Macromedia ColdFusion MX 7 by Adobe is the most significant release of ColdFusion since its inception ten years ago. Still the fastest, easiest way to build and deploy powerful Internet applications, ColdFusion MX 7 introduces powerful, new services for creating integrated business reports, dynamic generation of PDF documents, rich Flash and XForms generation, and deep integration and productivity tools for building RIAs with Abobe® Flex™ 2. This release will lower development costs and provide highly visible value to end users. Used alone or in conjunction with J2EE or .NET solutions, ColdFusion MX 7 solves new classes of problems while reducing development time and costs.

 • ColdFusion MX 7 allows users to dynamically transform web content into
high-quality printable, portable documents displayed in PDF or FlashPaper 2
formats using a single tag.

• Web developers can use ColdFusion MX 7 to easily design and generate
high-quality, structured business reports and populate them dynamically in
the context of web applications.

• ColdFusion MX 7 can save development time and project costs by creating
rich forms displayed in Flash in minutes, which can be re-skinned across
applications through XML forms, using just a few ColdFusion MX 7 tags.

• ColdFusion MX 7 enables the creation of a new applications accessible
through SMS text-messaging on mobile devices.

• Web developers can build their own gateway using ColdFusion MX 7’s new
Event Gateway extensible architecture to create applications that interface
with Instant Messaging clients like Lotus Sametime or using XMPP (the
emerging IM standard).