Coldfusion with Keith Diehl

How ColdFusion saved me from a week of grunt work

Using SQL Server and Coldfusion to generate 600 Word Documents.

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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>

<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>

Step 3: Write variable into Word Doc

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