Macromedia ColdFusion Builder - 2.0 Instruction Manual

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ADOBE® COLDFUSION® BUILDER™ 2.0

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Last updated 5/9/2011

Chapter 1: What’s New in ColdFusion Builder 2.0

ColdFusion Builder 2.0 Express Edition . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1

Getting started experience . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1

Editor enhancements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1

Code Assist enhancements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1

Code folding enhancements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2

Code Formatting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2

Quick Fix . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3

ColdFusion Builder Search . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3

Keyboard shortcut enhancements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3

Navigation enhancements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4

Extension enhancements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4

Other enhancements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5

Additional resources . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5

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Chapter 2: Introduction

ColdFusion and ColdFusion Builder documentation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6

ColdFusion and ColdFusion Builder learning resources . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7

Chapter 3: About ColdFusion Builder

ColdFusion Builder configurations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8

Activating ColdFusion Builder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8

Installing third-party Eclipse plug-ins . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9

Getting started experience . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10

ColdFusion Builder Help System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10

Getting started with ColdFusion Builder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13

Chapter 4: ColdFusion Builder Workbench Basics

About the workbench . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15

Workbench menus and toolbars . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16

About ColdFusion Builder perspectives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20

ColdFusion Builder Development perspective . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21

ColdFusion Debugging perspective . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29

Add views to the workbench . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35

ColdFusion Builder editors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35

Customizing a perspective . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35

Chapter 5: Code Editing in ColdFusion Builder

CFML Editor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37

Code Assist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38

Select tag blocks of your choice . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44

Jump to matching tag . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45

Quick Fix . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45

Code Formatter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46

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Auto-formatting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48

Code colorization . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48

SQL Editor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49

Code folding and unfolding . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50

Syntax checking and highlighting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51

Navigate through code . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53

Code refactoring . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54

Tag Editor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56

Typing preferences . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56

CFML Editor keyboard shortcuts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57

ColdFusion Builder Search . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58

Add tasks to Task View . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60

Chapter 6: Managing Servers

Understanding web server terminology . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62

Adding ColdFusion servers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63

Using Servers View . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69

Import RDS server settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70

Chapter 7: Managing Projects

About projects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71

Creating a ColdFusion project . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71

Configure properties for projects and servers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72

Add ColdFusion pages, interfaces, and components . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72

Create CFM/CFC files outside the workspace . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74

Set Launch Page . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74

Set URL Prefix . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75

Import, export, and delete projects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75

Cloak projects and files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76

Link to resources outside the workspace . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76

Deploy projects over FTP and Secure FTP connections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77

Import Ajax libraries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78

Working with Flash Builder projects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78

Developing AIR applications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78

Chapter 8: Debugging Applications

Using ColdFusion debugger . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81

Debugging your application . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82

Debugging remote applications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86

Chapter 9: ColdFusion Builder Extensions

About extensions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88

What's new with extensions in ColdFusion Builder 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88

Developing extensions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88

Creating user interfaces for extensions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99

Create views . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102

Specifying callback commands from handlers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104

Using the Extensions view . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109

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Use ColdFusion Builder Extension Creator to create and package extensions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110

Contribute to Code Assist from extensions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111

Extension support for setting Launch Page . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112

Chapter 10: Using Extensions

Adobe CFC Generator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114

AS Class Generator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116

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ColdFusion Builder 2.0 Express Edition

Use a feature-limited Express Edition of ColdFusion Builder after the trial expires. Till you purchase a license, you can continue to use the basic features such as editor, code assist, and syntax highlighting. See

Builder” on page 8.

Getting started experience

A dynamic getting started experience that invites access to tutorials, workflows, movies, notifications, tips and tricks, and useful resources any time you start ColdFusion Builder. See

“Getting started experience” on page 10.

“Activating ColdFusion

Editor enhancements

Add tasks to Task View

If you define tasks as CFML comments, the Task View displays them based on the priority you set. The tasks are listed with the default

Select tag blocks of your choice

The enclosing tag block from the caret position can be selected using the shortcut Ctrl+Alt+B (Windows) or Command+Option+B (Mac). Retain the selection and then repeat the shortcut for cumulative selection of code. “Select tag blocks of your choice” on page 44.

Jump to matching tag

Move the caret position from beginning to end or end to beginning of a tag block using the shortcut Ctrl+Alt+M (Windows) or Command+Option+M (Mac). See

TODO and FIXME tags or the custom task tag prefix. See “Add tasks to Task View” on page 60.

“Jump to matching tag” on page 45.

Code Assist enhancements

Auto-insert required attributes

Auto-insert required attributes based on preference (the default option). If preference is not set, instead of insertion, attributes are only proposed. See

“Auto-insertion of required attributes” on page 43.

Shows separate list of required and optional tag attributes

Prompts you with a list of attributes showing required attributes at the top of the proposal list with check marks to indicate that the attributes are mandatory. A line separates the mandatory and optional attributes. See

required and optional attributes” on page 43.

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Lists proposals for createObject

Proposes all objects (and the corresponding arguments) supported by the function createObject. See “Proposals for

createObject” on page 43.

Cyclic Code Assist proposals

Use Ctrl+<Space> to cycle through your Code Assist proposal. You can switch from one proposal group at a time to the next, for example from variables to function. See

Filter proposals containing text

Filter proposals based on the text you specify. All proposals that contain the filter text are listed with selection set to the proposal that starts with the specified text. See

Datatype-aware Code Assist

Shows Code Assist proposals based on expected data types. See “Datatype-aware Code Assist” on page 44.

Auto-insertion of function arguments

When you insert a function, all required arguments are automatically inserted. See “Auto-insertion of function

arguments” on page 44.

“Cyclic Code Assist proposals” on page 43.

“Filter proposals containing text” on page 44.

Function context assist enhancements

• Displays function context assist whenever you load Code Assist inside function parameters

• Highlights the parameter that you currently edit in bold

• Displays the optional parameters inside [].

See “Function context assist” on page 44.

Smart Code Assist for connection attributes

Displays connection variables created for tags such as cfexchangeconnection and cfftp. See “Smart Code Assist for

connection attributes” on page 44.

Usage-based Code Assist for cfloop

Based on the type of loop, the required attribute is auto-inserted. See “Usage-based Code Assist for cfloop” on page 44.

Code folding enhancements

Hide and display code blocks of your preference (Ctrl+Alt+F (Windows) or Command+Option+F (Mac)). The code folding that you define is saved and is available for future sessions. See

“Code folding and unfolding” on page 50.

Code Formatting

Code formatter

Change the look of your CFML code by standardizing indentation, line length, and the case of tags and attribute names (Ctrl+Shift+F (Windows) or Command+Shift+F (Mac)). Code formatter formats both tag and script-based syntax. Code Formatter provides an off-the-shelf set of preferences. You can customize, import, and export the preferences.

“Code Formatter” on page 46.

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Auto-formatting

Automatically indents lines of code and adjusts the ending tag. See “Auto-formatting” on page 48

Quick Fix

When you open/edit a file, ColdFusion Builder automatically identifies the function calls, CFCs, and CFMs that are not defined. A bulb icon appears in the left margin of the editor which, if clicked, prompts you to perform the appropriate quick fix. See

“Quick Fix” on page 45.

ColdFusion Builder Search

Specialized find and replace functionality (Ctrl+F (Win) or Command+F (Mac)) that searches text or tag in the current and open documents, selected resource, project, working set, workspace, local directory, FTP location, and RDS location. Regular expressions and multi-line search are also supported. To save time, you can run remote search in the background and continue with other tasks. ColdFusion Builder search applies to the following file types: CFC, CFM, HTML, XML, CSS, and JS. See

“ColdFusion Builder Search” on page 58.

Keyboard shortcut enhancements

• Use a Quick Assist that displays a catalog of shortcuts related to wizards, tags, and custom shortcuts

• Create custom keyboard shortcuts

• Modify and remove shortcuts

• Search shortcuts for specific action based on filter text

• Export shortcuts in CSV format and import

• Restore defaults shortcut settings

See “CFML Editor keyboard shortcuts” on page 57.

Default keyboard shortcut changes

Action Default shortcut in ColdFusion Builder Default shortcut in ColdFusion Builder 2.0

Insert cfabort Ctrl+Shift+A Ctrl+T,A

Insert cfdump Ctrl+Shift+D Ctrl+T,D

Insert CFScript block Ctrl+Alt+R Ctrl+T,S

Insert cfset Ctrl+= Ctrl+T,=

Access tag editor Ctrl +T Ctrl+Shift+T

Wrap/Unwrap ColdFusion comment

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Action Default shortcut in ColdFusion Builder Default shortcut in ColdFusion Builder 2.0

Wrap in ## Ctrl+Shift+H Ctrl+T,H

Wrap in cfoutput Ctrl+Shift+O Ctrl+T,O

Wrap in try/catch Ctrl+Shift+T Ctrl_T,T

Navigation enhancements

Code navigation

Navigate from a user-defined function to the next or previous one or (in CFC files) to the top-level members of the CFC (Ctrl + Shift + Up arrow/Down arrow key (Windows) or Command + Shift + Up/Down arrow key (Mac)). For flow-control statements provided in CFScript, in both CFC page and CFM page, navigate to the next or previous code blocks if the caret position is within any of these statements. See

Smart tab navigation

Quickly navigate to the next (use Ctrl + ] on Windows/ Command + ] on Mac) and previous (use Ctrl + [ on Windows/Command + [ on Mac) function argument or tag attribute. Smart tab navigation is applicable to cffunction arguments also in the case of function definition. See

“Smart tab navigation” on page 54.

“Code navigation” on page 53.

Extension enhancements

Specifying callback commands from handlers

You can complete the following operations in the execution phase: refresh file, folder, or project; open file or insert text; get a list of servers or data sources; get details of tables; search and return content of a file; and list the functions and variables in a file. See

Create views

Create views and specify and toolbar items for the view you create using extensions. This helps you use the IDE features concurrently while seeing the data. See

Contribute to Code Assist from extensions

Add proposals to Code Assist from extensions. See “Contribute to Code Assist from extensions” on page 111.

Extension support for setting Launch Page

Dynamically generate Start Page URL for framework applications using extensions. ColdFusion Builder features such as ColdFusion Debugger, Use External Browser, and Run as ColdFusion Application use this URL as the Start Page URL. The generated URL can also have query param added to it. See page 112.

Version and server details

ideeventinfo.xml sent to Handler CFM files from ColdFusion Builder will have ColdFusion Builder version information and server details such as hostname and port number. See

handler communication” on page 97.

“Specifying callback commands from handlers” on page 104.

“Create views” on page 102.

“Extension support for setting Launch Page” on

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Other enhancements

Create CFM/CFC files outside the workspace

Create CFM/CFC files outside the workspace using the File view. See “Create CFM/CFC files outside the workspace” on page 74.

Set Launch Page

Designate a specific file as the Launch Page for your project. This page is loaded when you run/debug a file. See “Set

Launch Page” on page 74.

Help improvements

• Context-sensitive Help is displayed on mouse hover. This applies to functions, tags, and UDFs. For UDFs, the value

of the hint attribute is displayed in the Help window.

• Context-sensitive Help is available when you run Code Assist and then highlight a parameter or attribute.

Additional resources

• What's new in ColdFusion Builder 2

In this article, Ramchandra Kulkarni provides an overview of the ColdFusion Builder 2 features, to help you take full advantage of all the productivity tools provided in ColdFusion Builder 2.

• Getting started with ColdFusion Builder 2

In this Adobe TV video tutorial, Adobe Platform Evangelist Terry Ryan shows you how to use the newest features in ColdFusion Builder 2.

• ColdFusion Builder team blog

Provides latest news, updates, and other helpful information from the ColdFusion Builder team.

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Chapter 2: Introduction

Adobe® ColdFusion® Builder™ is an integrated development environment (IDE) for developing Adobe® ColdFusion®applications.

There are various resources to help you get started and become proficient in using ColdFusion Builder. Depending on your background and what you want to accomplish with ColdFusion Builder, take a few minutes to read through the appropriate documentation resources.

New to ColdFusion

❖ It is most useful if you have basic ColdFusion experience before you start using ColdFusion Builder. You can start

by viewing the Getting Started experience, which is available from the ColdFusion Administrator.

Experienced ColdFusion developers

• ColdFusion Builder is built on Eclipse™(an open source IDE), so you must know specific terms and concepts to

effectively use it. If you are, however, familiar with working in an Eclipse-based environment, you will find that ColdFusion Builder uses similar workbench conventions.

For more information, see “ColdFusion Builder Workbench Basics” on page 15.

• If you have developed code using a text editor in the past, you will find that ColdFusion Builder provides enhanced

functionality that makes developing code much easier. For more information, see page 8.

• For a quick overview of the features that are available with ColdFusion Builder, see “Getting started with

ColdFusion Builder” on page 13.

• To successfully develop ColdFusion applications using ColdFusion Builder, use CFML Reference and ColdFusion

Developer Guide. The CFML Reference contains detailed information on the CFML language elements and is available from the ColdFusion Builder Help system. For more information, see page 12.

• For information about the complete documentation available for ColdFusion and ColdFusion Builder, see

“ColdFusion and ColdFusion Builder documentation” on page 6.

“About ColdFusion Builder” on

“Display CFML Reference Help” on

ColdFusion and ColdFusion Builder documentation

All ColdFusion and ColdFusion Builder documentation is accessible from within ColdFusion Builder through the integrated Help system. For more information, see

Go to the ColdFusion Help and Support pages at www.adobe.com/go/learn_cfu_support_en to view the online documentation.

In addition to viewing the documentation, you can also add and view comments to the documentation.

“ColdFusion Builder Help System” on page 10.

