Scott, You might want to quickly experiment with different paths. On Windows, I first thought that ColdFusion root wanted \\server\c$\ColdFusion8\wwwroot, since that is where the WEB-INF folder was. I got the same error that you got. I changed the path to be \\server\c$\ColdFusion8 and it worked.
Good luck, MIke Chabot On Nov 16, 2007 12:08 PM, Scott McAllister <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Thanks for the response, Rick. My inquiry is for setting up a local > development environment on OS X (hence the path). With everything running > locally (with the correct permissions) Flex should be able to find my local > CF server, right? > > I thought it might be an issue of permissions, but FlexBuilder still could > not find a config file even after adjusting the permissions. > > Any other thoughts? > > -Scott > > > >> > >> On the next screen I enter the path for the ColdFusion root folder > >> (/Applications/JRun4/servers/cfusion/cfusion-ear/cfusion-war) and Web root. > >> Upon hitting > >> the Validate Configuration button I get an error message that reads, > >> "Invalid > >> root. A config > >> file must exist in WEB-INF/flex." > > > >Are you running Flex Builder 3 on Linux or something? Because the > >path you entered isn't a valid windows path. > > > >It may be the actual path to your coldfusion root folder, but if the > >compiler machine can't see it, it's not valid. > > > >That being said.. if your compiler machine (on which you are running > >flex Builder) cannot access the coldfusion root folder on the server, > >you can "fake it" by creating a local directory on your computer... > >like C:\CFROOT", making a "WEB-INF" folder inside that, make a "flex" > >folder inside that, and put a copy of the remove servers' > >services-config.xml (CF7) or *-config.xml (CF8) into your local > >folder. You'll have to keep it up to date of course. > > > >Then you can compile locally and FTP your files over to the server to test > >them. > > > >Kind of a pain :) > > > > > >-- > >Rick Root > >Check out CFMBB, BlogCFM, ImageCFC, ImapCFC, CFFM, and more at > >www.opensourcecf.com ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Create robust enterprise, web RIAs. Upgrade to ColdFusion 8 and integrate with Adobe Flex http://www.adobe.com/products/coldfusion/flex2/?sdid=RVJP Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/Flex/message.cfm/messageid:4812 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/Flex/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.37
