Adobe ColdFusion (2018 release) Public Beta Update 1 build is available for your testing and feedback. This update includes changes to named parameters, and also fixes on ApplicationGetMetadata(). For more details on what is new with this update , refer the following document,
http://www.adobe.com/go/cf2018_beta_update1

Named Parameters are only supported for headless functions at this point. We plan on supporting them with member-functions as well.

Installation Instructions :

• Go to CF Admin > Updates > Settings
• Change the Site URL to : http://cfdownload.adobe.com/pub/adobe/coldfusion/2018/publicBeta/updates.xml
• Click Submit.

Under the Available Updates tab, you can see the following:

• Download and Install – This will download and then install the hotfix.
• Download – This will just download the file. This is useful if you are planning to install the hotfix from command prompt in GUI or console mode or even silent mode using a script.

Post update installation , ColdFusion build number is expected to be – 2018,0,01,308605 (PreRelease).