User Guide

2 CFML Language Reference
Alphabetical List of ColdFusion Tags
The ColdFusion Markup Language (CFML) consists of a set of tags you use in your
ColdFusion pages to interact with data sources, manipulate data, and display output.
Using CFML tags is very simple; tag syntax is much like HTML element syntax.
The following table provides brief descriptions of each CFML tag.
CFML Tag Summary
CFML Tag Description
CFABORT Stops processing of a ColdFusion page at the tag
location.
CFAPPLET Embeds Java applets in a CFFORM.
CFAPPLICATION Defines application name, activates client variables.
CFASSOCIATE Enables sub-tag data to be saved with the base tag.
CFAUTHENTICATE Authenticates a user and sets the security context for an
application.
CFBREAK Breaks out of a CFML looping construct.
CFCACHE Caches ColdFusion pages.
CFCOL Defines table column header, width, alignment, and text.
CFCOLLECTION Creates and administers Verity collections.
CFCONTENT Defines the content type and, optionally, the filename of
a file to be downloaded by the current page.
CFCOOKIE Defines and sets cookie variables.
CFDIRECTORY Performs typical directory-handling tasks from within
your ColdFusion application.
CFERROR Displays customized HTML error pages when errors
occur.
CFEXECUTE Executes any developer-specified process on the server
machine.
CFEXIT Aborts processing of currently executing CFML custom
tag.
CFFILE Performs typical file-handling tasks from within your
ColdFusion application.