Connecting To Servers - MACROMEDIA COLDFUSION STUDIO 5-USING COLDFUSION 5 STUDIO Use Manual

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2 Select the appropriate compatibility option:
3 Click Switch to apply the change, and click Close.

Connecting to servers

ColdFusion Studio provides
Development Services (RDS). You can perform file transfers and other file
management tasks using Macromedia FTP & RDS.
Remote Development Services (RDS) lets you communicate via
ColdFusion on the local machine and on any configured remote host.
RDS features include:
Secure server access
Data source browsing and SQL query building
Remote file access
CFML debugging
Note
An RDS server connection is required to access data sources and to run the debugger.
Required server information
You must have specific information about a remote
host name
must get it from the owner of that server, whether it is your IT group, an ISP, or
another provider.
Connecting to an FTP server
You can remotely access
tasks using the Macromedia FTP & RDS feature. Once the connection has been
established, you can access files on remote servers and maintain Web sites located
anywhere on the Internet.
FTP server connection requirements vary greatly. These instructions work in the
majority of cases, but you might have to try variations on the settings.
Allaire HomeSite/Studio 4.5.2 Enables the remote server functionality in
both this version and in previous versions and changes the name of the SNE
node to "Allaire FTP & RDS."
Macromedia HomeSite/Studio 5.0+ Enables the remote server
functionality only in this version.
FTP
and user access requirements. If you do not have this information, you
FTP servers for file transfers and other site management
Chapter 2 Configuring Browsers and Servers
server access and secure HTTP access via Remote
server
HTTP with
to connect to it, such as