TM BlueDragon 9.0 Deploying CFML on ASP.NET and the Microsoft .NET Framework NEW ATLANTA COMMUNICATIONS, LLC BlueDragon™ 9.0 Deploying CFML on ASP.NET and the Microsoft .NET Framework October 6, 2013 Version 9.0 Copyright 1997-2013 New Atlanta Communications, LLC. All rights reserved. 100 Prospect Place • Alpharetta, Georgia 30005-5445 Phone 678.712.5075 • Fax 888.267.4020 http://www.newatlanta.com BlueDragon is a trademark of New Atlanta Communications, LLC (“New Atlanta”). ServletExec and JTurbo are registered trademarks of New Atlanta in the United States. Java and Java-based marks are trademarks of Sun Micro- systems, Inc. in the United States and other countries. ColdFusion is a registered trademark of Adobe Systems In- corporated (“Adobe”) in the United States and/or other countries, and its use in this document does not imply the sponsorship, affiliation, or endorsement of Adobe. All other trademarks and registered trademarks herein are the property of their respective owners. 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Contents 1 INTRODUCTION ...................................................................................... 1 1.1 About This Document ............................................................................................................................... 1 1.2 About CFML.............................................................................................................................................. 1 1.3 About BlueDragon..................................................................................................................................... 1 1.4 System Requirements ................................................................................................................................ 2 1.5 Technical Support ..................................................................................................................................... 2 1.6 Other Documentation ............................................................................................................................... 2 2 GETTING STARTED WITH BLUEDRAGON.NET...................................... 4 2.1 Prior to Installing BlueDragon ................................................................................................................ 4 2.1.1 Ensure ASP.NET Pages Can Run .................................................................................................. 4 2.1.2 Ensure IIS and ASP.NET are installed .......................................................................................... 4 2.1.3 Ensure ASP.NET is allowed .......................................................................................................... 6 2.2 Installing BlueDragon for the Microsoft .NET Framework ................................................................. 6 2.2.1 Installation Alternatives ................................................................................................................. 7 2.2.2 Upgrading or Uninstalling BlueDragon ........................................................................................ 8 2.3 Placing Your CFML within IIS Web Site(s) .......................................................................................... 8 2.4 BlueDragon CFML Compatibility and Enhancements ........................................................................ 8 2.5 Editors for Creating/Editing CFML and ASP.NET Pages ................................................................... 8 2.6 Understanding and Troubleshooting BlueDragon.NET Issues ............................................................ 9 3 BENEFITS OF DEPLOYING CFML ON .NET .......................................... 10 3.1 Audiences for Deploying CFML on .NET ............................................................................................ 10 3.2 Benefits of Deploying CFML on BlueDragon.NET ............................................................................. 10 3.2.1 Benefits from Running CFML on .NET Without Code Changes ............................................... 10 3.2.2 Benefits from CFML/ASP.NET Integration ............................................................................... 11 3.2.3 Benefits from Learning and Using ASP.NET Additional Features ............................................ 12 3.2.4 Benefits Enabled in .NET 4.0 ...................................................................................................... 12 3.2.5 Benefits In Learning ASP.NET and .NET At Your Own Pace .................................................. 13 3.2.6 Other BlueDragon and New Atlanta Advantages ....................................................................... 13 4 .NET FEATURES REQUIRING NO CHANGE IN CFML CODE ................ 14 4.1 .NET Framework Features That CFML Pages Inherit ...................................................................... 14 4.2 CFML-based Database Processing is ADO.NET under the Covers .................................................. 17 4.2.1 CFQUERY Results Are ADO.NET DataTables, and Vice-versa............................................... 17 4.2.2 ADO.NET Connection Pooling ................................................................................................... 17 4.2.3 DSN-Less Connections ................................................................................................................ 17 4.2.4 ASP.NET Connection Strings...................................................................................................... 17 4.3 CFML Web Services Served as .NET Web Services ........................................................................... 18 5 ACCESSING THE BLUEDRAGON ADMINISTRATION CONSOLE ......... 19 5.1 BlueDragon.NET on IIS 7.0 ................................................................................................................... 19 5.1.1 Server Settings and Configuration Inheritance............................................................................ 20 5.2 BlueDragon Admin Configuration Files ............................................................................................... 22 5.2.1 Work File Locations .................................................................................................................... 22 5.2.2 BlueDragon.xml Configuration File Location ............................................................................ 22 5.2.3 Central CustomTags Directory Location ..................................................................................... 22 6 UNDERSTANDING THE MICROSOFT .NET FRAMEWORK ................... 23 6.1 BlueDragon as a .NET HTTP Handler ................................................................................................. 23 6.2 Global Assembly Cache (GAC) ............................................................................................................. 23 6.3 Web.config file ......................................................................................................................................... 24 6.4 .NET Web Applications .......................................................................................................................... 24 7 OTHER CONFIGURATION ISSUES ....................................................... 27 7.1 Restarting .NET and .NET Web Applications ..................................................................................... 27 7.1.1 Manually Restarting .NET Web Applications............................................................................. 27 7.1.2 Automatic Stopping/Restarting of .NET Web Applications ....................................................... 29 7.1.3 Implications on Sessions of Restarting .NET Web Applications ............................................... 30 7.1.4 First Request Delay on Restart of .NET Web Applications ........................................................ 30 7.2 Manually Configuring CFML Handler Mappings .............................................................................. 30 7.2.1 “Manual Configuration” Installation Option ............................................................................... 30 7.3 Sourceless Deployment ........................................................................................................................... 31 7.3.1 Setting an Expiration Date on Your Templates, Such as for Trial Code .................................... 31 7.4 No Default Document