Rob Liesland » ColdFusion

Internet Explorer Won’t Download Delivered Files

robhyland — Tue, 02 Aug 2011 19:16:57 +0000

Today I came across an issue where Internet Explorer 9, and maybe some earlier versions, won’t download files that were delivered off SSL with PHP or ColdFusion. I was very frustrated as I have been securely delivering files this way for a long time. I eventually found the solution in a forum -

This is what worked for me to resolve the exact issue you are having, and may be useful for anyone else in the same position:

Firstly – Note: this answer only relates to people who are having trouble downloading non-IE files over SSL (https://), such as .exe, .pdf, .msi etc.

Go to Internet Options in IE9 (Tools > Internet Options) or click the cog in the top right of the Browser and go to Internet Options.

1. Choose the Advanced Tab
2. Scroll down to Security
3. Un-check Do not save encrypted pages to disk

You should now be able to download the file that IE9 won’t download.

Have fun.

Getting Started with ColdFusion Builder

robhyland — Thu, 29 Apr 2010 15:39:36 +0000

My ColdFusion Builder journey has begun. I am used to working in Dreamweaver, and already there are two things that I miss:

I wish that I could set up a project, give it a URL, and then hit the files in the preview browsers. I don’t like that I have to configure a server. Because of our server setup, this is not convenient. I even went through the trouble of setting one up, but CF Builder doesn’t recognize it when I try to add it to the project, which is odd since it knows it is there and running.
I wish I could Find/Replace in the file system, like I can in Dreamweaver. CF Builder only provides Find and Replace functionality within a file.

I know that I am just getting started and I need to give it some time.

Interview with Jeremy Allaire

robhyland — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 13:00:38 +0000

COMPUTERWORLD has published an interview with Jeremy Allaire, one of the co-creators of ColdFusion. I think it is worth the read.

cffile: copy vs upload

robhyland — Fri, 11 Sep 2009 00:33:45 +0000

I spent about an hour debugging today because I couldn’t figure out where an uploaded file was going. It was disappearing when the tag was used. I eventually decided to try to just copy the file, using , and it threw a permissions error. I am not sure why the other method did not, but it would have saved me a lot of time if it did.

Visit from Terry Ryan

robhyland — Thu, 10 Sep 2009 01:39:04 +0000

We had a nice visit today from Terry Ryan. He gave a brief overview of ColdFusion 9 and ColdFusion Builder. I heard a lot about both products at cfunited and it was nice to hear more. I am excited about some of the new features they are rolling out and think I will use the Office integration a lot. CF Builder looks nice, too. I have a beta verson installed, but have had a hard time getting it hooked up to our sites properly.