Adobe ColdFusion documentation

The ColdFusion documentation set includes the following titles:

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Manual Description

Installing Adobe® ColdFusion® 9

Adobe ColdFusion® 9 Administrator's Guide Describes how to perform ColdFusion administration tasks such as managing server

Developing Adobe® ColdFusion® 9 Applications

Adobe® ColdFusion® 9 CFML Reference

Describes system installation and basic configuration for Windows, Macintosh, Solaris, Linux, and AIX.

settings, configuring data sources and web servers, managing security, and deploying ColdFusion applications.

This book also provides information about caching, setting up CFX tags, and monitoring server activity using the ColdFusion Server Monitor.

Describes how to develop your dynamic web applications.

This book provides detailed information about using the CFML programming language and ColdFusion features, such as ColdFusion Web Services, ColdFusion Portlets, ColdFusion ORM, Ajax support, Flex and AIR integration, and integration with other products and technologies such as Microsoft Office, OpenOffice, and SharePoint.

Provides descriptions, syntax, usage, and code examples for all ColdFusion tags, functions, and variables.

Adobe ColdFusion Builder documentation

The ColdFusion Builder documentation set includes the following titles:

Manual Description

Installing Adobe® ColdFusion® Builder 2.0

Describes ColdFusion Builder installation, as a standalone installation or as a set of plug-ins within an existing Eclipse workbench, for Windows and Macintosh platforms.

Using ColdFusion® Builder 2.0

Describes how to use ColdFusion Builder as an integrated development environment (IDE) for developing applications using ColdFusion.

ColdFusion and ColdFusion Builder learning resources

The following additional online resources are available for learning ColdFusion and ColdFusion Builder:

Resource Link

ColdFusion Help and Support www.adobe.com/go/learn_cfu_support_en

ColdFusion Developer Center www.adobe.com/go/learn_cfu_cfdevcenter_en

Adobe ColdFusion online forums www.adobe.com/go/learn_cfu_forums_en

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Chapter 3: About ColdFusion Builder

Adobe® ColdFusion® Builder™ is built on top of Eclipse™, an open-source IDE (Integrated Development Environment). An IDE contains most of the tools that developers need within a single application. ColdFusion Builder provides tools for editing and validating code, managing files and projects, and debugging. The plug-in architecture of ColdFusion Builder lets you extend the functionality for your own needs.

ColdFusion Builder runs on Microsoft® Windows® and Apple® Macintosh platforms. The installation configuration options let you install ColdFusion Builder as a standalone installation or as a set of plug-ins within an existing Eclipse workbench installation. For more information, see Installing Adobe ColdFusion Builder.

ColdFusion Builder configurations

The ColdFusion Builder installer provides the following two configuration options:

Standalone ColdFusion Builder IDE Installation Installs ColdFusion Builder as a standalone IDE (Integrated

Development Environment) built on Eclipse™ 3.6.2

ColdFusion Builder plug-ins within Eclipse IDE Installs ColdFusion Builder as a plug-in within an existing Eclipse or

Adobe® Flash® Builder™ installation. This configuration is for users who already use the Eclipse workbench and want to add ColdFusion Builder plug-ins to their toolkit of Eclipse plug-ins.

Note: You must have Eclipse 3.6.2 or higher installed on your computer to install the plug-in configuration of ColdFusion Builder.

If you are not sure which configuration to use, follow these guidelines:

• If you already use and have Eclipse 3.6.2 or higher installed, select the plug-in configuration.

• If you do not have Eclipse 3.6.2 or higher installed, select the standalone configuration. This configuration also

allows you to install other Eclipse plug-ins, so you can expand the scope of your development work in the future.

The two configurations provide the same functionality. However, some menu names and the ways to access the menu commands sometimes differ slightly in the plug-in configuration.

Activating ColdFusion Builder

When you start ColdFusion Builder, you are prompted to enter the product serial number. When you enter a valid product serial number, activation happens in the background the first time the software detects an Internet connection. For more information, visit the Adobe Product Activation Center at

If you do not enter the product serial number when you start ColdFusion Builder, you can use the trial version of the full-featured ColdFusion Builder 2.0 for 60 days. After the trial expires, you need to purchase a license to continue using all the features. If not, ColdFusion Builder switches to a feature-limited Express Edition.

www.adobe.com/go/activation.

ColdFusion Builder 2 Express Edition

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But the following key features are not available in the Express Edition:

• Code assist for extensions

• Code insight

• Extension callback

• Connection to remote server

• Quick fix

• Debugging remote projects

• Refactoring

• ColdFusion search

• Code formatting

• FTP support

• Log viewer

• Local file browser

• Code hyperlinks

• Hover help

You can convert the Express Edition to a full-featured version by purchasing the license and specifying the product serial number.

Managing ColdFusion Builder licenses

If you are a single-license user you can use ColdFusion Builder on up to two computers. To use your ColdFusion Builder license on a different computer than your original two computers, deactivate the ColdFusion Builder license on one of the two computers. After which, you can use it on another computer.

To deactivate the ColdFusion Builder license, select Help > Adobe ColdFusion Builder Deactivation.

Note: If you are uninstalling ColdFusion Builder, Adobe recommends that you first deactivate your license and then uninstall ColdFusion Builder.

Installing third-party Eclipse plug-ins

ColdFusion Builder provides integration with third-party Eclipse plug-ins that let you extend or customize your development environment. You can install the third-party Eclipse plug-ins on Windows and Mac OS X platforms.

Note: To ensure that the plug-in installs correctly, add the Helios Update Site URL

http://download.eclipse.org/releases/helios (or an equivalent Eclipse update site URL).

1 In Adobe ColdFusion Builder, select Help > Install New Software.

2 Click Add.

3 Enter the name and URL of the plug-in to install. For example, to install Subclipse version 1.0, enter the following

http://subclipse.tigris.org/update_1.6.x

URL:

4 Select the plug-ins to Install.

5 Click Next and follow the instructions in the Install wizard.

6 Click Finish.

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Getting started experience

ColdFusion Builder presents a dynamic getting started experience. Any time you start ColdFusion Builder, the Getting Started screen invites access to:

• Getting started tutorials

• Workflows

• Movie tutorials

• Notifications such as What is new in a release and details of ColdFusion and ColdFusion Builder releases and hot fixes

• Tips and tricks

• Useful resources

• Most used options such as Recently Open Files, Links to Open Project Wizard, Add server, Recommended

extensions, and Install Extensions

You can choose to hide the Getting Started screen, and then later display it again.

Display the Getting Started screen

❖ Select Help > Getting Started with ColdFusion Builder

Hide the Getting Started screen

❖ Do either of the following:

• Select the Don't Show Again option on the Getting Started screen

• Uncheck the option Show welcome page on startup in the Preferences dialog box (Window > Preferences >

ColdFusion > Startup)

Additional resources

• ColdFusion Builder Start Page

ColdFusion Builder engineering team member Sandeep Paliwal elaborates on the getting started experience.

ColdFusion Builder Help System

While you work in ColdFusion Builder, you can display context-sensitive Help for specific user interface elements of the workbench (views and dialog boxes) and language-reference help for code elements.

Adobe Community Help Client

Adobe Community Help client (CHC) is an AIR application that displays help content for ColdFusion Builder. The Help content is served directly from the web. When you open the CHC for the first time, an Internet connection is needed. You can then download the Help content to your desktop to use and search offline.

To open and view the ColdFusion Builder Help system, select Help > ColdFusion Builder Help.

Use context-sensitive Help

1 Select a view, dialog box, or any other user interface element in the workbench.

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2 Press F1 (Windows) to open the associated Help page in the Community Help Client.

To use context-sensitive Help on Mac OS, set a keyboard shortcut to the Dynamic Help command. To specify a keyboard shortcut for the Dynamic Help command, do the following:

1 Select Adobe ColdFusion Builder > Preferences.

2 In the tree view, select General > Keys.

3 Select the Dynamic Help command.

4 Press the key binding combination that you want to set. For example, to enter Ctrl+Shift+1, press and hold the keys

Ctrl and Shift and then press 1. A plus sign (+) between the keys indicates that you must press the keys in succession.

Community Help Client Preferences

You can set CHC preferences to control the Help content display.

1 In the CHC, select Edit > Preferences.

2 In the Preferences dialog box, set the following options, as required.

General Settings

• You can select a light or dark theme for the CHC. A theme is a formatting choice that determines the appearance

of the CHC. For example, when you apply a dark theme, the CHC has a dark background and theme-specific fonts.

• The CHC is launched as an AIR application, by default. You can, however, choose to launch the CHC in your web

browser. To do so, select On (Launch Help In Browser).

Download Preferences

You can select the products and Help packages that you want to have available for offline use.

Updater Settings

CHC provides content updates and feature enhancements without reinstalling the AIR application. Select Notify Me When Updates Are Available to be prompted for new updates when you either open or close the CHC. You can also choose to manually search and install updates.

Local Content

You can manually delete the Help packages that you downloaded to your desktop.

Search and Filter options

CHC lets you search across different Help packages and search locations.

Click Search Options to display the following Search locations.

Local Help Searches the Help package downloaded to your desktop for offline viewing. Click Filter Results to narrow

down your search results to a specific book in the Help package.

Adobe.com Searches up-to-date definitive reference content across all online resources available on adobe.com,

including Developer Center articles, tutorials, and knowledgebase articles.

Community Help This search is cumulative of all the resources available on adobe.com as well as the most relevant

content contributed by experts from the Adobe community.

Code Search The integrated code search lets you search through relevant code snippets available on adobe.com

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Dynamic navigation

CHC provides dynamic navigation based on search results to find related content. All related content appears in the Related Topics tab.

Feedback and rating

You can comment on, rate, and contribute to Help content if you have a valid Adobe ID. If you do not have an Adobe ID, you can get one by registering yourself at

https://www.adobe.com/membership.

Click Feedback And Rating in the bottom left-corner of the CHC, and provide your feedback. You can provide feedback in the form of a tip, example, or by suggesting a link to a relevant online resource.

Eclipse Help System

The Eclipse Help system displays CFML reference Help for code elements. The Eclipse Help system also displays Help for any third-party plug-ins that you install or that come packaged with ColdFusion Builder.

To open and view the Eclipse Help system, select Help > Help Contents.

Display CFML Reference Help

The CFML Reference is integrated into ColdFusion Builder, letting you quickly review the reference Help for a CFML tag or function.

• To open the Help topic for a CFML tag or function, do the following:

1 In the CFML editor, select a CFML tag element or function by highlighting or placing the pointer on the built-

in tag or function name.

2 Press F1 (Windows) or the equivalent keyboard shortcut for Mac OS. A link to the Help page for the selected

tag is displayed in the docked Help window.

Note: In Mac OS, when you press Command+Shift+/ to view Help for a CFML tag or function, generic editor Help appears in the docked Help window. To see the tag or function-specific Help, click the selected tag or function name in the CFML Editor again.

3 Click the Help page link. The Help page for the selected tag or function is displayed.

Set Help Preferences

You can set Help preferences to control how Help is displayed in the Eclipse Help system.

1 In ColdFusion Builder, select Window > Preferences.

2 In the Preferences dialog box, you see a tree-view structure on the left side. Select Help.

3 Set the following options, as required.

Open help search Determines whether to display the help search in the Dynamic Help view window or in a

browser. By default, in the Dynamic Help is selected.

Open help view documents Determines where to display documents that are opened from links in Dynamic Help.

By default, In-place is selected, and Help documents open in the Dynamic Help view window. To open Help documents in the ColdFusion Builder IDE editing area, select In the editor area.

Open help contents Lets you display help in a web browser of your choice. By default, the embedded browser of the

IDE displays Help. Select In an external browser and then select the Web Browser link to select your web browser.

Open window context help Determines how to display context-sensitive Help links for an open window. By

default, context-sensitive Help links are displayed in the Dynamic Help view which, when opened, is docked into

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the current perspective like all other views. To display context-sensitive Help links in an infopop (similar to a tooltip), select In An Infopop.

Open dialog context help Determines how to display context-sensitive Help links for an open dialog box. By

default, Help is displayed in the dialog box. To display context-sensitive Help links in an infopop (similar to a tooltip), select In An Infopop.

Use dynamic Help

Dynamic Help is docked to the current perspective and displays topics for the associated views and dialog boxes.

❖ Select Help > Dynamic Help.

To change the default keyboard shortcut binding, select Window > Preferences > General > Keys, and change the associated binding for the Dynamic Help command. For more information on changing keyboard shortcuts, see “CFML Editor keyboard shortcuts” on page 57.

Getting started with ColdFusion Builder

Using ColdFusion Builder, you can develop ColdFusion applications in a full-featured IDE that lets you complete the following tasks:

Note: Before getting started with the tasks, ensure that you are familiar with the ColdFusion Builder workbench and its capabilities and features. For more information, see

“ColdFusion Builder Workbench Basics” on page 15.

• Create ColdFusion projects: Using the Project wizard, you can create a project and configure a local or remote

server with it. For more information, see

“Creating a ColdFusion project” on page 71.

• Add and manage servers: ColdFusion Builder includes integrated server management that allows you to manage

your ColdFusion servers, the ColdFusion Administrator, and Server Monitor within ColdFusion Builder.

You can configure both JRun and non-JRun servers. To manage your applications efficiently, ColdFusion Builder provides features such as virtual hosts, virtual directories, and URL prefixes.

For more information on using these features and managing your servers, see “Managing Servers” on page 62.

• Deploy remote projects over FTP connection: ColdFusion Builder lets you manage both local and remote servers.

The remote servers can be connected either through RDS (Remote Data Services) or FTP (File Transfer Protocol) connection. For more information about deploying and synchronizing remote projects over FTP connection, see “Deploy projects over FTP and Secure FTP connections” on page 77.

