MACROMEDIA COLDFUSION MX 7.0.2-USING COLDFUSION MX WITH FLEX 2 Use Manual page 76

Configuring RDS
Before using RDS, you must configure ColdFusion servers.
To configure any ColdFusion servers that you want to connect to using RDS:
In Flex Builder or Eclipse, select Window > Preferences > RDS Configuration.
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To configure the default localhost server, select localhost and specify the following:
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Description
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Host name (127.0.0.1)
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Port number (8500 if you are using the built-in web server)
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Context root, if necessary (For more information about the context root, see Installing
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and Using ColdFusion MX.)
Password, which is the RDS password
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To specify additional servers, click New, and specify the following:
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Description, which can be any name you want
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Host name (IP address or machine name)
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Port number (8500 if you are using the built-in web server)
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Context root, if necessary (For more information about the context root, see Installing
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and Using ColdFusion MX .)
Password, which is the RDS password
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To remove a server definition, select the server and click Remove.
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To test a connection, select the server and click Test Connection.
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If you are using ColdFusion MX 7.0 or earlier, the message "The RDS server was
successfully contacted, but your security credentials were invalid," appears. The
message indicates that the password was not validated, even if it is correct. Click OK
to close the message.
Once you have configured the RDS connection to your CF servers, you can view the files,
folders and data sources on RDS servers. Each RDS server appears as a node in the RDS
Fileview and Dataview, with the name you specified when you configured the RDS server.
To view files and folders or data sources do the following:
In Flex Builder, select Window > Other Views. In Eclipse, select Window > Show View >
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Other.
Select RDS.
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To access the file system on the RDS server, select RDS Fileview.
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To access data sources on the RDS server, select RDS Dataview.
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