Don't you feel silly now that VMWare server is free :-P Russ
> -----Original Message----- > From: John Paul Ashenfelter [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Thursday, October 26, 2006 4:50 PM > To: CF-Talk > Subject: Re: Can I write code in CF 8 for CF 4.5? > > 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:258177 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.4
