Conventions

In this book, you will find a number of styles of text that distinguish between different kinds of information. Here are some examples of these styles, and an explanation of their meaning.

Code words in text are shown as follows: "The exception is placed on the page using<cfdump>".

A block of code is set as follows:

<!--- Example: 1_10.cfm --->
<!--- Processing --->
<!--- Content --->
<cfoutput>
My name is #url.name#.<br />
</cfoutput>

When we wish to draw your attention to a particular part of a code block, the relevant lines or items are set in bold:

<cffunction name="load" access="public" output="false">
<cfargument name="id" required="false" />
<cfscript> var myReturn = getRecordset(where : "id = #arguments.id#"); setAttributes(myReturn); </cfscript>
<cfreturn myReturn />
</cffunction>

New terms and important words are shown in bold. Words that you see on the screen, in menus or dialog boxes for example, appear in the text like this: "Let us click the + New Product link, and observe what we get".

Note

Warnings or important notes appear in a box like this.

Tip

Tips and tricks appear like this.