cfpresentation

Last update:

May 18, 2026

Description

Defines the look of a dynamic slide presentation and determines whether to write the presentation files to disk. The cfpresentation tag is the parent tag for one or more cfpresentationslide tags, where you define the content for the presentation, and the cfpresenter tags, which provide information about the people presenting the slides.

History

ColdFusion (2021 release): The format attribute is either set up HTML or PPT. In earlier versions, the format ="" generated a flash-based html output., which is no longer supported.

ColdFusion 11: Flash format is deprecated.

ColdFusion 9: Added format and destination attributes.

ColdFusion 8: Added this tag.

Syntax

<cfpresentation 

title = "text string" 

authPassword = "authentication password" 

authUser = "authentication user name" 

autoPlay = "yes|no" 

backgroundColor = "hexadecimal color|HTML named color" 

control = "normal|brief" 

controlLocation = "right|left" 

destination = "filepath" 

directory = "pathname" 

format = "ppt|html" 

glowColor = "hexadecimal color|HTML named color" 

initialTab = "outline|search|notes" 

lightColor = "hexadecimal color|HTML named color" 

loop = "yes|no" 

overwrite = "yes|no" 

primaryColor = "hexadecimal color|HTML named color" 

proxyHost = "IP address or server name for proxy host" 

proxyPassword = "password for the proxy host" 

proxyPort = "port of the proxy host" 

proxyUser = "user name for the proxy host" 

shadowColor = "hexadecimal color|HTML named color" 

showNotes = "yes|no" 

showOutline = "yes|no" 

showSearch = "yes|no" 

textColor = "hexadecimal color|HTML named color" 

userAgent = "HTTP user agent identifier"> 

presentation content... 

</cfpresentation>

Note:

You can specify this tag's attributes in an attributeCollection attribute whose value is a structure. Specify the structure name in the attributeCollection attribute and use the tag's attribute names as structure keys.

Attributes

Attribute	Req/Opt	Default	Description
authPassword	Optional		Sends a password to the target URL for Basic Authentication. Combined with username to form a base64 encoded string that is passed in the Authenticate header. Does not provide support for Integrated Windows, NTLM, or Kerberos authentication.
authUser	Optional		Sends a user name to the target URL for Basic Authentication. Combined with password to form a base64 encoded string that is passed in the Authenticate header. Does not provide support for Integrated Windows, NTLM, or Kerebos authentication.
autoPlay	Optional	yes	Specifies whether to play the presentation automatically: yes: the presentation automatically runs through the entire presentation at startup. no: the user must click the Play button to start the presentation and click the Next button to advance to the next slide in the presentation.
backgroundColor	Optional	727971	Background color of the presentation. The value is hexadecimal: use the form "##xxxxxx" or "##xxxxxxxx", where x = 0-9 or A-F; use two number signs or none. Also, you can use a subset of HTML named colors listed in the section Named colors.
control	Optional	normal	Presentation control: normal brief
controlLocation	Optional	right	Specifies the location of the presentation control: right left
destination	Optional		Absolute file name or a file path relative to the CFM page. You can use this for both connect presentation and ppt presentations. Required if format="html".
directory	Optional		Directory where the presentation is saved. This can be an absolute path or a path relative to the CFM page. Also, ColdFusion creates a subdirectory called data that contains: A SWF file for each slide. (Deprecated) srchdata.xml (which creates the search interface) vconfig.xml viewer.xml images, video clips, and SWF files referenced by the cfpresentationslide tags. (Deprecated) If you do not specify a directory, ColdFusion writes the files to a temp directory and runs the presentation in the client browser.
format	Optional		Specifies the file format for conversion: ppt converts html input provided in cfpresentationslide to a PowerPoint file. html converts ppt to an HTML presentation. The html output can be found in the output folder. Flash format has been deprecated.
glowColor	Optional	35D334	Color used for glow effects on the buttons. The value is hexadecimal: use the form "##xxxxxx" or "##xxxxxxxx", where x = 0-9 or A-F; use two number signs or none. Also, you can use a subset of HTML named colors listed in the section Named colors.
initialTab	Optional	outline	Specifies which tab displays on top when the presentation is run. This applies only when the control value is normal: outline search notes
lightColor	Optional	4E5D60	Light color used for light-and-shadow effects. The value is hexadecimal: use the form "##xxxxxx" or "##xxxxxxxx", where x = 0-9 or A-F; use two number signs or none. Also, you can use a subset of HTML named colors listed in the section Named colors.
loop	Optional	no	Specifies whether the presentation runs in a loop: yes: the presentation restarts automatically after it ends. no: the user must click the Play button to restart the presentation.
overwrite	Optional	yes	Specifies whether files in the directory are overwritten. Valid only when the directory attribute is specified. yes: overwrites files if they are already present no: creates new files
primaryColor	Optional	6F8488	Primary color of the presentation. The value is hexadecimal: use the form "##xxxxxx" or "##xxxxxxxx", where x = 0-9 or A-F; use two number signs or none. Also, you can use a subset of HTML named colors listed in the section Named colors.
proxyHost	Optional		Host name or IP address of a proxy server to which to send the request.
proxyPassword	Optional		Password required by the proxy server.
proxyPort	Optional	80	The port to connect to on the proxy server.
proxyUser	Optional		User name to provide to the proxy server.
shadowColor	Optional	000000	Shadow color used for light-and-shadow effects. The value is hexadecimal: use the form "##xxxxxx" or "##xxxxxxxx", where x = 0-9 or A-F; use two number signs or none. Also, you can use a subset of HTML named colors listed in the section Named colors.
showNotes	Optional	no	Specifies whether the Notes tab is present in the presentation control panel: yes no
showOutline	Optional	yes	Specifies whether the Outline is present in the presentation control panel: yes no
showSearch	Optional	yes	Specifies whether the Search tab is present in the presentation control panel: yes no
textColor	Optional	FFFFFF	Color for all the text in the presentation user interface. The value is hexadecimal: use the form "##xxxxxx" or "##xxxxxxxx", where x = 0-9 or A-F; use two number signs or none. Also, you can use a subset of HTML named colors listed in the section Named colors.
title	Required		Title of the presentation
userAgent	Optional	ColdFusion	Text to put in the HTTP User-Agent request header field. Used to identify the request client software.

