MACROMEDIA COLFUSION MX 7 - INSTALLING AND USING COLDFUSION MX Using Manual page 27

Insert the CD or download the setup file from the Macromedia website.
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If the installation wizard does not start automatically when you insert the CD, locate the
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setup.exe file on the CD and double-click it. If you are installing from a network or a
downloaded file, locate the ColdFusion MX 7 installation executable file (coldfusion-70-
win.exe) and double-click it.
The installation wizard starts.
Follow the instructions in the installation wizard and let it run to completion. (Ensure that you
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select Multiserver configuration.)
Note: The installation wizard disables the multiserver configuration option if JRun 4 is already
installed on the computer.
Open the ColdFusion MX Administrator to configure the server.
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After the server configuration is complete, click OK to run the Getting Started Experience.
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If you are new to ColdFusion, you can use the Getting Started Experience to learn about the
basics of creating a ColdFusion application. If you are already familiar with ColdFusion, you
can view code snippets that highlight the new features in ColdFusion MX 7.
Configure and manage your system, as described in
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page 45.
To install the ColdFusion MX 7 Extensions for Dreamweaver, double-click the
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cfmx7dreamweaverextensions.mxp file, which is located in the cf_webapp_root/wwwroot/
CFIDE/installers directory.
To install ColdFusion MX 7 Report Builder, double-click the CFReportBuilderInstaller.exe
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file, which is in the cf_webapp_root/CFIDE/installers directory. For more information, see
"Installing the ColdFusion Report Builder" on page
Code and test ColdFusion MX 7 CFM pages.
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If you configured an external web server, store CFM pages under your web root directory. If
you are using the built-in web server, store CFM pages under the web application root
(jrun_root/servers/cfusion/cfusion-ear/cfusion-war) and access these pages using a URL of the
form http://hostname:8300/context-root/filename.cfm, as follows:
hostname The machine name, IP address, or localhost.
contextroot The context root for the ColdFusion MX 7 web application. For more
information, see
filename The directory path and file to display. The path is relative to the cfusion-war
directory.
For example, to display a CFM file located at C:/JRun4/servers/cfusion/cfusion-ear/cfusion-
war/eisapp/index.cfm using the built-in JRun web server and a context root of cfmx, you
specify the URL as http://localhost:8300/cfmx/eisapp/index.cfm.
"Context root" on page
Installing ColdFusion MX 7 using the multiserver configuration
Chapter 5, "Configuring Your System," on
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