Actually I did mention the J2EE aspects, the context if if your using an instance under a context.
I don't use the run as / view so I am guessing, but you did RMB on the project and select the server to use for this project? Regards, Andrew Scott WebSite: http://www.andyscott.id.au/ Google+: http://plus.google.com/113032480415921517411 On Fri, May 2, 2014 at 1:54 AM, Mike K <[email protected]> wrote: > > Thank you for persevering with me, Andrew. I'm glad it's not just me > being dense. This is still very confusing. I suppose once I've set up a > couple of projects it might be understandable. I'd hope so - i have 39 to > set up!! > > Dean, thanks for the reassurance that code insight actually does work. I > can make code insight work as far as the application.beanfactory.getbean() > part - Typing 'application.' will result in getting the insight into the > coldspring CFCs. but when i type the bean name, and want the methods > inside my CFC, it doesnt work. So I suspect the reason for that is that I > havent got the server set up properly in the project. Therefore I'm > putting this aside for now and I'll come back to it once I've worked out > the server settings.... > > > I'm not sure this is a public beta. Adobe doesnt say so on the web site. > I never use beta software - ever since those awful consequences of using > the WIndows95 beta all those years ago. I'd have noticed if the Adobe > website said the word "beta" I feel sure. > > > i'm putting aside the FTP and code insight things for the moment and I'll > come back to that. It's quite likely the problems I'm having there are > because I havent set up the project's 50,000 settings correctly. (ok > slight exaggeration - its only 35,498 settings ) . I doubt they're goign > to work properly if i havent got the folder settings right in the project > setup. > > So here's my structure: > > I have a coldfusion jrun installation, set to all the default locations. > So it's at c:\jrun4 > I have apache web server running, with a document root > at D:\Sites\webroot\htdocs > > All my site files are on my d: drive for example i have the following > structure for one of my sites: > > D:\Sites\MySites\atalkingdog.com.2006 > D:\Sites\MySites\atalkingdog.com.2006\local-logs (apache's logs ) > D:\Sites\MySites\atalkingdog.com.2006\Resources (for working files and > notes and bits of images etc) > D:\Sites\MySites\atalkingdog.com.2006\site\web (the root of the site). > > The project still isnt set up properly in CFBuilder, because the 'run as' > function gives the error: "selected file is not in the root of the server" > This happens even after I set up a linked folder to the document root. > > So I guess the problem is that I havent set up the server correctly. Can > someone help me with this please? or point me towards a tutorial or a blog > entry that covers this aspect? Sadly the majority of the resources I've > found just skip over the tricky bits I'm not understanding. > > Like for example what is the context root of the server? No one ever > explains the term "context root" as distinct from 'server root' and 'web > root' and 'document root'. > > And in any case, I set up my coldfusion server a year ago on a very > stressful day for other reasons. I can't remember what I typed in as the > context root at the time. How do i find out now? > > > Cheers > Mike Kear > Windsor, NSW, Australia > Adobe Certified Advanced ColdFusion Developer > AFP Webworks > http://afpwebworks.com > ColdFusion 9 Enterprise, PHP, ASP, ASP.NET hosting from AUD$15/month > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| 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:358513 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/unsubscribe.cfm

