrity and synchronizes execution of CFML code |
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Writes a message to a log file |
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Defines a container for user login and authentication code |
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Identifies an authenticated user to ColdFusion |
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Logs the current user out |
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Repeats a set of instructions based on conditions |
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Assembles and posts an e-mail message |
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Attaches a file or adds a header to an e-mail message |
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Contains one part of a multipart mail message |
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Embeds a Google map within a ColdFusion web page |
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Creates markers on the map; a child tag of the cfmap tag |
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Creates an in-built media player that can play FLV files |
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Creates a top-level menu or a tool bar. |
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Defines an entry in a menu, including an item that is the head of a submenu. |
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Defines a control for displaying pop-up messages |
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Authenticates user information against an NT domain |
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cfoauth | Communications tags, Internet protocol tags | The <oauth> tag allows you to easily integrate third-party Oauth 2 authentication provider |
Creates COM, component, CORBA, Java, and web service objects |
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Flushes the query cache |
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Displays the output of a database query or other operation |
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Defines a parameter and its default value |
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Manipulates existing PDF documents. |
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Creates and manipulates PDF forms. |
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Creates interactive fields on a PDF form. |
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Child tag of the cfpdf tag. Used only with the merge action to merge multiple pages or PDF documents into one file |
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Creates subforms within a PDF form. |
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Creates a an area of the browser or layout area with an optional title bar and a body |
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Gets and deletes messages from POP mail server |
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Creates a presentation dynamically from an HTML page or SWF files |
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Creates a slide dynamically from an HTML page or SWF source files (child tag of the cfpresentation tag) |
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Describes a presenter in a slide presentation |
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Prints PDF documents. Used for automated print jobs |
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Suppresses white space and other output |
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Holds parameter information for stored procedure |
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Result set name that ColdFusion tags use to access result set of a stored procedure |
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Defines a progress bar to indicate the progress of an activity |
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Defines components |
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Passes SQL statements to a database |
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Checks data type of a query parameter |
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Reads, writes, and deletes keys and values in a Windows system registry |
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Embeds a ColdFusion Report Builder or Crystal Reports report |
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Passes an input parameter to a ColdFusion Report Builder report |
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Rethrows currently active exception |
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Returns results from a component method |
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Saves generated content inside tag body in a variable |
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Schedules page execution; optionally, produces static pages |
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Encloses a set of cfscript statements |
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Executes searches against data indexed in Solr collections, using cfindex |
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Creates a drop-down list box form element; used in cfform tag |
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Defines a variable |
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Defines and controls ColdFusion settings |
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Invokes a SharePoint action from ColdFusion |
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Suppresses CFML output within tag scope |
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Creates slider control; used in cfform |
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Manages Excel spreadsheet files |
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Creates a spry data set |
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Holds database connection information; identifies a stored procedure to execute |
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Evaluates passed expression; passes control to matching cfcase tag |
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Builds a table in a ColdFusion page |
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Puts a multiline text box in a form |
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Creates and manages ColdFusion threads, independent streams of execution. |
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Throws a developer-specified exception |
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Displays execution time for a block of code |
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Specifies text to display when the mouse pointer hovers over the tag body elements |
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Displays and logs application debugging data |
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Groups cfquery operations into one transaction; performs rollback processing |
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Creates tree control element; used in cfform |
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Populates a tree control element in a form; used with cftree |
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Catches exceptions in ColdFusion pages |
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Updates rows in a database data source |
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Lets you create the WebSocket object in your CFM template. The tag creates a reference to the WebSocket JavaScript object at the client-side. |
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Serializes and deserializes CFML data structures to XML-based WDDX format |
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Creates a pop-up window in the browser |
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Creates an XML document object |
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Manipulates ZIP and JAR files |
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Manipulates ZIP and JAR files |