Yes, when i said mappings i meant virtual directories in IIS. We had exactly the same problem as Matthew did and creating that file and those virtual directories solved the problem.
Allan ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jared Rypka-Hauer - CMG, LLC" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "CF-Talk" <cf-talk@houseoffusion.com> Sent: Saturday, June 11, 2005 5:38 AM Subject: SPAM-LOW: Re: cfchart not working on new server > Allan: > > Regarding #2 below, I assume you mean create a virtual directory of /CFIDE > that points to CFIDE in the system? > > CF mappings on Standard are server-wide, and they're server-wide on > Enterprise unless you're using Sandboxing to lock them down. If you create a > virtual directory, all your servers will be able to hit > http://my.url.com/cfide/administrator/index.cfm, whereas using a mapping > enables just directory access without exposing CFIDE in the webroot of the > application. Having the files accessible from the cfchart tag should only > need the mapping because it relies on the accessibility of the files, not on > being able to use them in a browser. And if you're using mappings, you only > need 1 per CF instance, barring any sandboxing. > > Also, anything you need universally can go in {cfhome}\wwwroot because > that's basically a universal mapping. If you put CFIDE in it, beware, > though...by default it will be available to the browser from all sites, all > URLs connected to that CF instance via a webserver connector. > > Now JrunScripts is a different matter, because for some reason that's always > a virtual directory... when you create it (in each site that will be > accessing CF), you're going to need to edit the properties and add the Jrun > Server Filter in the ISAPI filters tab and in the Virtual Directory > properties tab for the directory click Remove against the application > attributes and uncheck Read. > > If you check your wwwroot/web-inf/web.xml file, you'll see that > GraphData.cfm is a servlet mapping, so adding a CF template to /cfide > wouldn't do much. It's the same as IDE.cfm, which is the servlet mapping for > RDS... these can be executed from a browser via the URL specified, but > they're trapped by Jrun and mapped out to specific servlets for special > handling. It's basically Jrun spoofing a CFM template to the CF server. > > Matthew, you said these image files were being created correctly, right? Do > they look like they should even if they're not being sent back to the > browser? Have you checked (or had the host check) windows and CF error logs? > There should be something. If the issue was the result of a headless Win > install, chances are that the graphing subsystem would fail during CFMX > bootstrap... that's how it works on Linux, and also the primary cause of > CFCHART issues on linux. People fail to understand that CFMX needs the basic > X libraries to get cfchart to work. > > If you do a view source after hitting a page that's got a CFChart in it, you > should see some URL information that's used to transfer the images/movies > from the Chart servlet to the browser... trying hitting that URL alone and > seeing what error message you get. Go from there, paying particular > attention to paths, virtual or otherwise, that are missing or incorrect. > > Good luck! > > J ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Logware (www.logware.us): a new and convenient web-based time tracking application. Start tracking and documenting hours spent on a project or with a client with Logware today. Try it for free with a 15 day trial account. http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=67 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:4:209219 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/4 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:4 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.4 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
