1. Extend the ‘AWESOME’

2. And I Am…?

3. Matt Gifford aka coldfumonkeh
• ColdFusion, Flex & AIR
• Lead Developer with Fuzzy Orange
• Author (yay!)
• Coffee Lover
• #80sFriday Pimp
And I Am…?

4. Blatant Plug

5. Blatant Plug

6. Get Into It

7. Awesome ColdFusion 9 Features
• Object-relational mapping (ORM)
• Enhanced document manipulation
• ColdFusion Builder
• Enhanced AJAX controls
• SharePoint integration (portals)
• ColdFusion as a Service
Get Into It

8. CF Code Ninjas

9. Other Developers
• Lack rapid development capabilities
• Create additional code between applications
• Are jealous of our charismatic ways
CF Code Ninjas

10. extend (ex·tend) v.
to enlarge the scope of, or make more
comprehensive
The Meaning

11. extend (ex·tend) v.
to stretch forth or hold out, as the arm or
hand: to extend one's hand in greeting
The Meaning

12. Fly Into Action

13. Enhanced Abilities Within Flex & AIR
• AIR local/remote database synchronisation
• Faster Flash Remoting
• Exposed Service Layer
• ActionScript Proxy Classes
Fly Into Action

14. Exposed Services

15. Plenty To Play With
Exposed Services

16. Chart Mail
generate send
Document PDF
generate addWatermark
convertArrayOfStructToPDFPageDetailArray [private]
Image deletepages
extractImage
AddBorder
extractPages
batchOperation
extractText
Blur
getInfo
Crop
mergeFiles
Flip
mergespecificpages
GetEXIFMetaData
processDDX
GetEXIFTAG
protect
GetHeight
removewatermark
GetIPTCMetaData
setinfo
GetIPTCTag
thumbnail
GetWidth
GrayScale
Info POP
Negative delete
Overlay getAll
Resize getHeaderOnly
Rotate
ScaletoFit
Sharpen
Shear
Available Methods

17. <cfmail to="andy.allan@fuzzyorange.co.uk"
from="matt.gifford@fuzzyorange.co.uk"
subject="Pay My Wages" />
<cf:Mail to="andy.allan@fuzzyorange.co.uk"
from="matt.gifford@fuzzyorange.co.uk"
subject="Pay My Wages" />
How easy?

18. How easy?

19. Access All Areas

20. Access & Utilise ColdFusion
Features From Within Flex
Access All Areas

21. Access & Utilise ColdFusion
Features From Within Flex
• Import cfservices.swc library
• Add the ColdFusion namespace
• Write some code
Access All Areas

22. Let’s Demonstrate

23. Flex With Muscle

24. CF & Flex: Coding Without Stress
UPLOAD_URL
extractURLFromUploadResponse()
uploadUrl.url = "http://"+conf.cfServer+":"+conf.cfPort+"/"+Util.UPLOAD_URL;
uploadUrl.method = "POST";
uploadUrl.contentType = "multipart/form-data";
uploadedFileUrl = Util.extractURLFromUploadResponse(event.data.toString());
Flex With Muscle

25. Some Useful Reminders
<cf:Config id="conf"
cfServer="localhost"
cfPort="8500"
serviceUserName="demoUser"
servicePassword="demoPassword" />
<cf:Image id="getImageInfo"
action="info"
source="{dragImage.source}"
result="imageInfoResult(event)"
fault="onFault(event)" />
getImageInfo.execute();
The Work

26. Other Fine Examples

27. Final Questions?

28. Extend the ‘AWESOME’

29. matt.gifford@fuzzyorange.co.uk
twitter.com/coldfumonkeh
Extend the ‘AWESOME’