CFM File

CFM file is a kind of web page.

What is CFM file?

CFM stands for "ColdFusion Markup." ColdFusion is an API (application programming interface) server developed by Adobe that uses CFML, or ColdFusion Markup Language, to create web applications. Files containing CFML use the CFM extension. Unlike some other server-side languages like PHP, CFML is not open source and is sold commercially, although it is available free to students and teachers.

CFML is a server-side language, the most common of which is the free PHP. Server-side languages, unlike "client-side" languages like JavaScript, are processed entirely on a web server and never seen by the client (the user reading a web page or using a web application). By nature, server-side languages cannot work unless they are run on an active server, which is what ColdFusion provides.

ColdFusion Markup Language contains the functionality of many server-side languages--the ability to interact with databases and the use of variables and conditional code--but is optimized to create web applications in particular. Like HTML and XML, it is "tag-based," organizing code inside a series of identifiers known as tags. Because of the similarities in appearance to HTML, ColdFusion is a good entry point for web developers from a static HTML background who want to break into building applications and dynamic pages.

Since CFM files consist only of simple text, CFM files can be opened with any text editor. However, you must have knowledge of CFML to understand the code, and the file cannot be used unless you have an application server that reads CFM files--usually ColdFusion itself, but also competing products like Railo, BlueDragon, Corel Web Developer and IgniteFusion, among others. CFML can also be integrated with the Java programming language and Microsoft's NET software framework.

How to convert CMF files to WAV?

CMF files are rarely seen today but were once popular for use in computer games. Winamp Media Player can convert your old CMF files to the WAV format for easy playing.

Instructions

1 Download and install Winamp Media Player.

2 Launch Winamp. Drag a CMF file into the Winamp playlist window and play the file to confirm that the AdPlug plug-in is working properly. The file should sound much as it would coming from an original Sound Blaster card.

3 Click "Options," then click "Preferences."

4 On the left side of the window, click "Output."

5 On the right side of the window, click "Nullsoft Disk Writer."

6 Click the "Configure" button.

7 Click the button next to "Directory" to choose the folder that your converted files will be saved to. Click "OK," then click "Close."

8 Add all of your CMF files to the Winamp playlist, then double-click on the first one. All of the files will be converted to the WAV format and saved to the folder that you selected.

How to Open CFM Files?

If you cannot open CFM files on your computer, it may result from not having appropriate application installed. The following are different applications to open CFM files on different opereation systems.