Carl, When I create a project I don't use the default location (witch is where your workspace is saved), but I point to a folder in the wwwroot-folder of my CF server. This way I can still test my apps in the browser.
Kind regards, Guust Nieuwenhuis On 14 Sep 2011, at 22:08, Carl Von Stetten wrote: > > I'm a complete CFBuilder n00b (just installed this morning for first time). > > I've been developing for years using Dreamweaver, so this is going to be a > huge change for me. > > OK, now to the problem. > > I develop on a 64-bit Windows 7 PC. I have IIS 7.5 running local versions of > the intranet applications I develop. I have a separate IIS web site for each > application, and ColdFusion 9.01 is connected to IIS and all the sites work > from a browser. My sites run from folders under C:\WebSites. > > In my hosts file, I have defined site names linked to 127.0.0.1 (local.app1 > and local.app2). This all works fine. > > Now I have installed CFBuilder. I configured my local server per the Adobe > help, or at least as far as I understand. My server shows up in the Servers > window. > > I'm confused as to how I configure a project. Do I point the project to the > actual website's code folder (ie: C:\WebSites\app1\wwwroot), or to the > default folder for the project (ie: C:\Users\myUserName\Adobe ColdFusion > Builder workspace/local.app1)? > > I tried putting a copy of the codebase in the project's default folder, but I > can't preview any pages in the Firefox or IE tabs. I get the message: > > "Selected file is not in the document root of the server. If the project is > not in the document root, create a linked folder to the document root > (selecting Project Properties > ColdFusion Project)." > > What am I doing wrong? How do others set up CFBuilder with locally hosted > IIS sites? > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| 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:347481 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/unsubscribe.cfm
