macromedia® Coldfusion® MX 7 Web Application Construction Kit

Chapter 19. Introducing the Web Application Framework

IN THIS CHAPTER

Using Application.cfc 528

Using Application Variables 534

Customizing the Look of Error Messages 542

Using Locks to Protect Against Race Conditions 553

Application Variable Timeouts 565

ColdFusion provides a small but very important set of features for building sophisticated Web applications. The features have to do with making all your ColdFusion templates for a particular site or project behave as if they were related to one another—that is, to make them behave as a single application. These features are referred to collectively as the Web application framework.

The Web application framework is designed to help you with the following:

• Consistent Look and Feel. The application framework ...