• Create ColdFusion pages, components, and interfaces: ColdFusion Builder provides wizards that let you create

resources such as, ColdFusion pages, ColdFusion components (CFCs), and interfaces. You can associate these resources to a project. For more information, see

“Add ColdFusion pages, interfaces, and components” on page 72.

• Write and edit your ColdFusion application source code using the CFML editor: ColdFusion Builder provides

code editors to edit CFML, HTML, JavaScript, and CSS code. Based on the type of code that you are editing, the appropriate editor is opened. For more information, see

The editors provide many features, including code colorization, code assist, and Outline view, which help you navigate through your code.

“ColdFusion Builder editors” on page 35.

The CFML editor provides features such as code completion, code refactoring, and streamlined code navigation. ColdFusion Builder lets you use different colors and fonts to display your code in the editor. For more information on the complete feature-functionality of the CFML Editor, see

“Code Editing in ColdFusion Builder” on page 37.

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• Write and edit SQL statements using the SQL Editor: The CFML editor has an integrated SQL editor that lets you

edit and write SQL statements. You can also set code colorization preferences for supported SQL statements. For more information on the SQL Editor, see

“SQL Editor” on page 49.

• Use and create CFML dictionaries: ColdFusion Builder provides built-in CFML dictionaries that assist you with

CFML code completion. CFML dictionaries are supported for ColdFusion versions 7, 8 and 9. You can also create your own custom CFML dictionary. For more information about using and creating dictionaries, see

“CFML

Dictionaries” on page 42.

• Use ColdFusion Builder development views: ColdFusion Builder provides many views that let you develop your

applications easily.

The RDS FileView lets you access and explore file systems on local and remote servers. The RDS DataView lets you access and explore local or remote data sources. For more information, see

“RDS FileView and RDS DataView” on

page 22.

You can also query data on a local or remote data servers using the RDS Query Viewer. For more information, see “RDS Query viewer” on page 23.

The Services Browser view lets you browse through CFCs and their methods within the server web root. You can access both local and remote CFCs and web services. For more information, see

“Services Browser view” on

page 26.

The Snippets view and Outline view let you reuse and streamline your code. For more information, see “Snippets

view” on page 27 and “Outline view” on page 21.

For more information about all the development views, see “ColdFusion Builder Development perspective” on page 21.

• Use the ColdFusion debugger to debug applications: ColdFusion Builder provides an integrated debugger with

debugging views, like the Debug view and the Breakpoints view, which let you debug your applications. For more information about these views, see

“ColdFusion Debugging perspective” on page 29.

You can add breakpoints to your code, step into or over functions, and examine and evaluate expressions. You can debug files on both local and remote servers. For more information, see

“Debugging Applications” on page 81.

The Problems view, TailView view, and Console view detect syntax, server, and compilation errors and display them.

• Use and develop ColdFusion Builder extensions: Use the Extensions view to manage ColdFusion Builder

extensions.

You can develop extensions to generate code, design user interfaces, and perform basic CRUD (Create, Read, Update, and Delete) operations on the database. You can also develop extensions to perform custom actions such as opening files in the CFML Editor or inserting text in an open file. For more information about creating extensions, see

“ColdFusion Builder Extensions” on page 88.

ColdFusion Builder provides the ColdFusion Builder Extension Creator to guide you through the process of creating and packaging extensions. For more information, see

“Use ColdFusion Builder Extension Creator to create

and package extensions” on page 110.

The following extensions come packaged with ColdFusion Builder.

• Adobe CFC Generator

• ActionScript Class Generator

For more information on installing and using these extensions, see “Using Extensions” on page 114.

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Chapter 4: ColdFusion Builder Workbench Basics

ColdFusion Builder is an Eclipse-based development environment that allows you to develop Adobe ColdFusion applications and run them on ColdFusion servers. You use it to develop ColdFusion applications using coding and debugging tools.

About the workbench

The ColdFusion Builder workbench is a full-featured environment for developing Adobe ColdFusion applications. Much of the basic functionality of the ColdFusion Builder IDE comes from Eclipse. The ColdFusion Builder plug-ins add features and functionality for creating ColdFusion applications. The plug-ins also provide tools for modifying the IDE user interface and supply some core functionality to support application building.

Workbench The workbench is the ColdFusion Builder development environment. The workbench contains three

primary elements: perspectives, editors, and views. You use all three in various combinations at various points in the application development process. The workbench contains all the tools you use to develop applications.

Perspective A perspective is a group of views, editors, menus, and toolbars in the workbench. Essentially it is a special

work environment that helps you accomplish a specific type of task. For example, ColdFusion Builder contains two perspectives. You use the ColdFusion Builder Development perspective to develop applications and the ColdFusion Debugging perspective to debug them.

For more information about perspectives, see “About ColdFusion Builder perspectives” on page 20.

Editor An editor allows you to edit various types of files. The editors available to you vary according to the number

and types of Eclipse plug-ins installed. ColdFusion Builder contains editors for writing CFML, HTML, JavaScript, and Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) code. For more information about code editing in ColdFusion Builder, see

Builder editors” on page 35 and “Code Editing in ColdFusion Builder” on page 37.

Views A view typically supports an editor. For example, when you edit CFML, the Outline view and Snippet view are

also displayed in the ColdFusion Builder Development perspective. These views support the development of ColdFusion applications and are therefore displayed when a CFML file is opened for editing.

Some views support the core functionality of the workbench itself. For example, the File Explorer view allows you to manage files and folders within the workbench. The RDS Dataview and RDS Fileview display data sources, files, and directories on both remote and local servers.

The term view is synonymous with the term panel as it is used in Adobe Dreamweaver® and other Adobe development tools.

For more information about the views in the ColdFusion Builder Development perspective, see “ColdFusion Builder

Development perspective” on page 21.

For more information about the views in the ColdFusion Debugging perspective, see “ColdFusion Debugging

perspective” on page 29.

“ColdFusion

Workspace Not to be confused with workbench, a workspace is a defined area of the file system. The workspace

contains the resources (files and folders) that make up your application projects. A workspace can contain multiple

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projects. You can work with only one workspace at a time; however, you can select a different workspace each time you start ColdFusion Builder. For more information, see

Resource The general term resource applies to the files and folders in the projects in a workspace. For more

“Managing Projects” on page 71.

information, see“Add ColdFusion pages, interfaces, and components” on page 72 and “Add other files” on page 74.

Project All the resources that make up your applications are contained within projects. You cannot build an

application in ColdFusion Builder without first creating a project. For more information, see

“Managing Projects” on

page 71.

Workbench menus and toolbars

You access workbench commands through the menu bar, right-click context menus, toolbars, and keyboard shortcuts.

Workbench menus

The ColdFusion Builder workbench contains the following main menus:

File menu

The File menu lets you create, save, close, print, import, and export workbench resources and exit the workbench.

Menu command Description

New Creates a resource. Before you create a ColdFusion component, interface, or page, ensure

Open File Open a file for editing. You can also open files that are not in the workspace.

Close Closes the active editor. You are prompted to save changes before the file closes.

Close All Closes all open editors. You are prompted to save changes before the files close.

Save Saves the content of the active editor

Save As Lets you save the contents of the active editor in a different filename and location

Save All Saves the contents of all open editors.

Revert Replaces the contents of the active editor with the previously saved contents.

Move Moves the currently selected resources to a different project

Rename Lets you change the name of the selected resource

Refresh Refreshes the resource with the contents in the file system

Convert Line Delimiters To Lets you convert line delimiters to the operating system applicable to your development or

that you have created a project to store these resources.

deployment platform:

• Windows (default)

• Unix

• MacOS 9

Print Prints the contents of the active editor

Switch Workspace Opens the Workspace Launcher that lets you switch to a different workspace. When you

switch to a different workspace, the workbench is restarted.

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Menu command Description

Restart Restarts ColdFusion Builder

Import Lets you import resources to the workbench using the Import wizard

Export Lets you export resources from the workbench using the Export wizard

Properties Displays the properties dialog box for the selected resource. The Properties For dialog box

Recent File List A list of the most recently accessed files in the workbench. You can open these files from the

Exit Closes the open resources and exits the workbench

provides information about the path to the resource and the date of the last modification on the resource. It also provides information if the project's resources have inherited their encoding and line delimiters or if they are set to a particular value.

File menu by clicking the filename. You can control the number of files that must appear in this list using the Preferences dialog box.

Navigate menu

The Navigate menu lets you locate and navigate through resources in your workbench.

Menu command Description

Go Into Lets you navigate within hierarchies of resources such that the selected resource is at the

Go To Lets you jump to a specific resource or display the hierarchy that appeared before the

Open Declaration Opens declaration for selected code element.

root. That is, when you select a folder within a project and select Go Into, only the selected folder (and artifacts within the folder) appear in the Navigation view.

This command is useful in navigating through large-sized projects with complex hierarchies.

current display.

For example, select the Go Into command for a resource, and then select Go To > Back. The Back command displays the same hierarchy from which you activated the Go Into command.

Quick Outline Displays a quick view of the Outline view. A hierarchical view of the code structure of the

Open Resource Lets you select a resource in the workspace and open it in an editor using the Open

Show In Lets you find and select the currently selected resource in another view. If an editor is active,

Next Lets you navigate to the next item in a list or table in the active view

Previous Lets you navigate to the previous item in a list or table in the active view

Last Edit Location Lets you jump to the last edit position in the active editor

Go To Line Lets you jump to a specific line in the active editor

Back Lets you move editor focus to a previously opened file.

Forward Lets you return editor focus from the previous file.

page appears in a pop-up menu.

Resource dialog box

these commands are used to select the resource that is currently being edited in another view.

Project menu

The Project menu lets you manage projects in the workbench.

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Menu command Description

Open Project Opens the currently selected project. The selected project must be closed for this command

Close Project Closes the currently open project]

Properties Displays the project properties dialog box

to be available.

Window menu

The Window menu lets you display, hide, and manage the various views, perspectives, and actions in the workbench.

Menu command Description

New Window Opens a new workbench window with the same perspective as the currently open

New Editor Opens an editor that is of the same type as the currently active editor

Open Perspective Opens a new perspective in the workbench

Show View Lets you select the views to display in the workbench

Customize Perspective Lets you customize the currently selected perspective

Save Perspective As Lets you save the currently selected perspective, creating your own customized perspective.

Reset Perspective Lets you reset a customized perspective

Close Perspective Closes the currently open perspective

Close All Perspectives Closes all the open perspectives in the workbench

perspective

Navigation Contains shortcuts to navigate between the views, perspectives, and editors in the

Preferences Lets you set you preferences for using the workbench. There are a number of preferences

workbench

to configure the appearance of the workbench andtheviews and editors contained in the workbench.

Toolbars

Workbench toolbar

The workbench toolbar contains buttons for important and frequently used commands. These commands are also available from various ColdFusion Builder menus.

Workbench toolbar

The following buttons appear in the workbench toolbar (shown left to right):

Button/command Description

New Displays a pop-up menu that displays all the types of projects and documents you can

Save Saves the document that is open in the editor and currently selected

Print Prints the document that is open in the editor and currently selected

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Button/command Description

New ColdFusion Project Opens the wizard to create a ColdFusion project.

Open CFC Lists all the CFCs that are available for projects displayed in the Navigator view.

Debug Uses the project’s currently open file to begin a debugging session. You can also select other

Run Runs the project’s currently open file. You can also select other application files in the

External Tools Selects a custom launch configuration

Search Searches for text strings and filename patterns for files in the project

Next Annotation Allows you to select and move forward to code annotations

Previous Annotation Allows you to select and move backward to code annotations

Last Edit Location Takes you to the code element that you last edited in the currently open file.

Back To Lets you move editor focus to a previously opened file.

Forward To Lets you return editor focus from the previous file.

application files in the project from the attached pop-up menu.

project from the attached pop-up menu.

CFML Editor toolbar

The CFML Editor contains buttons that are user interface shortcuts to frequently used commands. These commands are also available from various ColdFusion Builder menus. Some buttons in the toolbar are shortcuts to frequently used code elements, and are context sensitive to the code that you enter in the CFML Editor.

CFML editor toolbar

Button/command Description

Open Tag Editor Opens the Tag Editor.

For more information about using the Tag Editor, see “Tag Editor” on page 56.

Insert cfabort Inserts the cfabort tag.

This command is context sensitive to the script code.

Insert cfdump Inserts the cfdump tag. This command is context sensitive to the script code.

Wrap in cfoutput Wraps the selected code within the cfoutput tag.

This command is context sensitive to the script code that you enter in the CFML Editor.

Insert cfset Inserts the cfset tag.

Insert cfscript Block Inserts a cfscript code block.

Wrap in cftry/cfcatch Wraps the selected code within the cftry or cfcatch tag, depending on the code.

This command is context sensitive to the script code.

Wrap in ## Wraps the selected code within "#" marks.

Wrap/Unwrap in cfcomment Comments or uncomments the selected code.

Wrap/Unwrap in /* */ Wraps or unwraps the selected code within ""/* */"" marks

Wrap in Single Quotes Wraps the selected code within single quotation marks.

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Button/command Description

Wrap in Double Quotes Wraps the selected within double quotation marks.

To Uppercase Changes the text in the selected code to uppercase.

To Lowercase Changes the text in the selected code to lowercase.

About ColdFusion Builder perspectives

A perspective is a group of editors and views that support the completion of a task. ColdFusion Builder contains two perspectives: the ColdFusion Builder Development perspective and the ColdFusion Builder Debugging perspective.

