Rick, Having been in this situation for a few clients, my strong advice is DEVELOP ON THE SAME PLATFORM AS DEPLOYMENT. You're going to screw up, simple as that. For example, <CFDUMP> isn't in CF4.5. You can't use UDFs. So many different ways to screw up. Trust me, I know :)
One option is to create a VMWare instance and run IIS4/CF4.5 or whatever the deployment platform is in the free VMPlayer. [Aside: I found VMWare Workstation some of the best $200 I ever spent on software] Another option is to use one web server (eg IIS) for CF4.5 and another (eg Apache2) for CFMX. Or use the embedded server for CFMX and use the desktop webserver for CF4.5. Lots of possible solutions, but you *really* want to keep on the same platform or you'll cause yourself all kinds of problems. On 10/26/06, Rick Faircloth <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Greetings, all. > > I need to set up a development box and stop developing > directly to my production server, which is running CF 4.5. > > I could set up 4.5 on the dev box and know that I have > consistency with the production server. > > However, I already have CF 7 setup and could use it for > development. > > Question: If I write 4.5-style code in CF 7, will it run? > > My primary objective is a development environment > compatible with my CF 4.5 production server. However, > I would like to have CF 7 as the development server so I can > tinker with its enhancements, too. > > Advice? > > Thanks, > > Rick > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Introducing the Fusion Authority Quarterly Update. 80 pages of hard-hitting, up-to-date ColdFusion information by your peers, delivered to your door four times a year. http://www.fusionauthority.com/quarterly Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/message.cfm/messageid:258175 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.4
