Setting Workspace Options; Working In The Resources Window; About The Resource Tabs - MACROMEDIA COLDFUSION STUDIO 5-USING COLDFUSION 5 STUDIO Use Manual

Working in the Resources Window

Setting workspace options

Selecting Options > Settings (F8) opens the control center for user preferences. By
navigating the feature tree in the left pane, you can view and change options for file
management, coding, and testing applications and Web content.

Working in the Resources Window

The Resources window is a tabbed user interface that gives you quick access to file
management, development, and Help resources. Select a tab at the bottom of the
window to open the pane for each resource. Context menus and specialized toolbars
provide a focused set of commands for each pane.
Following is a description of each resource tab.

About the Resource tabs

Following is a summary of each of the Resource tabs:
Files tabs Lets you manage files on local and network drives and on remote
servers. The drop-down list at the top allows you to pick a drive or server, the
bottom two panes display directories and files for the selected drive or server. The
two Files tabs, labeled "1" and "2" for easy identification, facilitate working with
files in multiple locations, including directories, drives, and remote systems.
Following are some tips on how the two Files tabs work together:
For information about how ColdFusion Studio determines the current directory
with two Files tabs, see
Database tab
source, it appears in the drop-down list at the top. Just select a data source to view
its schema. You can write and test database queries in the SQL Builder.
Projects tab Helps you manage site content by organizing pages and
supporting files. You have the option of adding a
control system. The drop-down list at the top displays recent projects. The
bottom two panes display the folders and files for the selected project.
Site View tab Provides a visual representation of each
document. Right-click in the pane to select a view type and display options.
Right-click on a link to expand the view.
You can use the standard copy/move and paste commands between tabs.
If you undock one or both of the tabs, you can drag files and folders between
them. To move them, drag them. To copy them, drag them while holding
down the Ctrl key.
When you select Filter or View from the right-click menu, the setting is only
applied to the active tab; the system maintains separate settings for each tab.
Both file tabs share the same Favorite Folders settings.
If both file tabs point to the same location, the system refreshes both tabs to
display changes to files and folders in that location.
"About the Files Tabs" on page
Shows your application data sources. When you add a data
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project to your version source
link in the current
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