Open and switch perspectives

When you open a file that is associated with a particular perspective, ColdFusion Builder automatically opens that perspective. That is, perspectives change automatically to support the task at hand. For example, when you create a ColdFusion project, the workbench displays the Development perspective. Similarly, when you start a debugging session, ColdFusion Builder switches to the Debugging perspective.

By default, perspectives open in the same window. To open a perspective in a new window, do the following:

1 Select Window > Preferences

2 In the tree view structure, select General > Perspectives.

3 Under Open a New Perspective, select In The Same Window.

You can manually switch perspectives by doing one of the following:

• Select Window > Open Perspective > Other from the main menu.

• Use the perspective bar in the main workbench toolbar.

Eclipse provides many predefined perspectives. So, if you use the plug-in configuration of ColdFusion Builder, you sometimes have additional perspectives.

You can access the other Eclipse perspectives by doing one of the following:

• Select Window > Open Perspective > Other from the main menu.

• Click in the perspective bar in the main workbench toolbar and select Other.

Set a default perspective

1 Select Window > Preferences.

2 In the tree view structure, select General > Perspectives.

3 Under Available Perspectives, select the perspective that you want to set as the default, and click Make Default.

4 Click OK.

The default perspective has the word "default" in parentheses after the perspective name.

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ColdFusion Builder Development perspective

You use the ColdFusion Builder Development perspective to create, edit, configure, and run ColdFusion applications in ColdFusion Builder. In addition, you can configure and manage local or remote ColdFusion servers.

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ColdFusion perspective

A. Outline view B. RDS Dataview C. RDS Fileview D. Perspective Bar E. Navigator view F. File view G. Source view H. Servers view I. Default Browser view J. Console view K. TailView view L. Services Browser M. Extensions view N. Snippets view

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The ColdFusion Builder Development perspective includes these views:

Outline view

The Outline view displays a hierarchy of elements in the file that is currently open in the editor. For example, it displays the functions in a CFC file and the tags in an HTML file.

You use Outline view to inspect and navigate the structure of your CFML, HTML, JavaScript, and CSS pages. If a page contains multiple code elements, you can use the Outline view to see a hierarchical view of the code structure of the page.

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You can sort the elements in Outline view alphabetically or in the order of their definition in the page. You can choose to view all the code elements or view only specific code elements.

• The Outline view displays the structure of your CFML code. For example, each item in the Outline view can

represent a CFML tag.

Outline view

• Double-click an element in Outline view to directly go to that element in the editor, instead of scrolling through the

entire code. When you select an item in Outline view, that item is highlighted in the editor, which makes it easier to navigate your code.

• Use the filter to search for a tag or element in the Outline view. Enter the name of the tag or element to search for

in the Filter field. The matching strings are displayed in the Outline view.

To specify the CFML tags to be displayed in an Outline view, select ColdFusion > Editor profiles > Editor > Outline. Then select, add, or remove tags, as required.

RDS FileView and RDS DataView

To use Remote Data Services (RDS), enable RDS while installing the ColdFusion server. ColdFusion Builder provides views to access files and data sources on a remote server.

The RDS FileView displays the files and directories on both remote and local servers. The RDS DataView displays the data sources configured in a remote server.

When you add a ColdFusion server instance in ColdFusion Builder, it automatically becomes available in RDS FileView and RDS DataView.

Configure a remote server for RDS FileView

If you want to configure a remote server manually and then access its files and directories using RDS FileView, do the following:

1 Click RDS FileView in the upper-right corner of the ColdFusion Builder perspective.

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2 Right-click in RDS FileView and select RDS Configuration.

3 Click New.

4 Specify remote server information such as the host name, port number, user name, and password.

5 Select Prompt For Password.

6 Click Test Connection to check that the RDS configuration is correct. Then, click OK.

7 Select the remote server from RDS FileView.

8 Specify the password for the remote server to view its files and directories.

Configure a remote server for RDS DataView

To configure a remote sever and access data sources from the remote server using RDS DataView:

1 Click RDS DataView.

2 Right-click in RDS DataView and select RDS Configuration.

3 Click New.

4 Specify the server information such as host name, port number, remote server user name, and password.

5 Select Prompt for Password.

6 Click Test Connection to check that the RDS configuration is correct. Then, click OK.

7 Expand the new server in RDS DataView to view data sources.

RDS Query viewer

The RDS Query viewer lets you create and run queries on a selected data source.

The RDS Query Viewer is available in the RDS DataView toolbar. To create and execute a query using the RDS Query viewer, do the following:

1 Click in RDS DataView to open RDS Query Viewer area.

2 Type the query in the blank area.

You can also build a query by dragging tables and columns from the RDS DataView view into the RDS Query Viewer.

3 Select the server and data source from the drop-down list.

4 Click Execute Query. The results of the query are displayed in the RDS Query Viewer area.

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RDS query viewer

Right-click a table in the RDS DataView view and select Show Table Contents. You can view all the records of the selected table in the RDS Query Viewer.

Navigator view

The Navigator view displays ColdFusion projects and other projects, and allows navigation through the project’s files and folders.

File view

The File view displays files and directories on the local computer where ColdFusion Builder is installed and allows you to create new files.

If you edit a file outside ColdFusion Builder, you can automatically refresh the file in ColdFusion Builder. To do so, select Window > Preferences > General > Workspace, and select Refresh Automatically.

The File view also lets you add FTP sites and browse files on the FTP server. ColdFusion projects can be associated with FTP connections so that you can easily upload, download, and synchronize files. For more information, see “Deploy projects over FTP and Secure FTP connections” on page 77.

Servers view

Displays the details of ColdFusion servers including server name, status, description, server type, server host, and port. You can use the Server view to perform these tasks:

• Add and delete a ColdFusion server

• Start and stop a server

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• Launch Server Monitor

• Launch ColdFusion Server Administrator

• Open server log

For more information, see “Managing Servers” on page 62.

Source view and Default Browser view

The Source view displays the source code for files. The Default Browser View displays the output in an HTML or CFML page.

Console view

The Console view displays the status of the ColdFusion server and any messages from the ColdFusion server.

TailView view

The TailView view displays the Server log and Workspace log, and lets you easily navigate through the logs. To automatically display the logs, RDS must be configured and enabled.

After selecting a server, you can open logs from the shortcut in the button bar of the Server Manager. Select the log to open it in the TailView view. By default, the TailView view opens the Exception log. When you are in Server view, you can open the Exception log by right-clicking and selecting Open Log.

To manually open the logs, right-click in the TailView view and select Add. Browse to and select a log file on your computer’s file system.

TailView view

The Tailview view toolbar contains the following buttons (left to right) that let you manage multiple logs in different tabs.

TailView toolbar

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Button/command Description

Move Left Moves the Server log or Workspace log to the left

Move Right Moves the Server log or Workspace log to the right

Adds Log Opens a log file on your computer’s file system

Starts Watching Log File Starts watching on a log file

Stops Watching Log File Stop watching on a log file

Reloads The Log File Reloads a log file

Clears Log File In Display Removes the log file displayed in the TailView view, without deleting it from the computer’s

Erases Log File On Disk Remove a log file from the computer’s file system

Deletes Log Tab Removes a log file from the computer’s file system

Deletes All Log Tabs Removes all the log tabs from the TailView view

Scroll Lock Prevents the Console view from scrolling.

Color Settings Sets color preferences for displaying the log file in the TailView view

file system

Services Browser view

The Services Browser view lists the servers added in the Server Manager and lets you browse through ColdFusion components (CFCs), web services and their methods.

Browse ColdFusion components

The Services Browser view lists the following components:

• Components that the ColdFusion component browser lists. The ColdFusion component browser is located at

cf_root/wwwroot/CFIDE/componentutils/componentdoc.cfm

• Components that are located in any directories specified in the ColdFusion Administrator Mappings page

• Components that are located in any directories specified in the ColdFusion Administrator Custom Tag paths page

The Services Browser view toolbar contains the following buttons (left to right) that let you filter methods in CFCs based on the access type - remote, public, package, and private.

Services browser toolbar

Button/command Description

Show System CFCs A toggle button that shows or hides system CFCs. System CFCs are stored within the server

Show Remote A toggle button that shows or hides methods with the access type - remote

Show Public A toggle button that shows or hides methods with the access type - public

Show Package A toggle button that shows or hides methods with the access type - package

Show Private A toggle button that shows or hides methods with the access type - private

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Manage web services

The Services Browser view lets you manage a list of web services by adding or deleting WSDL URLs from a list.

• To view the list of web services, click in the Services Browser view.

• To add a web service to the list, click , enter a valid WSDL URL, and click OK.

• To delete a web service, select the web service, and click .

When you are editing a ColdFusion file, you can use the Services Browser view to generate CFML code to run a web service or to create a web service object. Similarly, when you are editing an ActionScript file, you can use the Services Browser to generate ActionScript.

To run or create a web service, do the following:

1 Place your pointer where you want to insert the code.

2 View the list of web services.

3 Highlight a web service or a method in a web service, right-click, and select:

• Insert CFObject to insert a web service.

• Insert CreateObject to create a web service.

Extensions view

You use the Extensions view to perform the following tasks:

• “Install and uninstall extensions” on page 109

• “Import and reload extensions” on page 109

The Extensions view also displays details like the extension name and description of the installed extension.

The Extensions view toolbar contains the following buttons (left to right) that let you manage extensions in the Extensions view.

Extensions view toolbar

Button/command Description

Install Extension From Archive File Lets you select the Archive file to install and opens the Extension Install wizard to guide you

Import Extension From Folder Lets you select the folder that contains the extension files.

Uninstall Selected Extension Uninstalls the selected extension.

View Details About Selected Extension Displays details about the selected extension.

through the installation.

Snippets view

A code snippet is a piece of text that you can insert and reuse in your files, without having to type the text each time. You use the ColdFusion Snippet view to create and save code snippets, variables, and plain text. You can add code snippets to an existing or new document.

The Snippet view toolbar contains the following buttons (left to right) that let you manage code snippets in the Snippets view.

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Code snippet toolbar

Button/command Description

Refresh Snippet View Refreshes the Snippet view

Insert The Selected Snippet Inserts the selected snippet into the document

Create A New Snippet Creates a code snippet

Edit The Selected Snippet Lets you modify the selected code snippet

Delete The Selected Snippet Deletes the selected code snippet

Create A New Snippet Package Creates a snippet package to which you can add code snippets

Delete Selected Snippet Package Deletes the selected snippet package only if it is empty. You cannot delete a snippet

package that contains snippets.

Create a code snippet

1 In the Code Snippet area, click .

2 In the New Snippet dialog box, specify the snippet name, and the start and end blocks of code.

3 Click OK to create the code snippet.

Insert a code snippet

1 Move the cursor to the desired insertion point.

2 Select the code snippet from the Code Snippet area.

3 Click in the Code Snippet toolbar.

If you select code in the editor, and then insert a snippet, the snippet is wrapped between the start and end block of the selected code. If you insert a snippet without selecting code in the editor, the snippet is inserted at the current caret position. caret is the marker in the CFML editor that indicates where the next character appears.

You can also edit or delete an existing code snippet or an entire code snippet package from the Code Snippet area.

Using trigger text to insert snippets

You can insert snippets in the CFML editor using trigger text. For example, you create a snippet and give it the trigger text "abc." To insert this snippet in the editor, you type

abc is replaced with the associated snippet.

text

abc and press Ctrl + J (Windows) or Command + J (Mac). The

Specify the path to store snippets

Snippets are stored in a snippet’s directory as an XML file. By default, snippets are stored in the workspace/.metadata/snippets directory of your project workspace. To specify a different directory, do the following:

1 From the Windows menu, select Preferences.

2 In the tree view structure of the Preferences dialog box, select ColdFusion > Snippets.

3 Specify the path to the directory in which to store snippets.

System-defined snippet variables

Snippet variables are case sensitive. The following system-defined variables are available.

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Variable Description

$${DATE} The system date with the year as a four-digit number. For example, 12/01/2009

$${TIME} The system time using a 12-hour clock. For example, 03:15:05 PM

$${DATETIME} The system date and time. For example, 12/01/2009 15:15:05 PM

$${DAYOFWEEK} The full name of the day of the week. For example, Monday

$${CURRENTFILE} The filename of the currently open file. For example, application.cfm

$${CURRENTFOLDER} The fully qualified path of the currently open folder. For example, C:\workspace\myproject

$${CURRENTPATH} The fully qualified path of the currently open file. For example,

$${CURRENTPRJPATH} The project name of the currently open project. For example, myproject

$${USERNAME} The name of the current user.

$${MONTHNUMBER} The month, from 01 through 12.

$${DAYOFMONTH} The day of the month from 01 through 31.

$${DAYOFWEEKNUMBER} The day of the week as a number, from 1 through 7. Sunday is considered as the start of ther

$${DATETIME24} The date and time using a 24-hour clock. For example, 12/01/2009 15:30:00

$${YEAR} The current year as a four-digit number. For example, 2009

$${YEAR2DIGIT} The current year as a two-didgit number. For example, 09

C:\workspace\myproject\application.cfm

week. So, for example, Monday is 2.

For example, to insert the current date, use the following system-defined variable:

Date: $${DATE}

User-defined snippet variables

User-defined variables prompt you for the variable name and default value. For example, the following user-defined variable prompts you to enter the author’s name:

Author name: $${Author}

ColdFusion Debugging perspective

The ColdFusion Debugging perspective contains tools to debug your ColdFusion applications. There are different views that let you add breakpoints to your code, step into or over functions in your code, and examine and evaluate expressions. The editor works with the debugging tools to locate and highlight lines of code that need correction.

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ColdFusion Debugging perspective

A. Variables view B. Debug output buffer view C. Breakpoints view D. Expressions view E. Outline view F. Debug view G. Edit view H. Servers view I. Console view J. Problems view K. TailView view

The ColdFusion Debugging perspective contains the following views:

Variables view

The Variables view toolbar contains the following buttons (left to right) that let you show the current variables, including the variable scope.

