Flex 3 is now out and it's an exciting time to be a ColdFusion developer. In this article I walk you step by step to using Flex 3 with ColdFusion and the integrated LiveCycle Data Services. There is also a section about using the ColdFusion wizard to quickly build the backend ColdFusion CFC's to get you up and running.

LiveCycle Data Services gives you the ability to create robust applications with very little work, I encourage all ColdFusion developers to get familiar with this technology as it's a great tool on your development belt.
Hope you enjoy the article, and if you have any questions or problems feel free to drop a comment here.

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There are many new features in Adobe ColdFusion 8 that are simply remarkable. I’m currently working on 2 articles that will go live when ColdFusion 8 is officially launched.

The first article is about the new ColdFusion debugger, which allows you to set breakpoints, step though code and more. This article will demonstrate how to configure debugging and use the different features.

The second article is all about the new ColdFusion AJAX tags and features. I have teamed up with Steve Rittler from Counter March Systems to write this exciting article. Much thanks to Steve for co-authoring this with me!

Yes it’s finally done! No really!

Update: The article is now live and can be found here

Part 2 will be on Adobe.com Monday 16th 2007! This article went through more twists and turns then expected. In short, I built a fully functioning Flex 2/ColdFusion/Verity document search application. The problem was that to walk a reader through line by line and explain how everything was working would have resulted in a 100 page book!

While still explaining how to call the CFC and handle a result from Verity, I didn’t get into detail explaining all the other Flex 2 features that are used such as:

• Array Collections
• Shared Objects
• Action Script Value Objects
• Custom Events
• Dispatching Custom Events
• Drag & Drop
• Item Renderer’s

While relevant to how the entire app works, getting into explaining them would have resulted very large article with parts 1 – 8!

I assume there will be questions, and I will be more then happy to answer them here.

This was to demonstrate how Flex 2 could provide a cool interface for searching Verity collections. I plan on building this app out further as there is so much more that can be done. I actually have another version of this app that uses best practices that were not used in the article as it would just have added more to explain. The point was to show an example as easy as possible, not get into best practices.

I will be posting a new version of the application here on the blog that you are free to use in your own environments. There are many features that are missing from the sample application that I am very excited to add in.

If you have any features that you would like to see added please let me know and I will try to incorporate them.

Update: The article is now live and can be found here

Today I have a new article up on the Adobe developer center. In part 1 we use a DirectoryWatcher event gateway to watch the directory(s) where your documents reside. If a change occurs, the CFC (ColdFusion component) listener will refresh the Verity collection. This way, you efficiently automate the process of refreshing your Verity collections.

Part II we will create a rich document search interface with Flex 2. You'll get deeper into Verity's powerful search features such as category support, search suggestions, searching within a result set, and more. You will use the power of Flex 2 to create a richer and engaging search interface.