Sandeep Paliwal's Blog

Using Filters to control your menu contributions

sandeepp — Wed, 12 May 2010 14:09:01 +0000

Filters in ColdFusion Builder extensions are used to control when menu contributions should be visible. Filters can be applied to both Menus and Actions. This post talks about how to use filters with some code samples.

Adobe ColdFusion Builder - File encoding support

sandeepp — Sun, 28 Mar 2010 08:33:33 +0000

Adobe ColdFusion Builder by default treats CFML file content as UTF-8 encoded. This post tells you how to configure Adobe ColdFusion builder to use a different file encoding.

Some useful Keyboard shortcuts

sandeepp — Thu, 20 Aug 2009 06:32:53 +0000

Here are few useful editor shortcuts when using ColdFusion Builder Toggle between source and preview tabs Press Ctrl+Page Down to navigate to next tab (eg. from source to preview) [...]

ColdFusion Builder Extensions Tutorial - Part 2 - Adding context menus

sandeepp — Wed, 19 Aug 2009 06:54:52 +0000

This post from me comes a little delayed than i would have liked, but all I can say is that some cool stuff for ColdFusion Builder has been keeping me busy ;). So to get started I will cover how to add custom context menu to different views in ColdFusion Builder in this post. Supported views [...]

ColdFusion Builder - HTML Colorization

sandeepp — Mon, 17 Aug 2009 07:24:32 +0000

This post covers how to change ColdFusion Builder HTML colorization and make it similar to that of Dreamweaver, including HTML colorization file for Dreamweaver colorization. It also covers region colorization and shows how color of angular braces around HTML tags can be changed.

Show/Hide Whitespace Characters

sandeepp — Wed, 12 Aug 2009 07:27:25 +0000

Display of whtiespace characters in ColdFusion Builder can be easily switched on/off by hitting “Ctrl+.”(Control and dot).Below screenshow shows cfm file opend in editors with whitespace characters being displayed. Also which characters are displayed in place of whitespace characters can be customized via Preferences->HTML->Editors page. Assign any desired characters in corresponding fields inside whitespace markers group. Check [...]

ColdFusion Builder - Editor Profiles

sandeepp — Thu, 30 Jul 2009 06:31:51 +0000

Editor Profiles (Found under Preferences->ColdFusion->Editor Profiles) are meant to group all editor preferences under one set and save them all for future use.This allows users to create different profiles for different editor preferences and allows one click applying of all your favorite editor preference settings. So what you can do is set individual editor preferences like [...]

Easy Access to Editor preferences

sandeepp — Wed, 29 Jul 2009 12:25:02 +0000

An easy way to access editor preferences is through editor’s context menu, i.e. just right click on editor while editing any CFM CFC files, and select “preferences” menu option it will take you to CFML Editor’s preferences. This also works for any editor in general, so for eg. if you are editing HTML files, “preferences” option [...]

ColdFusion Builder Extensions Tutorial Part I - Introduction

sandeepp — Fri, 24 Jul 2009 08:56:27 +0000

As I had said in my previous post that I will post a series of articles on extensions covering basics, tips and tricks etc, so here’s my first one. This articles introduces you to ColdFusion Builder Extensions, explains what are they, what all is possible, where to find extensions etc. First things First What Are ColdFusion Builder [...]

ColdFusion Builder Comment Colorization

sandeepp — Wed, 22 Jul 2009 14:17:05 +0000

This post provides a quick solution to set background color for cfml comments in ColdFusion Builder. Also if you are interested, it gives details about colorization file which can be imported/exported from ColdFusion Builder Color preferences.