Variables view toolbar

Button/command Description

Show Type Names Displays the type of the variables

Show Logical Structure This command is not supported in ColdFusion Builder

Collapse All Collapses the information in the view to show only variable types

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Debug Output Buffer view

The Debug Output Buffer contains two panes:

Browser Displays what appears in the browser during application execution. Specify the URL of the page that you

want to debug.

Note: When you click the Home button, the URL that you specified as the Home Page URL in the Preferences dialog box (Window > Preferences > ColdFusion > Debug Settings) appears. For more information on editing the Debugger settings,

“Specify debugger settings in ColdFusion Builder” on page 82.

see

Server Output Buffer Displays the Debugger output in two views - source view and HTML view.

The Server Output Buffer pane displays an output only when the Debugger is suspended at breakpoint. The output that appears is only up to the suspended breakpoint.

Note: The Server Output Buffer displays the output even for a page that is executed using an external browser.

Breakpoints view

The Breakpoints view toolbar contains the following buttons (left to right) that let you manage breakpoints during a debugging session.

Breakpoint view toolbar

Button/command Description

Remove Selected Breakpoints Removes the selected breakpoint

Remove All Breakpoints Removes all breakpoints

Show Breakpoints Supported by Selected Targets

Go to File for Breakpoint Goes to the file in which the selected breakpoint is set

Skip All Breakpoints Ignores all breakpoints

Expand All Expands all the breakpoint information in the view

Collapse All Collapses all the breakpoint information in the view

Link with Debug View Highlights the selected breakpoint when the application stops execution in the Debug View

Add Java Exception Breakpoint Lets you specify which Java exception to throw when you reach the selected breakpoint

Menu Lets you specify the type of information to display in the Breakpoints view

Displays the breakpoints that you are currently debugging

Expressions view

The Expressions view lets you create expressions using variables and functions; you can inspect, evaluate, and watch these expressions. The Expressions view also lets you evaluate and watch variables that you selected in the Variables view.

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Expressions view

The Expression view toolbar contains the following buttons (left to right) that let you create, evaluate, and watch expressions.

Expressions view toolbar

Button/command Description

Show Type Names Displays the type of the variables

Show Logical Structure Displays the logical structure in the view

Collapse All Collapses all expressions in the view

Create a New Watch Expression Adds a watch expression

Remove Selected Expressions Removes the selected variable or watch expression

Remove All Expressions Removes all variables and watch expressions in the Expressions view

Outline view

The Outline view displays the current source file’s content in outline form. For more information, see “Outline view” on page 21.

Debug View

The Debug view keeps the results of each debug session. The Debug view shows the stack trace when the page execution is suspended at breakpoint or when stepping into or over code.

The Debug toolbar contains the following buttons (left to right):

Debug toolbar

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Button/command Description

Resume Resumes a debugging session

Suspend Pauses a debugging session

Terminate Stops a debugging session

Disconnect Disconnects the debugger from the selected debug target when debugging remotely

Remove All Terminated Launches Clears all terminated debug targets from the display

Step Into Executes code line by line, including included code, UDFs, and CFCs

Step Over Executes code line by line, excluding included code, UDFs, and CFCs

Step Return Returns to the original page from which you entered the included code, UDF, or CFC

Drop to Frame This command is not supported in ColdFusion Builder.

Use Step Filters/Step Debug Ensures that all step functions apply step filters

Edit view

The Edit view displays the stacked source tabs, one tab for each source file that you have open.

Servers view

The Servers View lets you start, stop, and manage servers in ColdFusion Builder. You can also launch the ColdFusion Server Monitor and ColdFusion Server Administrator from the Servers View.

Servers view toolbar

The Servers view toolbar contains the following buttons (left to right) that let you manage servers.

Button/command Description

Add Server Adds a server

Start Server Starts a server

Restart Server Stops and starts a server

Pause Server Pauses the server

Stop Server Stops a server

Open Console/Shell Opens a new console and displays a pop-up menu to select other servers

Open Log Opens the server log in the TailView view

For more information about managing servers and using Servers view, see “Using Servers View” on page 69.

Console view

Console view displays the output from trace statements placed in your CFML code and also feedback, like status, warnings, and errors from the debugger itself.

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The Console view toolbar contains the following buttons (left to right) that let you view and manage the trace statements in the Console view.

Console toolbar

Button/command Description

Clear Console Clears all content from the Console view

Scroll Lock Prevents the Console view from scrolling

Pin Console Prevents the console from refreshing its contents when another process is selected

Display Selected Console Displays the selected console

Open Console Opens a new console and displays a pop-up menu to select other console views

Problems view

As you enter code, the ColdFusion Builder compiler detects syntax and other compilation errors, and displays the errors in the Problems view. The Problems view shows errors only for CFML files that are open in ColdFusion Builder.

Problems view

TailView view

The TailView view displays the server logs. For more information, see “TailView view” on page 25.

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Add views to the workbench

The workbench contains views besides the views associated with ColdFusion Builder’s default development and debugging perspectives. These additional workbench views help you streamline the application development process.

❖ To add a view to the workbench, select Window > Show View > Other > General

These optional views are categorized by type and are associated with distinct workbench functionality or with specific Eclipse plug-ins.

Several workbench views, like the Tasks, Bookmarks, and Search views, are valuable aids as you develop your applications in ColdFusion Builder.

ColdFusion Builder editors

Editors are associated with resource types. As you open resources in the workbench, the appropriate editor is opened. The workbench is a document-centric (and project-centric) environment for developing applications.

Use the CFML editor to edit CFML files. For more information, see “Code Editing in ColdFusion Builder” on page 37.

Use the HTML editor to edit HTML code and the JavaScript editor to edit JavaScript code. The CSS editor lets you display and edit Cascading Style Sheets; you can then apply styles to the visual elements of your applications.

You can use the Link with Cursor feature to switch between the different editors based on the type of code you are editing. The editors provide many features, including code colorization, code assist, and Outline view, that help you navigate through your code and keep it valid.

As you enter CFML, HTML, JavaScript, and CSS code, hints are displayed to help you complete your code. This feature is called Code Assist. For more information, see

“Code Assist” on page 38.

Customizing a perspective

You can configure the layout of your perspective; that is, you can configure the views and editors that are visible in the perspective. For example, you can configure the Tasks view to be visible in one perspective, and hidden in another perspective. You can also configure several other aspects of a perspective, such as the following:

• File > New submenu items

• Window > Perspective > Other submenu items

• Window > Other Views submenu items

• Action sets (buttons and options) that appear in the toolbar and in the main menu

Note: Menu names differ slightly in the plug-in configuration of ColdFusion Builder.

Create a customized perspective

1 Open the perspective to modify.

2 Select Window > Customize Perspective.

3 Select the Shortcuts tab or the Commands Groups Availability tab, depending on the items that you want to add or

remove in your customized perspective.

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4 Use the check boxes to select the element that you want to be visible on menus and toolbars in the selected

perspective.

5 Click OK.

6 Select Window > Save Perspective As.

7 In the Save Perspective As dialog box, enter a name for the modified perspective and click OK.

Note: When you save a modified perspective, ColdFusion Builder adds the name of the modified perspective to the Window > Open Perspective > Other menu.

Delete a customized perspective

You can only delete perspectives that you created. You cannot delete perspectives that are delivered with the workbench.

1 In ColdFusion Builder, select Window > Preferences.

2 In the Preferences dialog box, you see a tree-view structure on the left side.

3 In the tree-view structure, select General > Perspectives.

4 Under Available Perspectives, select the perspective that you want to delete.

5 Click Delete, and then click Yes to confirm the delete action.

6 Click OK.

Reset a customized perspective

After you have modified a perspective, you can restore it to its original layout.

1 In ColdFusion Builder, select Window > Preferences.

2 In the Preferences dialog box, you see a tree-view structure on the left side.

3 In the tree-view structure, select General > Perspectives.

4 Under Available Perspectives, select the modified perspective that you want to reset.

5 Click Reset, and then click OK.

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CFML Editor

ColdFusion Builder provides a CFML Editor that has feature-rich code editing capabilities for CFM, CFC, HTML, JavaScript, and CSS files. The CFML Editor assists you in writing code by including features like, code completion, and streamlined code navigation. The CFML Editor lets you use different colors and fonts to display your code in the workspace.

You can customize your development environment by setting editor profiles and preferences.

Editor profiles

An editor profile lets you group and save the following editor preferences under one profile.

• Code Assist

• Colors

• Keys

• Outline

• Syntax Checking

• Typing

Editor profiles are useful when you have different editor preferences for various development needs. For example, you can select a set of preferences like Code Assist, code colorization, and keyboard shortcut preferences and save them under a single editor profile. You can apply all these settings at once by selecting the editor profile.

To create an editor profile, do the following:

1 Specify the different editor preferences that you want to set.

2 From the Window menu, select Preferences.

3 In the tree-view, select ColdFusion > Profiles, and click Create New Profile.

4 Enter a name for the profile. The current editor preference values that you set are saved under this profile.

You can also modify default settings and save the modified settings as a new profile. Additionally, you can also import or export profiles.

By default, ColdFusion Builder provides three editor profiles:

• Default - Sets the ColdFusion Builder default editor preferences

• Dreamweaver - Sets editor preferences similar to Dreamweaver editor preferences

• CFEclipse - Sets editor preferences similar to CFEclipse editor preferences

To select an editor profile, click the Active Profile drop-down list in the Profiles dialog box, and select the profile.

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Editor preferences

1 From the Window menu, select Preferences.

2 In the tree-view, select ColdFusion > Profiles > Editor.

You can specify default filenames for the CFM and CFC files that you create. To remove any trailing whitespaces in the file, select Trim Spaces Before Saving Files.

You can also specify any text or boilerplate code that must appear, by default, in every CFM and CFC file. For example, suppose you want copyright information to appear in every CFC file that you create. In this case, you can specify the copyright text in the CFC tab under New File Settings.

The editor preferences that you can set include code assist, code colorization, keyboard shortcuts, outline view, syntax checking, and typing preferences.

Optimizing ColdFusion Builder performance

The preference options that you select affect the performance of ColdFusion Builder. For faster editor performance, you can apply preset editor preferences. Once you apply the preset settings, your current preference settings are lost permanently. To save your current preference settings, save the settings as an editor profile.

To apply preset editor preferences, click Optimize Editor Preferences. The following preference settings are applied:

Code Assist

The following options are deselected.

• Automatically Display Code Assist When Typing

• Automatically Display SQL Code Assist When Typing

• Automatically Insert A Single Proposal

• Automatically Insert A Closing Tag

The following options are selected.

• Append Space After Inserting Selection

• Automatically Insert Equal Sign (=)

• Automatically Quote Attributes

Typing

• Enable Auto-insertion is selected.

• All the Auto-insert Matching Character For options are deselected.

• Auto-close Tags is selected as Never.

Code Assist

Note: Code Assist is also called Content Assist. These terms are used interchangeably.

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Code Assist is designed to assist you with code completion. Depending on the code that you enter, hints relevant to complete the code appear. As you type the code in the CFML editor, Code Assist prompts you with a list of valid CFML tags, parameters, and attributes. These suggestions appear in a pop-up menu. If you have HTML, JavaScript, or CSS content within the CFML code, Code Assist displays code completion hints for this code as well. Double-click or press Enter, to insert the code completion hint in the CFML Editor.

Code Assist is also available for script-based syntax; for example, code hints appear for functions and components in the script syntax. When you import Ajax libraries into ColdFusion projects, Code Assist is available even for the JavaScript code.

Using Code Assist

Code hints appear whenever the framework or language (CFML, HTML, JavaScript, and CSS) provides options for you to complete the current expression. For example, if you type within a CFML tag, you are prompted with a list of all the attributes of that tag.

1 In a CFML page, begin entering a CFML tag by typing:

<cf

Relevant code hints are displayed as follows:

Code hints

2 Navigate through the list of code hints using the Up Arrow and Down Arrow keys.

3 Select a code hint and press Enter. The selected tag is added to the editor.

4 As you continue to enter code, additional code hints are displayed. You can also press Ctrl+<Space> to display code

hints while you enter a line of code.

The Smart Tag Assist feature of the CFML editor identifies if a tag attribute is already entered for a particular tag. If you have already entered a tag attribute, that attribute does not appear in the list of suggested attributes.

Code Assist for CFM pages

• Displays methods and component list when you use the <cfinvoke> tag in a CFM file.

• Displays a drop-down list of predefined attributes and values when you press <cf+Ctrl+<space>.

• Displays a list of components (CFC) that can be loaded using createobject() or the <cfobject> tag.

• Displays methods created in a CFC, which can be called using the component object created in a CFM. Also

displays a list of methods of all extended CFC files.

• Displays a drop-down list of all built-in and user-defined functions.

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• Provides a list of variables, like, struct, array, query. These variables are declared in a page. The variables also appear

as Code Assist for attribute values.

• Displays all the queries created using <cfquery> or queryNew(). To view the recordset, type <cfoutput

query="">, and press Enter. or use queryname. (that is, query name followed by dot).

• Includes the functions, variables, tags, and queries from another CFM page once it is included in the current CFM

page using the

<cfinclude> tag.

• Allows you to browse and select a file as the input value for an attribute of CFM tags. CFM tags that require a file

as the input value include

<cfspreadsheet>, and <cfcollection>.

<cfinclude>, <cfimage>, <cfdirectory>, <cfpdf>, <cffile>, <cfzip>,

Code Assist for CFC pages

• Displays a list of components (CFC) that can be loaded using createobject().

