OK, no more tease. Here's a high-level overview of BlueDragon 7.0 features (all features are available in all BlueDragon editions except where noted). We're nearly code-complete on BD 7.0, so we expect to release a public beta in late July or early August, with final release in October. If you're interested in learning more about these features, come to my talk at 4:15 pm on Thursday at CFUNITED (ignore the title and description--the talk is not going to be just about BlueDragon.NET; and it's mostly going to be about BlueDragon 7.0). Also, be sure not to miss my keynote on Friday.

• multi-threaded programming via CFTHREAD and CFJOIN

• "null" keyword and IsNull function
  • return null from CFC methods to match any CFC type
  • check for null database values
• CFC interfaces via CFINTERFACE

• CFQUERY enhancements:
  • CACHEDUNTILCHANGE attribute (BD.NET and SQL Server 2005 only)
  • BACKGROUND attribute for background SQL processing
• Application.cfc with enhancements:
  • onClientStart event handler
  • onMissingTemplate event handler
• CFDOCUMENT with enhancements:
  • PNG and JPEG output formats (great for creating thumbnails)
  • multi-threaded on BlueDragon JX, J2EE, and .NET editions
  • (not available on FREE BlueDragon Server edition)
• CFCHART with enhancements:
  • CFCHARTLEGEND
  • CFCHARTTITLE
  • CFCHARTIMAGE
• CFSEARCH enhancements:
  • support for multiple languages
  • support for Word and PDF documents
• CFTIMER
• SOAP-related functions
• support for MySQL 5.0, including stored procedures
• support for 64-bit Windows and Linux
• miscellaneous minor CFMX 7.0 enhancements
• performance enhancements
• bug fixes

• event gateways
• Flash forms
• reporting services