Yup. This IS ugly. I just got my ISP back up, and now I'm waiting to download all the stuff from Adobe...again. Wouldn't you know? Their site is down for maintenance.
I sure hope that all of this "fun" turns out to be worth it. I mean, all I wanted to try was one, lousy Flex-Coldfusion tutorial. NEVER expected to be doing this stuff all night long. Others really should be forewarned about the 'cf wizard extravaganza' before attempting to use it. --- In [email protected], "shawn.gibson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I just gave my system in to an 'expert'. > > I am going to have Server2003SBS/ColdFusion/MS SQL Express and MySQL > 5 set up perfectly, and the entire thing Ghosted. I'm removing Flex > from my box altogether and mapping out Flex + CF/Developer on a > laptop so that no matter what else, I can always redo the server > with little more effort than a re-install of 6-7 discs. I hope > mapping Flex/CF on my development machine is not going to be a > nightmare, so I'm going to mirror everything down to the drive name > and letter just to be hopefully sure, and ensure the same JRE and > blah blah blah is set up in the first place, and Ghost them > both...before I so much as think of starting a new project. From > there, I hope I can just FTP/router in my Flex projects to the > server to go live. > > I think it's the wisest approach after several months of problems > (all my own fault!)...now that I've sucked up the cost of everything > and actually purchased all this software. > > Shawn > > > --- In [email protected], "Boosalic" <boosalic@> > wrote: > > > > Thanks for the reply. > > > > I installed everything again on a spare blank drive and everything > > works as it should. That development is both encouraging and > > discouraging at the same time. > > > > In short, I think the easiest thing for me to do is to back up all > of > > my files from the original drive, re-image it, and start installing > > everything all over again. All fresh and new. There goes about six > > hours of my day tomorrow. I'm on about my 10th reinstallation of > Flex > > and CF at this point and I must have stray files all over the > place on > > the disk. I'll never find all of them again. > > > > People who milk cows for a living have a much, much different set > of > > problems, huh? > > > > Not looking forward to doing this -- not at all. > > > > --- In [email protected], "shawn.gibson" > > > > > > The Extensions are definitely touchy. I had this problem several > > > times, it turned out to be because I had a version of the file > stored > > > for convenience...in with CFEclipse, JSEclipse, Quantum, etc.. > > > > > > You have to uninstall them and make sure you install them from > the > > > exact location Flex expects to use them from, i.e., from the > location > > > they appear during the setup (the screen that asks do you want > > > instructions how to use/setup the extensions, use that > location...and > > > even then be careful, because during the install Flex seems to > put a > > > lot of stuff into temp DL folders...don't use that either). That > > > solved it for me. > > > > > > Shawn > > > > > > --- In [email protected], "Boosalic" <boosalic@> > > > wrote: > > > > > > > > Has anyone had trouble with the coldfusion extensions install? > > > > > > > > I successfully installed the coldfusion wizard once. Once. I > > > completed > > > > a flex-coldfusion tutorial and everything was great. BUT, It > has not > > > > worked since. Every time I try to complete a new tutorial or > > > complete > > > > my own project, I am greeted with the following error: > > > > > > > > FX Error > > > > The project could not be created. Please check the webroot > folder > > > (it > > > > may overlap with an existing project). > > > > > > > > Well, I have installed and reinstalled coldfusion and > flexbuilder 2 > > > > (all updates) numerous times now. Nothing works. I have > deleted all > > > > old projects from the cf wwwroot and nothing helps. I'm really > beat > > > up. > > > > > > > > If someone could please help me with this problem, I'd be > grateful. > > > > > > > > > >
