Thanks for the advice, John...I know there are risks...I'll probably just avoid dual platform development...
Since I already have CFMX 7 and Apache running happily on my laptop, I was hoping I could just develop on that without causing any problems. Rick -----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. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| 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:258181 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.4
