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DEVELOPING COLDFUSION 9 APPLICATIONS
Using External Resources
For information about installing the ColdFusion Extensions for Eclipse, see Installing ColdFusion guide.
Eclipse RDS Support
Remote Development Services (RDS) lets you access files and data sources registered in the ColdFusion Administrator
on a ColdFusion server. To use Eclipse RDS Support, you must enable RDS when you install ColdFusion. With Eclipse
RDS Support, you can use Flash Builder or CFEclipse as your IDE and access ColdFusion files remotely.
Eclipse RDS Support is supported on all ColdFusion server platforms.
Before you install Eclipse RDS Support, you must have the following installed:
• Eclipse 3.1 or later, Flex Builder 2 or later, or Flash Builder
• ColdFusion MX 7.0.1 or later
Configuring RDS
Before using RDS, you must configure ColdFusion servers.
Configure any ColdFusion servers that you want to connect to using RDS
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In Flash Builder or Eclipse, select Window > Preferences > ColdFusion > RDS Configuration.
To configure the default localhost server, select localhost and specify the following:
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• Description
• Host name (127.0.0.1)
• Port number (8500 if you are using the built-in web server)
• Context root, if necessary (For more information about the context root, see Installing ColdFusion guide.)
• Password, which is the RDS password
To specify additional servers, click New, and specify the following:
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• Description, which can be any name you want
• Host name (IP address or machine name)
• Port number (8500 if you are using the built-in web server)
• Context root, if necessary
For more information about the context root, see Installing ColdFusion guide.
• Password, which is the RDS password
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To remove a server definition, select the server and click Remove.
To test a connection, select the server and click Test Connection.
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Note: If you are using ColdFusion MX 7 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.
View files and folders or data sources do the following
In Flash Builder, select Window > Other Views. In Eclipse, select Window > Show View > Other.
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