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cfapplication
Description
Defines the scope of a ColdFusion application; enables and disables storage of Client variables;
specifies the Client variable storage mechanism; enables Session variables; and sets Application
variable timeouts.
Category
Application framework tags
Syntax
<cfapplication
name = "application_name"
loginStorage = "cookie" or "session"
clientManagement = "Yes" or "No"
clientStorage = "datasource_name" or "Registry" or "Cookie"
setClientCookies = "Yes" or "No"
sessionManagement = "Yes" or "No"
sessionTimeout = #CreateTimeSpan(days, hours, minutes, seconds)#
applicationTimeout = #CreateTimeSpan(days, hours, minutes, seconds)#
setDomainCookies = "Yes" or "No">
See also
cfassociate, cferror, cflock, cfmodule
History
ColdFusion MX 6.1: Added loginStorage attribute
ColdFusion MX:
• Changed how persistent scopes are available: Server, Session, and Application scope variables
are stored in memory as structures. In earlier releases, only Session and Application scope
variables were stored this way. You cannot access the UDF function scope as a structure.
• Changed the algorithm for setting the CFTOKEN variable value: if the registry key
UUIDToken is a non-zero value, ColdFusion uses a number constructed from the UUID plus
a random number. Otherwise, ColdFusion sets the CFTOKEN variable default value using a
positive random integer. (In earlier releases, ColdFusion always used a number constructed
from the UUID plus a random number.)
Attributes
Attribute Req/Opt Default Description
name See
Description
Name of application. Up to 64 characters.
For Application and Session variables:
Required.
For Client variables: Optional
loginStorage Optional cookie • cookie: store login information in the Cookie
scope
• session: store login information in the
Session scope
clientManagement Optional No • Yes: enables client variables
• No