User Guide

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For file types that might contain executable code, such as Microsoft Excel documents, most

browsers always ask before opening the document. For these file types, the inline content

disposition specification requests the browser to display the file directly if the user selects to open

the file.

For more information on character encodings, see the following web pages:

• www.w3.org/International/O-charset.html provides general information on character

encodings and the web, and has several useful links.

• www.iana.org/assignments/character-sets is a complete list of character sets names used on the

Internet, maintained by the Internet Assigned Numbers Authority.

• java.sun.com/j2se/1.3/docs/guide/intl/encoding.doc.html lists the character encodings that

Java, and therefore ColdFusion, can interpret. This list uses Java internal names, not the IANA

character encoding names that you use in the

SetEncoding charset parameter and other

ColdFusion attributes and parameters. ColdFusion MX 6.0 Updater 3 uses JDK 1.3. CFMX

6.1 uses JDK 1.4.2; for encoding support, see http://java.sun.com/j2se/1.4.2/docs/guide/intl/

encoding.doc.html.

For a complete list of media types used on the Internet, see www.iana.org/assignments/

media-types/.

Example

<!--- CFCONTENT Example 1

This example shows the use of cfcontent to return the contents of the CF

Documentation page dynamically to the browser. You might need to change the

path and/or drive letter depending on how ColdFusion is installed on your

system. Notice that the graphics do not display and the hyperlinks do not work,

because the html page uses relative filename references.

The root of the reference is the ColdFusion page, not the location of the

html page. --->

<cfcontent type = "text/html"

file = "C:\CFusionMX7\wwwroot\cfdocs\dochome.htm"

deleteFile = "no">

<!--- CFCONTENT EXAMPLE 2

This example shows how the Reset attribute changes text output. Notice how the

first text section ("This example shows how the Reset attribute changes output

for text reset = "Yes":123) does NOT print out to the screen. --->

This example shows how the Reset attribute changes output for text.

reset = "Yes": 123 <cfcontent type = "text/html" reset = "Yes">456

This example shows how the Reset attribute changes output for text.

reset = "No": 123 <cfcontent type = "text/html" reset = "No">456

<!--- CFCONTENT EXAMPLE 3

This example triggers a download of an Excel file. The user will be prompted

with an option to save the file or open it in the browser. --->