User Guide

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format HTML,
Flash,
XML
Opt HTML • HTML: generates an HTML form and send it to the
client.
cfgrid and cftree child controls can be in
Flash or applet format.
• Flash: generates a Flash form and send it to the
client. All controls are in Flash format.
• XML: generates XForms-compliant XML and save
the results in a variable specified by the
name
attribute. By default, ColdFusion also applies an
XSL skin and displays the result. For more
information, see the
skin attribute.
skin Flash,
XML
Opt Flash:
haloGreen
XML:
default.xsl
Flash: Use a Macromedia halo color to stylize the
output. The skin determines the color used for
highlighted and selected elements.
• haloSilver
• haloBlue
• haloGreen
• haloOrange
XML: Specfies whether to apply an XSL skin and
display the resulting HTML to the client. Can be any
of the following:
• ColdFusion MX skin name: applies the specified
skin.
• XSL file name: applies the skin located in the
specified path.
• “none”: does not apply an XSL skin. Your CFML
page must process the XML that ColdFusion
saves in the variable specified by the
name attribute
and display any results.
• (omitted) or “default”: uses the ColdFusion MX
default skin.
You can specify the following ColdFusion MX skins
(located in the cf_webroot\CFIDE\scripts\xsl
directory):
• basic
• basiccss
• beige
• blue
• bluegray
• lightgray
• red
• silver
A filename can be any of the following:
• absolute URL
• URL relative to the web root
• absolute file path
• name of a file in the scripts folder or a subdirectory
of the cf_webroot\CFIDE\scripts directory. In this
case, do not specify the .xsl suffix.
Attribute Applies
to
Req/
Opt
Default Description