• Displays a list of components (CFC) that can be loaded using the <cfobject> tag.

• Displays methods created in a CFC, which can be called using the component object created in a CFM.

Examples:

• <cfset obj1 = createobject("component", "c1")>

• <cfset obj2 = createobject("component", "c2").init()>

• <cfset obj3 = new "c3"().method3()>

• <cfinvoke component="c4" method="method4">

• Displays a list of methods of all extended CFC files. The "extends" and "implements" keyword/attribute lists the

available components and interfaces.

• Displays a list of components that can be extended in the current CFC file.

Note: Code Assist is not supported for comments that are added to component properties. For example, Code Assist is not supported for a comment that you add to the numeric accountID property as follows:

is not supported here --*/

/** @ -- code assist

• Displays a list of interfaces that can be used in a CFC with the implement keyword.

• Allows you to browse and select a file as the input value for an attribute of CFM tags or functions like <cfif

fileexists()>.

CFM tags that require a file as the input value include <cfinclude>, <cfimage>, <cfdirectory>, <cfpdf>,

<cffile>, <cfzip>, <cfspreadsheet>, and <cfcollection>.

Code Assist for scoped variables using variable mapping

Many ColdFusion frameworks create CFCs during application startup and store these CFCs as scope variables. To provide Code Assist for such CFCs, ColdFusion Builder must determine the content and data type (fully qualified name of the CFC).

To enable Code Assist for CFCs that are stored in scoped variables, define a project-level mapping for the variable name and its corresponding CFC type. ColdFusion Builder uses this mapping information and displays a list of CFC methods for the mapped variable, without creating an object of that data type. For example, you can map

com.adobe.mycfcs.cfc1. When you type mycfc1 and press Ctrl+<space>, all the methods available for com.adobe.mycfcs.cfc1 appear.

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To configure a variable mapping, in the Properties dialog box, Specify the variable to map as mycfc1 and the mapped to value as

com.adobe.mycfcs.cfc1. For more information, see “Configure variable mappings” on page 72.

Code Assist for ColdFusion ORM

Object Relational Mapping (ORM) is a programming technique that lets you define a mapping strategy using object models. You can use Object Relational Mapping to store and retrieve data from a relational database.

ColdFusion Builder provides Code Assist for the following ColdFusion ORM settings:

• Entity names in entityLoad, entityNew, and entityFindByPK functions.

• Methods and properties returned by entityLoad, entityNew, and entityFindByPK functions.

• Code hyperlinks for entity names and methods.

• Data sources in application.cfc. For example, <cfset this.datasource = >.

• Table attribute of the cfcomponent tag.

For more information about using ColdFusion ORM, see ColdFusion ORM in the ColdFusion Developer Guide.

Code Assist for Application.cfm and Application.cfc files

Code Assist is available for Application.cfm and Application.cfc files.

Application.cfm is considered an included file and Code Assist is available for all variables and functions within the file.

For Application.cfc, Code Assist is available only for scoped variables that are declared in onApplicationStart.

Set CFML Editor Code Assist preferences

1 From the Window menu, select Preferences.

2 In the tree-view, select ColdFusion > Profiles > Editor > Code Assist.

• You can select the Code Assist Dictionary version to assist with code completion. ColdFusion 9, ColdFusion 8,

and ColdFusion MX7 dictionary versions are supported.

• Select the Automatically Display Code Assist When Typing check box to automatically display Code Assist

when typing.

Note: When editing large-sized files, you can deselect the Automatically Display Code Assist When Typing check box to improve performance of the editor. You can, however, display code hints while you enter a line of code by pressing Ctrl+<Space> or any other keyboard shortcut that is set.

• You can choose to automatically quote attributes and select closing tags.

Code hyperlinks for CFCs and UDFs

Component names and UDFs are hyperlinked on Ctrl+hover. If you click the hyperlink, the corresponding code is opened in ColdFusion Builder. Code hyperlinks are available for:

• UDFs: local, included, and cfc.udfName

• Template in <cfinclude template=””>

• CFCs in createobject(), <cfobject>, <cfinvoke>, new keyword, and extends attribute.

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CFC name resolution using server mapping

Use ColdFusion Administrator to define server mapping for CFCs. The server mappings allow you to view these CFCs as part of Code Assist when you use the

ColdFusion server mappings let cfobject and cfinvoke tags, or functions like createObject or new, access pages and find ColdFusion components outside the document root.

If you specify a path in these tags that starts with the mapping's logical path, ColdFusion looks for the CFC using the mapping's directory path. You can define server mapping for the CFCs using the ColdFusion Administrator. After mapping, you can view the CFCs in Code Assist when you use the

method attributes. The CFCs suggested in Code Assist are resolved with their fully qualified names.

Once mappings are created for the CFC name resolution from the server, the server settings are cached and available even when the server is not running. The server settings are collected when the server is started or refreshed from ColdFusion Builder.

Specify server settings

1 From the Windows menu, select Preferences.

2 In the tree view structure, select ColdFusion > Server Settings.

3 Select the Build Server Settings check box and the Required check box to indicate the action for collecting server

settings. For example, to collect server settings each time you start ColdFusion Builder, select the ColdFusion Builder Started check box.

extend or implement keywords.

extend or implement keywords, and component

CFML Dictionaries

ColdFusion Builder provides in-built dictionaries that assist you with CFML code completion. The CFML dictionary is an XML file that contains information about each tag and function contained in the library. For example, the CF9 dictionary file (cf9.xml) contains information about all the available CF9 tags and functions.

ColdFusion Builder provides dictionary support for ColdFusion 9, ColdFusion 8, and ColdFusion MX7 versions.

To select a dictionary version, do the following:

1 From the Window menu, select Preferences.

2 In the tree-view, select ColdFusion > Profiles > Editor > Code Assist.

3 Select the Code Assist Dictionary version drop-down list and select a dictionary version to assist with code

completion.

4 Click Reload Dictionaries to reload all the dictionaries, including custom dictionaries.

Create custom CFML dictionaries

You can create a custom CFML dictionary (XML file) and make it available to use for Code Assist and Tag Editor within ColdFusion Builder.

1 Within the ColdFusion Builder installation, navigate to the following location:

\plugins\com.adobe.ide.coldfusion.dictionary_XXX\dictionary

2 Create a folder called "Custom" within the Dictionary directory.

3 Create an XML file to describe the custom tags and functions.

For example, in the XML file, you describe each tag within <tag></tag> elements, and enclose all the tag elements

<dictionary></dictionary> elements as follows:

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<tags>

!-- cfabort showError = "error_message"

--> <tag endtagrequired="false" name="cfabort" single="true" xmlstyle="false"> <parameter name="showerror" required="false" type="String"> </parameter> </tag> </tags> </dictionary>

See the cf9.xml or cf8.xml files as reference to create the custom CFML dictionary.

Auto-insertion of required attributes

In the Code Assist (Window > Preferences > ColdFusion > Profiles > Editor > Code Assist), select Auto Insert Required Tag Attributes to insert the required attributes of a tag.

Note: This is the default setting.

For example, if you select cfpdf "action=write", all the required attributes destination, source, and name are automatically inserted.

If the preference is not selected, the attributes are not inserted but only proposed.

Separate list of required and optional attributes

Code Assist prompts you with a list of tag attributes as follows:

• Shows required tag attributes at the top of the proposal list with check marks to indicate that the attributes are

mandatory.

• A line separates the mandatory and optional attributes.

Proposals for createObject

Code Assist proposes all objects (and the corresponding arguments) supported by the function createObject.

Cyclic Code Assist proposals

In the Code Assist (Window > Preferences > ColdFusion > Profiles > Editor > Code Assist), select Cycling Code Assist Proposals for cyclical code assistance.

Note: This is the default setting.

Consider the scenario where when you press Ctrl+<Space>:

• Variables, scopes, and UDFs are listed

• On this list, if you further press Ctrl+<Space>, all built-in functions are proposed

• On this list, if you further press Ctrl+<Space>, all proposals are listed.

• The cyclic proposals continue on subsequent use of Ctrl+<Space>.

Note: Cyclic Code Assist does not appear if you manually specify a part of the text for which you want prompt.

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Filter proposals containing text

In the Code Assist (Window > Preferences > ColdFusion > Profiles > Editor > Code Assist), select Filter Proposals Containing Text to filter proposals based on the text you specify.

Note: This is the default setting.

All proposals that contain the filter text you specified are listed with selection set to the proposal that starts with the specified text.

Datatype-aware Code Assist

Shows Code Assist proposals based on expected data types.

For example, when you load Code Assist within the function Abs, it shows functions and variables of type numeric, Any, or complex data types such as array, struct, or component.

Auto-insertion of function arguments

When you insert a function, all required arguments are automatically inserted. By default, the first argument is selected.

Function context assist

• ColdFusion Builder displays function context assist whenever you load Code Assist inside function parameters.

Note: In ColdFusion Builder (the previous release), function context assist appears only after you insert functions from the Code Assist proposals.

• Parameter that you currently edit is highlighted in bold.

• Optional parameters are displayed inside [].

Smart Code Assist for connection attributes

Smart Code Assist displays connection variables created for tags such as cfexchangeconnection and cfftp.

Usage-based Code Assist for cfloop

Based on the type of loop, the required attribute is auto-inserted. For example, if you loop over an array, the attribute

index is auto-inserted.

Select tag blocks of your choice

Use the shortcut Ctrl+Alt+B (Windows) or Command+Option+B (Mac) to select tag blocks. The enclosing tag block from the caret position is selected.

Retain the selection and repeat the shortcut for cumulative selection of code.

For example, in the following snippet, when you press Ctrl+Alt+B/Command+Option+B, the cfform tag block is selected. If you retain the selection and then press Ctrl+Alt+B/Command+Option+B, code selection is extended to the next level of enclosure. That is, the entire code block is selected.

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Jump to matching tag

Use the shortcut Ctrl+Alt+M (Windows) or Command+Option+M (Mac) to move the caret position from beginning to end or end to beginning of a tag block.

Note: The caret position can be anywhere within the start or end tag (and not exactly on the tag name).

Quick Fix

Quick Fix recognizes the usage of methods, classes, and CFC/CFM files in the code and helps you generate them.

For example, if you type a user-defined function test() that is not defined in the page or any included page, Quick Fix helps you generate the function. The function call is inserted in the file.

Note: The shortcut CTRL+1 also yields the same result.

You can turn off the Quick Fix by unchecking Enable Quick Fix (Window > Preferences > ColdFusion > Profiles > Editor > Syntax Checking).

Quick Fix helps you in the following scenarios:

• Call to local UDF in any language construct, for example cfset or cfscript assignment, function arguments, or

any other expression.

If you specify any arguments in the UDF, then Quick Fix also creates the arguments. Depending on where the function is called, ColdFusion Builder generates the code.

Both tag and script-style syntax are supported, depending on the context. That is, Quick Fix generates a method in script-style if it is called in script-based syntax.

• Method call on a CFC, for example cfc1.function1(). If function1 is not defined in CFC1, then Quick Fix

creates it.

• Create CFC from createObject, new, cfobject, and cfinvoke. ColdFusion Builder provides options to create

CFC with respect to wwwroot (if the server is associated with the project), project, or in a folder selected by the user.

• Create CFM page from cfinclude and cfmodule

• Create CFCs and CFMs from extends and implement attributes.

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Example

<cfset o1 = new component1()> <cfset st = structNew()> <cfset result = getResults("abc", 10, st)> <cfinclude template="test3.cfm" > <cfscript > o2 = new component2();

//Assume that component2 exists o2.someFunction(); </cfscript>

In the snippet, Quick Fix finds four unresolved issues and prompts action:

Line of code Issue Prompt

<cfset o1 = new component1()> Component is not created Create CFC

o2 = new component2(); Component does not exist Create someFunction in component2.

Function getResults does not exist Create the function getResults

test3.cfm does not exist Create test3.cfm

Additional resources

• Quick Fix in ColdFusion Builder

ColdFusion Builder engineering team member Sagar Ganatra demonstrates the usage of Quick Fix.

Code Formatter

You can change the look of your CFML code using Code Formatter. The feature helps you standardize indentation, line length, and the case of tags and attribute names. Code formatter formats both tag and script-based syntax.

You can

• Select a CFML file within a project and format its code.

• Format code of an open CFML file in editor.

• Select a section of code in CFML file and format.

In addition to CFM and CFC files, Code Formatter supports formatting of HTML, XML, CSS, and JavaScript code within a CFM or CFC file.

Formatting your code

1 In the editor, open the CFM or CFC file.

2 Do either of the following:

• Right-click and then select Format.

• Use the keyboard shortcut Ctrl+Shift+F (Windows) or Command+Shift+F (Mac)

Note: To format a section of the code, select it before step 2.

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Customizing the preferences

Code Formatter has an off-the-shelf set of preferences defined in a profile. To customize the preferences, create a profile or modify the default profile after giving a new name.

1 In ColdFusion Builder, select Window > Preferences.

2 In the tree view, select ColdFusion > Profiles > Editor > Formatter.

3 Click Add to add a new profile or Edit to edit an existing profile after selecting the profile in the Active Profile.

Note: You cannot edit the default profile.

4 In the CFML Formatting Profile, add or modify the profile by setting the rules specified in the following table. The

code formatting preferences are based on the rules. Each tab in the dialog box represents a rule.

Rule Options to

General

• Specify if you want to maintain the case currently used for tags and attributes, or change it to upper

or lowercase.

• Append /> at the end of the tag, for example, modify <cfargument …. > as <cfargument …. />.

Specify the tag to which you want to append

/> and then click Add.

• Place the closing tag for cfoutput (</cfoutput>) on a new line only if the content spans to

multiple lines.

