Using the <cfdocument> Tag

We’ll start with a really simple example. Listing 16.8 contains simple text wrapped within a pair of <cfdocument> tags. The generated output is seen in Figure 16.8.

Figure 16.8. Adobe PDF format is the most commonly used printable document format on the Web.
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Listing 16.8. Print1.cfm—Basic PDF Generation
<!---
Name:        Print1.cfm
Author:      Ben Forta
Description: Simple printable output
Created:     07/10/2007
--->

<cfdocument format="pdf">
Hello world!
</cfdocument>

The code in Listing 16.8 couldn’t be simpler. By wrapping text in between <cfdocument> and </cfdocument> tags, content between those tags ...

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