Rick, As John mentioned, this is not a good idea. But you should look into setting up cf4.5 on a separate virtual site. I'm not 100% sure if it's possible, but it should be. If not, you can always install another instance of apache and run it on a different ip or port.
Russ > -----Original Message----- > From: Rick Faircloth [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Thursday, October 26, 2006 5:38 PM > To: CF-Talk > Subject: RE: Can I write code in CF 8 for CF 4.5? > > 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:258186 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.4