Indentation

White space

• Specify the indentation details and the name of the tags for which you do not want to apply

indentation.

• Add white space based on your selections.

• Add blank lines based on your selections.

• Specify the number of blank lines that you want to retain.

Wrapping

• Specify the number of attributes in a line within a tag and set the column width.

• Specify various constructs for wrapping.

Braces

• Specify if the curly braces are placed in the same or new line for component and function declarations

and switch, if, else, and try blocks.

Sharing the preferences

You can share the formatting preferences in XML format.

Use the appropriate buttons in the Formatter section of the Preferences dialog box (Window > Preferences > ColdFusion > Profiles > Editor > Formatter) to export your preferences or import preferences shared by somebody.

Additional resources

• CFML Code Formatter – An Introduction

ColdFusion Builder engineering team member Sandeep Paliwal explains how to enforce coding guidelines using CFML Code Formatter.

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Auto-formatting

ColdFusion Builder automatically indents lines of code and adjusts the ending tag, to improve readability.

Auto-formatting works in the following scenarios:

When you type code

• Indents when you press Enter with the cursor placed after

• > of the start tag

• Opening curly brace ({)

• > for closing tag.

• the closing tag if it is auto-completed while typing </.

• When closing, curly brace (}) is placed in alignment with the opening curly brace ({).

When you use Code Assist

• If you auto-insert closing tag, while typing forward slash (/), it is placed at the correct location with respect to

the start tag.

• If you auto-insert closing tag, it is aligned to the start tag.

Code colorization

ColdFusion Builder can highlight the syntax for CFML tag names, attributes, attribute values, keywords, comments, and various other elements in different colors. Code colorization is also supported in script-style coding. You can customize the color preferences and override the default Eclipse editor color preferences.

Set CFML Editor color preferences

1 From the Window menu, select Preferences.

2 In the tree-view, select ColdFusion > Profiles > Editor > Colors.

• You can import and export your color preferences as a COL file.

• You can specify color preferences for Tokens. Tokens include language preferences, errors, identifiers,

keywords, literals, punctuators, and tags.

• You can specify color preferences for specific regions of your code. You can specify a region between the start

and end of code elements, and define a distinguishing color for that region.

Set SQL Editor color preferences

1 From the Window menu, select Preferences.

2 In the tree-view, select ColdFusion > Profiles > Editor > Colors. Under Tokens, scroll down to SQL, and select color

preferences for comments, keywords, and text.

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SQL Editor

The CFML editor has an integrated SQL editor that lets you edit, write, and execute SQL statements.

To use the SQL editor, you must have a server configured and running in ColdFusion Builder. The SQL editor does not support offline databases.

The SQL Editor supports Code Assist and code colorization for the following types of SQL statements:

• Select

• Insert

• Update

• Delete

Note: For SQL statements within the cfquery tag, Code Assist is available in the CFML Editor itself. You need not open the SQL Editor for code completion hints.

Using SQL Editor

1 Do one of the following:

• Right-click in the CFML editor, and select SQL Editor.

• Use the keyboard shortcut Ctrl+Alt+S (Windows) or Command_Alt+S (Mac OS).

In the SQL Editor, select a server from the Server drop-down list and a database from the Datasources drop-down list.

3 Enter the SQL statement and do the following:

• Click Execute Query to display the results of the SQL statement in the Query Result tab. You can execute only

SELECT statements in the SQL Editor.

• Click OK to insert the SQL statement in the CFML editor at the current caret position. caret is the marker in the

CFML editor that indicates where the next character appears.

4 You can also copy SQL code blocks from the SQL Editor directly into the CFML editor by selecting the code block

and pressing Shift+Enter.

5 To edit a SQL code block in the CFML editor, select the code block, right-click, and select SQL Editor. The selected

code block appears in the SQL Editor.

For more information about basic SQL syntax and writing SQL statements, see Using SQLin the ColdFusion Developer Guide.

SQL Code Assist

SQL Code Assist is available only for database table names and field names in the SQL statement.

By default, SQL Code Assist is turned on in ColdFusion Builder, and code hints for SQL statements are automatically displayed in the CFML Editor. To turn off the automatic display of SQL Code Assist, do the following:

1 From the Window menu, select Preferences.

2 In the tree-view, select ColdFusion > Profiles > Editor > Code Assist.

3 Deselect Automatically Display SQL Code Assist When Typing.

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Even with the automatic display of SQL Code Assist turned off, you can still get code hints within your SQL statements as follows:

1 Begin entering the SQL statement in the SQL editor and press Ctrl+<Space> to display the database table names or

field names.

2 Navigate through the list of table names or field names using the Up Arrow and Down Arrow keys.

3 Select a table name or field name and press Enter. The selected table or field is added to the SQL statement.

ColdFusion Builder provides Code Assist for the query attribute of the <cfoutput> tag. For example, when you type,

<cfoutput query="">, and press Ctrl+<Space> with the caret position between the double quotes "". A list of queries

created in that file or included files appears.

Code Assist is also provided for query names that are used in expressions.

For example, if you create a query like:

<cfquery datasource="dsn1"name="q1"> Select id, firstName, lastName from employee </cfquery>

When you type the expression <cfset name = q1.> and press Ctrl+<Space>, ColdFusion Builder displays the columns selected in that SQL query.

SQL Code colorization

In the CFML editor, SQL code colorization is supported only within the cfquery tag. You can colorize SQL keywords, comments, and text within the

cfquery tag. Colorization is supported only for the following types of SQL comments:

• /* */

• --

To set SQL code colorization preferences, see “Set SQL Editor color preferences” on page 48.

Code folding and unfolding

The CFML editor provides many shortcuts for navigating through your code. Shortcuts include folding and unfolding code blocks, opening the source of code definitions, and browsing and opening types. You can collapse and expand multiline code blocks to navigate, view, and manage complex code documents. In ColdFusion Builder, collapsing and expanding multiline code statements is called code folding and unfolding. You can use this feature in a CFM, CFC, or HTML file.

You can hide and display code blocks of your preference. The code folding that you define is saved and therefore is available for future sessions.

1 In the CFML Editor, click the fold icon (-) or the unfold icon (+) in the left margin of the editor.

Folding a code block hides all but the first line of code.

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Move the pointer over the unfold icon (+) to show the folded code in a tool tip.

Unfold a code block to make the code visible

2 By default, all the lines of code are expanded. To fold or collapse all the lines of code except the first line, right-click

in the left margin of the editor. Then select Folding > Collapse All.

Add code folding

1 Select the block of code you want to hide.

2 Do either of the following:

• Press Ctrl+Alt+F (Windows) or Command+Option+F (Mac)

• Right-click and then select Source > Toggle Folding at Selection

Remove code folding

To remove code folding for a block of code,

❖ Place the cursor on the first line of code and then repeat the steps used to fold the code.

Note: You cannot have multiple code folding starting with the same line of code.

Syntax checking and highlighting

When you select a tag or code bracket in a CFM file, the matching pair of the tag or bracket is automatically highlighted.

If you type code that is not recognized as valid CFML code, you are notified in the following ways:

• A cross-mark appears next to the line of code as follows:

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Syntax problem highlighted

Hovering your pointer on the cross-mark gives more details about the error.

• The Problems view lists the error as follows:

Syntax problem displayed in Problems view

Each message contains a brief description of the error, the file and folder in which the error occurs, and its line number in the file. When you double-click the error, the file is opened in the editor and the line of code is highlighted.

Note: Syntax errors are displayed only for open CFM files and are not displayed after you close a CFM file.

Depending on the nature and severity of the errors, your application sometimes does not run properly until the errors are corrected.

Syntax checking preferences

1 From the Window menu, select Preferences.

2 In the tree-view, select ColdFusion > Profiles > Editor > Syntax Checking.

3 Syntax checking is turned on by default. To turn off syntax checking, deselect Enable Syntax Checking.

4 To display syntax errors only when opening or saving a file, select Display Syntax Errors Only on File Save. While

editing the file, all errors in the file are removed from the Problems view.

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Navigate through code

Code navigation

Use the shortcuts Ctrl + Shift + Up arrow key and Ctrl + Shift + Down arrow key (Windows) or Command + Shift + Up arrow key and Command + Shift + Down arrow key (Mac) to easily navigate inside your code.

Code navigation works for both tag and script-based syntax.

The following sections explain how code navigation functions in various scenarios:

In CFM files

Caret position changes from a user-defined function to the next or previous one.

For example, in the following snippet, if the caret position is on or within func1, if you press Ctrl + Shift + Down arrow key, then the caret position moves to you press Ctrl + Shift + Up arrow key, then the caret position changes to

func2 and selects the function name. From anywhere on or within funct2, if

func1 function and selects the function name.

In CFC files

Caret position changes

• From a user-defined function to the next or previous one.

• To the top-level members of the CFC, for example to cfproperty directly inside the CFC.

For example, in the following snippet, if you navigate from line number 1 (<cfcomponent>) downward, then caret position first changes to line 2 (

name="func1">), and line 6 (<cffunction name="func2">). Moving upward, the caret position changes, taking

<cfproperty name="prop1">), and further to line 4 (<cffunction

the same path in the reverse order.

When the caret position changes to cfproperty, the name is selected.

In flow-control statements

For flow-control statements provided in CFScript (for example, in statements if-else, switch-case, and try-catch), in both CFC page and CFM page, caret position changes to the next or previous code blocks if the caret position is within any of these statements.

For instance, if you press the same key combination within cfif tag, then caret position changes to the next cfelseif

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In the following example, if you navigate down from

• Line 1 (<cffunction name="func1">), caret position changes directly to line 10 (<cffunction

name="func2">).

• Within cfif in line 2 (<cfif a eq 10>), caret position changes to line 4 (<cfelseif a gt 10>) and cfelseif

is selected, provided the caret position is on line 2.

• Line 4 (<cfelseif a gt 10>), caret position changes to line 6 (<cfelse>)and cfelse is selected

• Line 6 (<cfelse), caret position changes to line 8 (</cfif>).

• Line 8 (</cfif>), caret position changes to line 10(<cffunction name="func2">) and func2 is selected.

If you do a reverse navigation (Ctrl + Shift + Up arrow key),

• From line 6 (<cfelse), caret position changes to line 4 (<cfelseif a gt 10>) and cfelseif is selected.

• From line 10, caret position changes to line 1 (<cffunction name="func1">).

Smart tab navigation

You can quickly navigate to the next (use Ctrl + ] on Windows or Command + ] on Mac) and previous (use Ctrl + [ on Windows or Command + [ on Mac) function argument or tag attribute.

If caret position is at function call or tag name, for downward navigation, the position changes to the first parameter/attribute value.

For nested function calls, caret position changes to the next or previous parameter when you reach the end/beginning of parameters.

Smart tab navigation is applicable to cffunction arguments also in the case of function definition, for example

<cfscript>function abc(int a, int b) access="package" output="false"</cfscript>

In this case, when the caret position is on abc or function, it navigates to int a, int b , package, and false.

Smart tab navigation applies to both tag-based and script-based syntax.

Code refactoring

Code refactoring is the process of improving the source code of a program without changing the overall result. Generally, code refactoring improves code readability and maintainability.

ColdFusion Builder supports various refactoring techniques like renaming, searching, and previewing of CFCs, CFMs, and UDFs at the project and workspace levels.

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Refactor CFC or CFM filenames

When you rename a CFC or CFM, you can refactor all valid instances of the CFM or CFC, including all references to the CFM or CFC.

1 Right-click the file in the Navigator pane.

2 Select Refactor > Rename.

3 Enter the new name and preview the changes. When you preview the changes, you can review the selected instances

and deselect any instance that you do not want to rename.

4 To rename CFCs or CFMs across all projects in the workspace, select Update All Projects In The Workspaces.

Note: You cannot rename a CFC or CFM in HTTP or Web server URLs unless the server is registered and running.

To undo refactoring, use the keyboard shortcut Ctrl+Z (Windows) or Command+Z (Mac).

Refactor UDFs in CFC or CFM files

1 Open the CFM or CFC file in the editor.

2 Point to the function name, right-click, and select Refactor > Rename

3 Specify the UDF name and click OK.

Note: Currently, function renaming is supported only through the main function declaration and not from function calls.

Notes and considerations

• The location of a CFM or CFC file cannot be changed although the inherent Eclipse editor provides the capability

to move files using the Move option.

• The CFML Editor does not support renaming a folder although Eclipse provides this option.

Refactoring methods

You can refactor methods created for application variables by creating variable mappings.

For example, consider a scenario where an application variable is defined for a CFC object as follows:

Say, you have a CFC function, Method(), that you call as follows:

To refactor the Method() function, create a variable mapping for the application variable Application.appVar as follows:

1 In the Navigator view, right-click the project and select Properties.

2 In the Properties dialog box, select ColdFusion Variable Mappings.

3 Click New, enter the following details in the Add Mappings dialog box:

• Variable Name: Application.appVar

• Mapped To: abc.AppCFM.a

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Reference search

You can search for a CFC, CFM, or UDF in a project or workspace.

1 Right-click the project in the Navigator pane.

2 Click References and select Project or Workspace. The results are displayed in the Search window in ColdFusion

Builder.

Other than searching for references at the project or workspace level, you can search for references while working in the CFML code editor. Right-click in the CFML editor and select References > File to search for file references. You can also search for references at the project and workspace level from within the CFML editor.

