The bit the original poster quoted didn't say it was necessarily encrypted, just binary, so I would guess that they just mean pre-compiled. I've done pre-compiled deployments before but it can be a bit of a pain. The only real reason was a compile step that told me that I wouldn't run into any compilation errors.
As usual though, Dave is right: if you need to work on the source code, you'll need the source code. Judah On Tue, Aug 2, 2011 at 6:16 AM, Mark A. Kruger <[email protected]> wrote: > > Akos, > > It's common enough for me to have seen it a few times. If you are expected to > work with the site you will need the unecrypted files OR you will need to > decrypt them. I suspect the developer is talking about encrypted source files. > > CF encryption is pretty trivial and you can unencrypt them back into source > but make sure you have the right to do so (from whoever hired you or owns the > code or whatever). > > -mark > > > Mark A. Kruger, MCSE, CFG > (402) 408-3733 ext 105 > www.cfwebtools.com > www.coldfusionmuse.com > www.necfug.com > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Akos Fortagh [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Tuesday, August 02, 2011 3:30 AM > To: cf-talk > Subject: coldfusion deployment > > > hi there, I have been developing with CF for almost ten years and I'm not > classing myself as an advanced developer, I'm still learning so do apologise > if this sounds amateurish... > I have some new site modification work coming in and the existing developers > sent me this message. > > "The files that constitute the site are stored in a binary format â not > editable text. This protects the source code and is standard deployment > practice amongst developers." > > I have talked to other developers and nobody has never come across such thing > so not too sure about the claim its standard practice. > Am I missing an important thing here? Â Anybody worked like that before? > > Any help would be greatly appreciated. > > Thanks in advance... > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/message.cfm/messageid:346451 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/unsubscribe.cfm
