You got it! On 2/6/07, Jonathon S <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Huh -- never knew about that functionality! Taking a > stab here -- if I wanted my own CFC's to do this same > thing I'd be filling out those "hint" and > "description" attributes that I've been skipping over? > > Jonathon > > > > --- Ken Wexel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > ColdFusion Components (CFCs) are > > self-describing...that is, you can > > view the methods they expose, parameters they > > require, etc. via a web > > browser interface, using functionality built into > > CF. For example, to > > view the CF Admin API CFC, browse to: > > > > http://YOURSERVER/cfide/adminapi/administrator.cfc > > > > You'll be prompted to authenticate - enter your CF > > Admin or RDS > > password, and you'll see what is available via that > > particular CFC. > > > > The same steps will work for the other Admin API > > CFCs, specifically: > > > > base.cfc > > datasource.cfc (the one you'll need for your > > programmatic manipulation > > of datasources) > > debugging.cfc > > eventgateway.cfc > > extensions.cfc > > mail.cfc > > runtime.cfc > > security.cfc > > > > Essentially, each group of functions available > > through the ColdFusion > > administrator is also available via the API, using > > the above CFCs > > (well, nearly all of them). > > > > For more info on the admin API and an example of > > programmatically > > manipulating a datasource (SQL Server in this case) > > via the API, check > > out: > > > > > http://livedocs.macromedia.com/coldfusion/7/htmldocs/00001734.htm > > > > Same concepts work for Access, except you'll be > > using the setMSAccess > > (or setMSAccessUnicode) method instead of the > > setMSSQL method used in > > the example. > > > > Hope this helps, but if I can be of assistance, feel > > free to drop me a > > line off-list > > > > -Ken > > > > On 2/5/07, Jonathon S <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > I'm not familiar with that -- CFC Browser? > > > > > > Jonathon > > > > > > > > > --- Ken Wexel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > > You can still browse them to see their methods, > > > > properties, etc. using > > > > the CFC browser. I've used the admin api set > > pretty > > > > heavily - they > > > > are very very handy! > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ____________________________________________________________________________________ > > > Now that's room service! Choose from over 150,000 > > hotels > > > in 45,000 destinations on Yahoo! Travel to find > > your fit. > > > http://farechase.yahoo.com/promo-generic-14795097 > > > > > > > > > > > > >
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