User Guide

22 Chapter 2: ColdFusion Tags
cfcalendar Forms tags Provides a calendar from which to select a date
cfcase Flow-control tags Used with the cfswitch and cfdefaultcase tags
cfcatch Exception handling tags,
Flow-control tags
Catches exceptions in ColdFusion pages
cfchart Data output tags Generates and displays a chart
cfchartdata Data output tags Defines chart data points
cfchartseries Data output tags Defines style in which chart data displays
cfcol Data output tags Defines table column header, properties
cfcollection Extensibility tags Administers Verity collections
cfcomponent Extensibility tags Creates and defines a component object
cfcontent Data output tags,
Page processing tags
Defines content type and filename of a file to be
downloaded by current page
cfcookie Variable manipulation
tags
Defines and sets cookie variables, including
expiration and security options
cfdefaultcase Flow-control tags Receives control if there is no matching cfcase
tag value
cfdirectory File management tags Performs typical directory-handling tasks from
within a ColdFusion application
cfdocument Data output tags Creates PDF or FlashPaper output from a text
block containing CFML and HTML
cfdocumentitem Data output tags Specifies action items, such as header, footer,
and page break, for a PDF or FlashPaper
document
cfdocumentsection Data output tags Divides a PDF or FlashPaper document into
sections
cfdump Debugging tags,
Variable manipulation
tags
Outputs variables for debugging
cfelse Flow-control tags Creates IF-THEN-ELSE constructs
cfelseif Flow-control tags Creates IF-THEN-ELSE constructs
cferror Exception handling tags,
Application framework
tags
Displays custom HTML error pages when errors
occur
cfexecute Flow-control tags,
Extensibility tags
Executes developer-specified process on server
computer
cfexit Flow-control tags Aborts processing of executing CFML tag
cffile File management tags Performs typical file-handling tasks from within
ColdFusion application
CFML tag Category Description