The following table briefly describes the JavaScript functions that you can use in ColdFusion pages that use AJAX features:
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 Submits form data without refreshing the entire page when the results are returned.  | 
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 Gets the value of an attribute of a bindable ColdFusion control.  | 
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 Gets the underlying Ext JS - JavaScript Library object for the specified HTML format cfgrid control.  | 
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 Manually refreshes a displayed grid.  | 
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 Sorts the specified HTML format grid.  | 
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 Collapses an area of a border layout (cflayout tag with a type attribute of border).  | 
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 Creates a new tab in an existing tabbed layout (cflayout tag with a type attribute of tab).  | 
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 Disables the specified tab so it cannot be selected.  | 
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 Enables the specified tab so users can select it and display the area contents.  | 
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 Expands a collapsed area of a border layout.  | 
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 Gets the underlying Ext JS - JavaScript Library object for the specified border type cflayout control.  | 
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 Gets the underlying Ext JS - JavaScript Library object for the specified tab type cflayout control.  | 
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 Hides a bordered layout area.  | 
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 Hides a tab.  | 
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 Selects a tab and displays the layout area contents.  | 
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 Shows an area of a border layout that was hidden using the inithide attribute or the hideArea() function.  | 
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 Shows a tab that was hidden using the inithide attribute or the hideTab() function.  | 
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 Displays a debug-level message in the log window.  | 
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 Displays information about a complex variable in the log window.  | 
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 Displays an error-level message in the log window.  | 
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 Displays an information-level message in the log window.  | 
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 Displays the output of a link URL in a specified cfdiv, cflayoutarea, cfpod, or cfwindow container.  | 
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 Replaces the global JavaScript error handler for displaying information about ColdFusion AJAX errors.  | 
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 Gets the underlying Yahoo YUI Library object for the specified HTML format cftree control.  | 
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 Manually refreshes a displayed HTML format tree.  | 
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 Creates a ColdFusion pop-up window. Equivalent to the cfwindow tag.  | 
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 Gets the underlying Ext JS - JavaScript Library object for the specified HTML format cfwindow control.  | 
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 Hides a window  | 
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 Specifies a JavaScript function to run each time a specific window hides.  | 
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 Specifies a JavaScript function to run each time a specific window shows.  | 
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 Shows a hidden window.  |