That's certainly help above and beyond the call of duty. It's funny though 'cos I'm running CFMX on WinXPPro with IIS and no problems.
----- Original Message ----- From: "Michael Kear" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Wednesday, March 12, 2003 10:01 pm Subject: [cfaussie] The Solution: (was Macromedia support for partners - is this really the policy?) > > I'm sure you're all pretty well sick of my problem, and to tell the > truth, so am I. But you'll be glad to know it's finally ended. Not > solved, but with the amazing help of Dave Watts from CF-TALK, > we've made > a workaround and its no longer a problem for me. > > > The problem: > > Jrun is just not doing what it should. When I try to get CFMX to > connect to IIs the jrun server (which is definitely running) can't be > found by the gui to connect to it. Everything I've tried, Chris Kief > has tried, and Dave Watts has tried has failed to make this jrun > connection work. > > The Solution: > > Last night, for about 4-5 hours, Dave Watts from Figleaf Software > connected to my desktop in a VNC session and we tried one thing after > another. Or more accurately, he did one thing after another while I > watched. Dave is an extraordinarily generous man, and apart from the > obvious expert knowledge and problem solving skills that are so > familiaron CF-TALK, he gave up time to help me, and when it got > difficult, he > didn't give up. When I gave him the chance to get out and say "Good > luck" he persisted and kept on helping. I am very indebted to him and > we are very lucky to have such a person in the ColdFusion community. > > > The answer was staring me in the face the whole time, and I was too > close to it to see. IT seems really stupid now, but it was like a > lightgoing on. Suddenly, in a burst of inspiration, a question > arose ... DO > I REALLY NEED TO USE IIs? I know it seems stupid from this > perspectivebut it had never occurred to me before that I mightn't > need IIs, and it > didn't occur to Dave to ask why I needed IIs. But I can't think > of a > reason why I need it. > > SO the solution: Don't use IIs. LOL!!! Yes, the CFMX web server > isn'tas sexy, and can't use WinXP authentication, and to create > virtualdirectories I have to edit a xml file, but it works fine. > So I'm doing > without IIs, and the problem, while it hasn't gone away, it doesn't > matter any more. > > One day I'll rebuild my WinXPPro and I guess I'll have another go at > installing it all then, but in the mean time I'm past the obstacle and > moving on. > > Thanks everyone for their suggestions, help and advice, and for > giving a > damn. > > Now I'll shut up for a while. > > > Cheers, > Michael Kear > Windsor, NSW, Australia > AFP Webworks. > > > > > > > --- > You are currently subscribed to cfaussie as: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > To unsubscribe send a blank email to leave-cfaussie- > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > MX Downunder AsiaPac DevCon - http://mxdu.com/ > --- You are currently subscribed to cfaussie as: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] MX Downunder AsiaPac DevCon - http://mxdu.com/