Usage

Use the cfpresentation tag to create the container for a slide presentation. You can define the position and appearance of the presentation controls, the background color, and the text for the presentation. Also, use this tag to determine whether to write the presentation to files or to run it directly in the client browser. The settings in the cfpresentation tag do not affect the appearance of the content defined in the cfpresentationslide tags.

Destination attribute

Use the following syntax to specify an in-memory file, which is not written to disk in the destination attribute. In-memory files speed processing of transient data.

ram:///filepath

The filepath can include directories, for example ram:///petStore/presentations/quarterlyresults.html. Create the directories in the path before you specify the file. For more information on using in-memory files, see Working with in-memory files in Optimizing ColdFusion applications in the Developing ColdFusion Applications.

Named colors

The cfpresentation tag supports the following named colors for use with the backgroundColor, glowColor, lightColor, primaryColor, shadowColor, and textColor attributes:

Named color	Hexadecimal value
red	FF0000
green	008000
blue	0000FF
black	000000
white	FFFFFF
yellow	FFFF00
gray	808080
darkgray	A9A9A9
lightgray	D3D3D3
cyan	00FFFF
magenta	FF00FF
orange	FFA500
pink	FFC0CB

Example

<!--- This example shows how to create a slide presentation from ---> 

<!--- an HTML file and from HTML code on the CFM page and write ---> 

<!--- the presentation files to a directory called myPresentation, ---> 

<!--- which is relative to the CFM page. ---> 

<cfpresentation title="Sales Presentation" directory="myPresenation"> 

<cfpresenter name="Shyam" title="Vice President" email="shyam@somecompany.com" image="shyam.jpg"> 

<cfpresenter name="Ram" title="Sr. Vice President" email="ram@somecompany.com"> 

<!--- The following code creates a slide from an HTML file ---> 

<!--- located on the ColdFusion server. ---> 

<cfpresentationslide src="introduction.htm" title="Introduction" presenter="Shyam" 

audio="myAudio.mp3" duration="36"/> 

<!--- The following code creates a slide from HTML code in the CFM file. ---> 

<cfpresentationslide> 

<h3>Sales</h3> 

<ul> 

<li>Overview</li> 

<li>Q1 Sales Figures</li> 

<li>Projected Sales</li> 

<li>Competition</li> 

<li>Advantages</li> 

<li>Long Term Growth</li> 

</ul> 

</cfpresentationslide> 

<!--- The following code creates a slide from HTML and CFML code. ---> 

<cfpresentationslide Title="Q1 Sales Figures" duration="14" presenter="Ram" 

audio="myAudio2.mp3"> 

<h3>Q1 Sales Figures</h3> 

<cfchart format="png" showborder="yes" chartheight="250" chartwidth="300" 

pieslicestyle="sliced"> 

<cfchartseries type="pie"> 

<cfchartdata item="Europe" value="9"> 

<cfchartdata item="Asia" value="20"> 

<cfchartdata item="North America" value="50"> 

<cfchartdata item="South America" value="21"> 

</cfchartseries> 

</cfchart> 

</cfpresentationslide> 

</cfpresentation>

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