While I agree with this, I get the impression he just does CF 4.5 for all clients and therefore that is mainly all he knows. With that being the case then chances are he will never get bit. He could however probably run CF 4.5 and CF7 on the same machine and no VMWare just use the built in web server for CF7
On 10/26/06, John Paul Ashenfelter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > 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. > > > -- Aaron Rouse http://www.happyhacker.com/ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| 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:258176 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.4
