1. CFCamp, Munich
ColdFusion Builder Extensions October 16th, 2012

2. About me
• Guust Nieuwenhuis
• Analyst Programmer at Trasys
• Owner at Orange Lark
• Adobe Community Professional
• CFUG Belgium co-manager
• ColdFusion CAB member
• Scotch on the Rocks CAB member
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3. About me
• Guust Nieuwenhuis
• Analyst Programmer at Trasys
• Owner at Orange Lark
• Adobe Community Professional
• CFUG Belgium co-manager
• ColdFusion CAB member
• Scotch on the Rocks CAB member
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4. ColdFusion Builder Extensions
Extensions?
Installation
Using extensions

5. Extensions?
• Extend the features of ColdFusion Builder
• Using ColdFusion
• 65 extensions on RiaForge.org

6. Installation
• Install from a zip file
• Import a folder
• Extensions view

7. Using extensions
• Context menus
• Views
• Post install wizard
• Project creation wizard

8. RDS view
Project view Editor view
Outline view
Context menus

9. Using extensions
• Context menus
• Views
• Post install wizard
• Project creation wizard

10. Building extensions
Configuration file
Metadata
Install
Extending IDE
Handlers
Handler communication
User interfaces
Callback commands
Tips and tricks

11. Configuration file
• IDE_config.xml
• Contains
• Metadata
• Install
• Extending IDE (menu, events, view, code assist, start page)
• Handlers
• Cashed!

12. Metadata
• Contains information about the extension
• Name
• Author
• Version
• Email
• Description
• License

13. Install
• Add screens to the ColdFusion Builder extension install wizard

14. Extending IDE
• Extend the context menus
• Resource navigator
• RDS Data view
• Outline view
• CFML Editor

15. Extending IDE
• Respond to events
• onprojectcreate
• onfilechangeineditor
• onRDSDataViewSelectionChange
• onFileSaved

16. Extending IDE
• Views
• Create views

17. Handlers
• File that contains code
• Runs in response to an event or an action

18. Handler communication
• Communication between handler and ColdFusion Builder
• Trough XML
• FORM.ideeventinfo

19. User interfaces
• Configuration files
• HTML interfaces
• XML response

20. Callback commands
• Ask ColdFusion Builder to do something or to give something
• refreshFile, refreshFolder, refreshProject, openFile, insertText, getServers,
getDatasources, getTables, getTable, searchFile,
getFunctionsAndVariables

21. DEMO: Squeezer

22. Not covered
• Code assist
• on variables
• for function parameters
• for function invoked on a specific variable
• Setting Launch page

23. Tips and tricks
• Turn debugging off!
• Use the CF error log
• Use extensions to build extensions
• Adobe Extension Builder
• Extension Builder (by Dan Vega)
• ColdFusion Builder Extension Test Creator (by Terry Ryan)

24. Contact me!
info@lagaffe.be
www.lagaffe.be
@lagaffe
info@orangelark.be
www.orangelark.be
@orangelark

25. CFCamp, Munich
ColdFusion Builder Extensions October 16th, 2012