Something we discovered lately, which we reported to Adobe, is that if you perform an EAR/WAR install of ColdFusion 9, and choose RDS to be disabled, the installer enables it regardless.

Adobe have issued a technote here.

Matt and myself wrote an article for the November edition of .NET mag, and we've also been speaking about this new ColdFusion 9 feature across Europe as part of Scotch on the Road.

To follow up on this, Matt has started on a series of blog posts on ColdFusion as a Service, and you can read part one here.

The RRP for ColdFusion 9 Enterprise has dropped by £1,474.00+VAT in comparison to ColdFusion 8 Enterprise. ColdFusion 9 Standard pricing has remained steady.

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As an Adobe Authorised Reseller, we can always better the RRP pricing, so if you're looking to buy brand new ColdFusion 9 licenses, or looking to upgrade from ColdFusion 8, drop us an email at info@fuzzyorange.co.uk or just use our Contact Form.

With the release of ColdFusion 9, we've managed to infiltrate the UK's largest Web Design/Development magazine, .net mag, and write a tutorial on ColdFusion as a Service.

In this tutorial, FO senior developer Matt Gifford and myself, explain how you can build Flex and AIR apps that utilise ColdFusion features without writing a single line of ColdFusion code.

The demo app we've written allows you to drag and drop an image onto the app, and then by calling these backend ColdFusion services, rotate and resize the image, and finally, email the manipulated image to a user specified email address.

Other services that can be utilised include; PDF creation, word to PDF conversion, charting and more.

The November issue is out October 13th so pick up a copy as soon as you can.

OK ... it's been out for a week now, but after getting back from AdobeMAX, Kev and myself have had a lot to catch up on, not withstanding the fact we're off to Munich on Sunday for the start of SOTR Europe.

Talking of SOTR, we'll have lots of CF9 features showcased there, including; ColdFusion as a Service, Taking ColdFusion Applications off-line with Adobe AIR, ColdFusion 9 Administration features, ORM, and more.

CF9 is a great release, and we've already updated all our environments, including, laptops, staging, qa and production.

So, go give it a whirl.

There's a pretty nasty performance bug in ColdFusion Builder Public Beta 2, which makes performance on OS X a bit of a nightmare.

I'm pretty sure the ColdFusion Builder team will fix it ASAP, but for now we've had to revert back to CFEclipse as it really is impacting our day to day work.

You can help get this bug fixed by voting for it here.

You can find the recording of my MAX presentation, Document Driven Applications with ColdFusion and PDF on the Adobe MAX website.

The slide deck and code can be found on Slidesix.com

For those who attended my session at CFUnited, this is an updated version of the demo app, so please grab this copy of the code too.

The annual Adobe MAX conference is due to take place in Los Angeles, October 4-7.

In typical fashion, Fuzzy Orange are sending a small crack team of commandos... well, Kev McCabe and myself, to infiltrate the camp and cause chaos. It's what we do best.

I'll be causing a major distraction on Wednesday 7th October when I give my presentation on Document Driven Applications: ColdFusion and PDF.

Learn painless techniques for incorporating documents into your workflow. In this session, we'll take an in-depth look at all the PDF-based features of ColdFusion Centaur. Find out just how easy it is to collect data from PDF forms, convert other formats to PDF, work with existing PDF documents, and even create PDF packages.

We'll also be carrying out other random acts of senseless ... fun. So keep an eye out for us.

We're just about a month away from this years Scotch on the Rocks conference. Unlike previous years, we're taking 2009 on the road with stops in London (June 1st), Manchester (June 3rd) and Edinburgh (June 5th).

One of the major highlights of this year will be our sessions on Centaur; aka ColdFusion 9, and Bolt; the ColdFusion IDE that Adobe are working on.

ColdFusion Product Manager Adam Lehman will be covering Advanced ORM, and Evangelist Terry Ryan will be covering Bolt. Terry will also be giving the keynote at each location though Adobe are playing their cards close to their chests on what Terry will actually cover.

So, make sure you get your ticket for Scotch if you want the lowdown on ColdFusion 9 and Bolt.

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