Development mode forces a reload of the circuit files, parsed files and the fusebox with each call. Production mode will only reload the parsed files if they aren't there and it won't pick up changes in the circuit files either. The problem is that forcing the recall from production mode to pick up the changes requires the url variables I mentioned.
Use development mode now, change to production mode once you are ready to deploy to the production server. Development modes are not thread safe. Sandra Clark ============= http://www.shayna.com Training and Consulting in CSS and Accessibility Team Fusebox -----Original Message----- From: Mike Kear [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, July 25, 2007 10:56 AM To: CF-Talk Subject: Re: Fusebox - is there a trick to following the flow? Sandra, thank you! That looks extremely helpful. What does <parameter name="mode" value="development " /> do? Does it force a reload of the XML files every page view? If so, that's what i've been looking for for days now! And yes, this app seems pretty well written by the previous guy. IT reuses code a LOT. It is built on MVC archtecture everywhere. But it's big though. In the main folder there are 29,547 files to come to grips with! Cheers Mike Kear Windsor, NSW, Australia Adobe Certified Advanced ColdFusion Developer AFP Webworks http://afpwebworks.com ColdFusion, PHP, ASP, ASP.NET hosting from AUD$15/month On 7/26/07, Sandra Clark <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Couple of things that will help in Debugging a Fusebox 4+ app. > > 1) Validate the XML in circuit.xml.cfm. Fusebox will burp on bad XML. > > If an error shows up in the parsed file. (circuit.fuseaction.cfm) then the > error is in the circuit. > > Most well done FB4+ apps usually use MVC. The controller will act as your > traffic cop. Noting which parsed file is throwing the error, will enable > you to quickly move to the controller circuit and fuseaction. > > In fusebox.xml.cfm make sure that in the <parameters> section that > <parameter name="debug" value="true" />. This will turn on some debugging > in your parsed files so that you can go down to where the error is and find > out which circuit file and lines are throwing the actual error. Make sure > to turn this off once you go into production. > > Always develop in <parameter name="mode" value="development " /> (for > Fusebox 4) and <parameter name="mode" value="development-full-load" /> (for > Fusebox 5+) > > Once you go into production <parameter name="mode" value="production" /> if > you need to change something in your circuits, delete all parsed files, and > call your page with > http://yourwebsite/index.cfm?fusebox.load=true&fusebox.password= (you set > your password in the parameters section of fusebox.xml.cfm using <parameter > name="password" value=""/>. > > > Sandra Clark > ============= > http://www.shayna.com > Training and Consulting in CSS and Accessibility > Team Fusebox > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Mike Kear [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Wednesday, July 25, 2007 8:29 AM > To: CF-Talk > Subject: Fusebox - is there a trick to following the flow? > > I have inherited a fusebox4.0 app to maintain that has dozens of > circuits that are reused all over the place. I know that's how > fusebox is supposed to work, and it makes sense to reuse the fuses, > but wow it takes AGES to follow the flow of the program. And i end > up with dozens of files open, all called circuit.xml.cfm so its easy > to make a mistake following it all along. > > For example I have to figure out how something works, so i can > maintain it, or build something else similar. In order to find out > how the task works, i follow one xml file through, seeing dozens of > fuses, all of which i have to go to, open the circuits.xml.cfm > relating to it, follow that one along, then open more. By the time > i've got to the final, actual coldfusoin type tags relating to the > functionality, i've almost forgotten what it was i started out to do. > > Is there a shortcut to working out how everything's bolted together? > If i keep taking hours to work out the simplest things i'm not going > to last long on this assignment. > > -- > Cheers > Mike Kear > Windsor, NSW, Australia > Adobe Certified Advanced ColdFusion Developer > AFP Webworks > http://afpwebworks.com > ColdFusion, PHP, ASP, ASP.NET hosting from AUD$15/month > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| ColdFusion 8 beta - Build next generation apps today, with easy PDF and Ajax features - download now http://download.macromedia.com/pub/labs/coldfusion/cf8_beta_whatsnew_052907.pdf Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/message.cfm/messageid:284560 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.4
