Compatibility Guide for ColdBox 2.6.0

This guide is a review of the major changes starting in ColdBox 2.6.0. The major compatibility issues will be covered and also how to smoothly upgrade to this release from previous ColdBox versions. You can also check out the What's New with 2.6.0 guide to give you an in-depth overview.

ColdFusion 6, Bluedragon 6 Support

Since Adobe is no longer supporting ColdFusion 6, so have we. The core pretty much stays the same, but it might or might not work on cfmx 6. I no longer support it and you can tweak the framework to make it work, but I do not support or condone it.

Deprecations

fileUtilities Plugin

The fileUtilities plugin has been finally deprecated as announced in previous versions. The new plugin name is called Utilities. So please update all references to fileUtilities to Utilities. This deprecation was mentioned over 3 versions ago.

MessageBoxStyleClass Setting

This setting was mentioned as no longer supported in version 2.5.0. It was left on the XSD for compatibility. However, now it has come out of the XSD. Please note that this setting is now called: MessageBoxStyleOverride. See Config Guide

Complex Settings

The complex settings processor has been updated to use JSON syntax. The notation used before complied with JSON, but just in case, verify your syntax.

Base Test : Unit Testing

The baseTest.cfc has been moved to its own package to allow for the development of more testing classes. You can now find the baseTest.cfc under coldbox.system.extras.testing.baseTest. Please make sure you update your unit tests to reflect this.