Coldfusion with Keith Diehl

How ColdFusion saved me
from a week of grunt work

Using SQL Server and Coldfusion
to generate 600 Word Documents.

Buy One Class – Get One Class 50% off
until December 15

Why ColdFusion?
• Quick learning curve
• Similar style to HTML with opening and closing tags
• Supported by Adobe and frequently updated with new features

• ColdFusion isn’t free but also not that expensive
• Hosted ColdFusion accounts are about $30 a month
• Free Developer Edition

Can you guess what this does?

<cfloop index="i" from="1" to="10">

<cfoutput> <p> #i# </p> </cfoutput>

</cfloop>

Can I get this outline as a Word Doc?

Ummm… No.

<cfoutput>

<h1>#database.h1#</h1>
<h2>#database.h2#</h2>

#database.classOutline#

</cfoutput>

I need all of our outlines in Word

… super.

Can ColdFusion come to my rescue?

Yup!

Step 1: Get the info from the database

<cfquery name="allOutlines" datasource="datasource"
username="username" password="password">

SELECT ID,
Name,
Days,
H1,
ClassOutline,
FileName

FROM classroomTable

ORDER BY Name

</cfquery>

Step 2: Output class info into a variable
<cfoutput query="allOutlines">

<cfsavecontent variable="myDocument">

<html xmlns:w="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:word">

<head>
<xml>
<w:WordDocument>
<w:View>Print</w:View>
<w:SpellingState>Clean</w:SpellingState>
<w:GrammarState>Clean</w:GrammarState>
<w:Compatibility>
<w:BreakWrappedTables/>
<w:SnapToGridInCell/>
<w:WrapTextWithPunct/>
<w:UseAsianBreakRules/>
</w:Compatibility>
<w:DoNotOptimizeForBrowser/>
</w:WordDocument>
</xml>
</head>

Step 3: Write variable into Word Doc
<body>

<cfoutput>

<h1>#allOutlines.Name#</h1>
<p>#allOutlines.Days# <cfif allOutlines.Days GT "1">days<cfelse>day</cfif></p>

#allOutlines.classOutline#

</cfoutput>

</body>
</html>
</cfsavecontent>

<cfscript>

FileWrite("Server:word-outlines#allOutlines.ID#-#allOutlines.FileName#.doc", "#myDocument#");

</cfscript>

</cfoutput>

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Coldfusion with Keith Diehl

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