So about a month and a half ago we switched from CF9 to CF10, and we were excited about what new features we would find in the revamped Scheduled Tasks section. As it turns out, our optimism and faith was severely misplaced. In every single aspect of the scheduler product, Adobe fails to deliver a usable product, and in most cases takes severe steps backward.
Did you copy over your old neo-cron file so that you wouldn't have to set up 50+ tasks by hand?
Well lucky for you that all the tasks will now be in CAPS for some reason, and every one of them is labeled as "paused" even though they are currently running.
Did you like how nicely CF9 grouped the tasks by type, sorting hourly, daily, and weekly tasks into groups?
For your convenience, that's now gone.
Would you like to change the name of your task?
Sorry! Error Message: It is unable to store the job because one already exists with that designation.
Would you like to change what URL is called on the task?
Sorry! Error Message: It is unable to store the job because one already exists with that designation.
Would you like to start up a finished scheduled task again on a different date?
Well we can do that, but we refuse to give you any indication that it's actually been scheduled.
Would you like to create a new task?
We'll do that for you, but we won't show you the task in the overview. You'll just have to wait until the first time it runs and then it will magically appear.
Would you like to delete a task?
Sorry! Unhandled Error: The following task could not be found.
Seriously.
This is the most unusable piece of garbage I can ever recall seeing. I have been using ColdFusion since version 4.0 and I have never been this mad at it. What is the point of out-sourcing your scheduler to Quartz if it doesn't work?