Tag Editor

The Tag Editor assists you in adding tags and their attributes, even if you are not familiar with CFML. To use the Tag Editor in ColdFusion Builder, do the following:

1 Click the CFML tab in the Source area, if it is not already open.

2 Click the Tag Editor icon from the CFML toolbar. You can also open the Tag Editor by pressing the Ctrl+Shift+T.

3 If you do not know the tag, then search for the tag using the Tag Editor dialog box.

4 Specify the values for the tag attributes. The Tag Editor also displays values specific to an action attribute.

5 Click OK to add the tag to a CFML page.

Note: The Tag Editor is context sensitive, so you can edit a tag by moving the cursor to the tag and pressing Ctrl+Shift+T. The Tag Editor for that tag is displayed, and you can specify or change the tag attributes.

Typing preferences

When typing CFML tags, you can customize your typing preferences. You can specify preferences like the following:

• Auto-insert closing tags and matching characters (like, quotes and curly brackets)

• Auto-indent child tags on pressing Enter and replace whitespace with indentation character

• Auto-change the matching tag when you modify a pair tag

• Auto-suggest single quote and double quote when you quote attributes

Set CFML Editor typing preferences

Auto-insertion is enabled, by default. You can auto-insert matching characters for single and double quotes, brackets, and the ’#’ sign.

To turn off auto-insertion, do the following:

1 From the Window menu, select Preferences.

2 In the tree-view, select ColdFusion > Profiles > Editor > Typing.

3 Deselect Enable Auto-insertion.

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CFML Editor keyboard shortcuts

ColdFusion Builder lets you:

• Use a Quick Assist that displays a catalog of shortcuts related to wizards, tags, and custom shortcuts

• Create custom keyboard shortcuts

• Modify and remove shortcuts

• Search shortcuts for specific action based on filter text

• Export shortcuts in CSV format and import

• Restore defaults shortcut settings

Default shortcuts

Default shortcuts are the factory defaults listed in the Preferences dialog box (Window > Preferences > ColdFusion > Profiles > Keys).

You can import and export default shortcuts, but cannot change their name or description.

You can temporarily remove default shortcuts or modify them. When you click Restore Defaults in the Keys section of the Preferences dialog box, you lose all shortcuts you added, and any modifications. Also, the default shortcuts you deleted are restored.

Shortcut conventions

For ease of organizing and use, it would be a best practice to follow a standard format for your keyboard shortcuts. For the default shortcuts, ColdFusion Builder follows the following formats:

• For tags, Ctrl + T (Windows) or Command+T (Mac). For example, Ctrl + T, A (Windows) or Command+T, A

(Mac) for

Note: The comma between Ctrl + T/Command+T and A indicates a sequence. That is, you have to first press Ctrl+T/Command+T, release the keys, and then press A for the shortcut to take effect.

cfabort.

• For wizard-related shortcuts, Ctrl+Alt+W (Windows) or Command+Option+W (Mac).

Similarly, follow a convention which can make your shortcuts intuitive.

Also, to avoid shortcut conflicts, ensure that you define unique key bindings.

Create custom keyboard shortcuts

1 In ColdFusion Builder, select Window > Preferences > ColdFusion > Profiles > Keys.

2 Click Add.

3 Specify a unique name and description for the shortcut.

4 In the Key Binding, specify the shortcut.

Conflicts are listed if you do not specify a unique key binding.

5 In the Inserting Text box, specify the text that must be inserted in the editor when you use the shortcut.

The section Define caret position explains how to use macros to specify the caret position in the inserted text.

6 Click Save and then OK to close the preferences.

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Define caret position

You can use macros to define caret position in the text (for which you create the shortcut) when it appears in the editor.

In the Keys section of Preferences dialog box, when you insert the text, specify the $${cp} macro in the position where you want the cursor to appear.

For example, if you specify

if($${cp}){ <cfoutput>#A#</cfoutput>}

with the binding Alt + T, when you use the shortcut, the block of text is inserted in the editor with the cursor between the parentheses that follows

if.

Quick Assist

Quick Assist shows up the catalog of shortcuts for quick reference:

• Press Ctrl+T (Windows) or Command+T (Mac) to launch Quick Assist for tag-related shortcuts and custom

keyboard shortcuts.

• Press Ctrl+Alt+T (Windows) or Command+Option+T (Mac) to launch Quick Assist for wizards-related shortcuts.

• Press the part of the custom keyboard shortcut that precedes comma. For example, assume that you have set the

bindings Alt+T, A and Alt+T, B. Then, if you press Alt+T, Quick Assist lists both the shortcuts.

Additional resources

• A cheat sheet of keyboard shortcuts in ColdFusion Builder

ColdFusion Builder engineering team member Sagar Ganatra lists all the shortcuts in ColdFusion Builder.

• ColdFusion Search vs Eclipse Search

ColdFusion Builder engineering team member Kiran Sakhare provides a comparison between Eclipse Search and ColdFusion Builder search.

• Keyboard shortcuts in ColdFusion Builder

ColdFusion Builder engineering team member Sagar Ganatra explains the keyboard shortcut enhancements in ColdFusion Builder 2.

ColdFusion Builder Search

ColdFusion Builder Search provides specialized find and replace functionality to search text or tag. Apart from searching the current document, the scope of search can be any open document, selected resources in the Navigator pane, project, working set, workspace, local directory, FTP location, or RDS location. The feature also supports regular expressions and multi-line search.

To save time, you can run remote search in the background and continue with other tasks. The Search View provides the results with details of matches in each file you search.

ColdFusion Builder search applies only to the following file types: CFC, CFM, HTML, XML, CSS, and JS.

Performing search

1 Run the ColdFusion Search dialog box using either of the following options:

• In an open document, use the shortcut Ctrl+F (Win) or Command+F (Mac).

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• From the Window menu, select Search > ColdFusion Search.

Note: If you use this shortcut in any other context, for example, in a TXT file, the Eclipse Find/Replace dialog box appears instead. However, you can purposely open ColdFusion Search dialog box using the option Search > ColdFusion Search.

In the ColdFusion Search dialog box, specify the scope of your search. Depending on the scope, the search options vary.

For example, the option Recurse subfolders (used to include subfolders in the search) applies only when your scope is FTP location, RDS location, or local directory.

3 (If the file is not open) To narrow down the search, specify the filename extension.

4 Do either of the following:

• Specify the text to search and if necessary, the text to replace.

• Specify the tag to search, and then

1 Choose a tag and specify the conditions for search. For example, search for cfimage tag with attribute

source containing cf.jpg.

2 Click Add to add the condition to the list.

3 Select an action, that you want to perform, when the tag is found (such as removing or replacing the tag).

If applicable, specify any additional information necessary to perform the action. For example, setting a new attribute for

cfimage thickness.

Note: Actions apply only if you use Replace or Replace All.

4 Use the following options to expand or limit the search:

• Match Case: Limits the search to text that exactly matches the case of the text you want to find.

• Match Whole Word: Limits the search to text that matches one or more complete words.

• Search Backwards

• Search Incrementally: Lets you progressively search for and filter through text. When you specify search

criteria, highlights the first occurrence of the typed characters.

• Use Regular Expressions: Causes certain characters and short strings (such as ?, *, \w, and \b) in your search

string to be interpreted as regular expression operators.

For example, a search for the b\w*\b dog matches both the black dog and the barking dog.

• Ignore White space: Treats all whitespace as a single space for the purposes of matching. For example, with this

option selected,

this text would match this text and this text but not thistext. This option is

not available when the Use Regular Expressions option is selected; you must explicitly write your regular expression to ignore whitespace.

Note: The tags <p> and <br> are not treated as whitespace.

• Wrap Search: Performs end-to-end search from the current cursor position.

Note: Depending on the search scope, some options are disabled.

5 To search (and not perform any action), click Find or Find All.

• Find jumps to and selects the next occurrence of the search text (only) in the current document.

If tag is selected, the tag block is highlighted.

• Find All lists the files and the number of matches in each file in the Search View.

6 To replace found text/perform action on tag, click Replace or Replace All.

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Search options are saved when you close ColdFusion Builder.

ColdFusion Builder Search View

ColdFusion Builder Search View displays the search results of current search and maintains the history of previous searches.

ColdFusion Builder Search View

• Shows results only if the user clicks Find All.

• Displays results with folder hierarchy; click the file to see the search instances.

• Displays the line numbers for code if search criteria matches. Double-click the line to open the file and see the

specific occurrence.

• Indicates if no matches are found.

Additional resources

• ColdFusion Builder Search\Replace

ColdFusion Builder engineering team member Sagar Ganatra explains the features of ColdFusion Builder search.

• Tag search

ColdFusion Builder engineering team member Sagar Ganatra explains how to find tags that match your search criteria.

Add tasks to Task View

If you define tasks as CFML comments, the Task View (Window > Show View > Tasks) displays them based on the priority you set. The tasks are listed according to the default

Add tasks

1 Open the CFM or CFC file in the editor.

2 Add the task in the format as shown in the following examples:

or in cfscript

//TODO: Fix the bug 268451

and

/*TODO: Fix the bug 268451*/

View tasks

The Task View (Window > Show view > Tasks) displays the first line of the CFML task comments.

TODO and FIXME tags or the custom task tag prefix.

The priority column indicates if the task is of high, normal, or low priority. High priority tasks are indicated using red color.

Tasks in all open CFM files are displayed. Since the tasks are saved, they are displayed in the later sessions, when you open the files.

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Create a custom Task Tag

1 Go to Window > Preferences > ColdFusion > Profiles > Editor > Task Tags.

2 Click New.

3 In the Add Task Tag dialog box, specify a unique name for the custom task tag and then select the priority.

Use the custom tags in the tasks you create as comments.

Removing tasks

Manually delete the tasks from the source code.

This is unlike the tasks you manually create in the Task View, which can be deleted in the View itself.

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Chapter 6: Managing Servers

The comprehensive Server Management feature of ColdFusion Builder lets you start, stop, and restart the ColdFusion server, and access the ColdFusion Administrator and Server Monitor from a single Servers view. For more information about the Servers view, see

You add a server, and associate it with a project to debug or preview files in the project. You also associate a server with a project to install and run the extensions that are packaged with ColdFusion Builder. For more information about adding servers, see

“Adding ColdFusion servers” on page 63.

Understanding web server terminology

Before you set up and manage your server, read through the following topics to understand web server terms and concepts that are used in the documentation.

For detailed information about web servers and configuring them for ColdFusion, see Web Server Management in the

ColdFusion Administrator's Guide

“Using Servers View” on page 69.

Document root

The term Document Root refers to a file system directory, from where your web server serves web pages. The term can vary from server to server, but the same concepts apply to most web servers.

URL prefix

A URL prefix maps a local file system resource with a URL.

In ColdFusion Builder, you use a URL prefix to preview or debug projects outside your web root or document root.

You can specify a URL prefix while creating a server, or by editing settings for an existing server. For more information,

“URL Prefix” on page 64.

see

You can also specify a URL prefix to an existing project or folder. For more information, see “Set URL Prefix” on page 75.

Usage Scenario

You have a project called "Project1". Project1 is configured to server1, whose document root is at C:\server1\MyDocs and URL is http://www.example1.com. Within Project1, you have a linked folder called "xyz". The folder xyz points to the document root of server2, which is C:\server2\MyDocs and the URL to access it is http://www.example2.com. You want to preview all the files within the xyz linked folder in ColdFusion Builder.

In this scenario, to preview files within the xyz linked folder, you create a URL prefix. You create a URL prefix by specifying the following details:

• Absolute path: C:\server2\MyDocs\

• URL to access the xyz folder: http://www.example2.com

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Virtual host

The term Virtual Host refers to the method of hosting multiple websites (domain names) on a single web server. The multiple websites are differentiated by their apparent host names. For example, you can run websites www.example1.com, www.example2.com, and www.example3.com, on a single IP address.

In the ColdFusion Builder context, you can use a single ColdFusion server to run multiple websites that are configured as virtual hosts on an external web server like IIS or Apache.

For information on how to configure virtual hosts in the web server, see the web server- specific documentation.

When you associate a project with a virtual host, ColdFusion Builder functionality like, previewing, debugging, Content Assist, and building extensions, is extended to all the folders and subfolders within the project.

Virtual directory

The term Virtual Directory refers to a folder that is not physically contained in the document root although it is accessible through the server URL. To create a virtual directory, you specify an alias for the folder’s path in the URL. The alias name is used to access resources within the folder.

Suppose the document root for your website (www.example.com) is c:\xyz\docs, and the folder that provides contents to your website is at d:\abc\content. Then, you define an alias for this folder called content. You can then access the website using the URL: http://www.example.com/content/

Adding ColdFusion servers

You add a ColdFusion server to test projects or applications that you create in the ColdFusion Builder workspace. The ColdFusion server can be a development server for testing and running your applications before you deploy them on a production server. You can add a local or remote ColdFusion server.

Add a local server

In the Servers view, do one of the following:

• Right-click and select Add Server.

• Click .

Enter the following details in the ColdFusion Server Setup wizard:

General Settings

• Server Name: ColdFusion server name.

• Description: (optional) Description of the server.

• Application Server: Select the drop-down list and select JRun or select Other to configure a non-Jrun server.

Note: You cannot start, stop, or restart a non-JRun server within ColdFusion Builder.

• Host Name: Name of the ColdFusion server host. For example, localhost or 127.0.0.1.

• Select Is Local.

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Other Settings

• Webserver Port: Specify the port number of the ColdFusion server instance you are configuring. The default port

number of the ColdFusion server is 8500.

• Context root: (applicable only for JRun servers with J2EE configuration) Enter the context root. The J2EE

environment supports multiple, isolated web applications running in a server instance. Hence, J2EE web applications running in a server are each rooted at a unique base URL, called a context root (or context path).

• Application Server Name: (applicable only for JRun servers with J2EE configuration) Name of the JRun Server on

which ColdFusion is deployed.

• RDS User Name: (optional) If you are using RDS, specify the RDS user name.

• RDS Password: (optional) Specify the RDS password.

Note: You set the RDS password in the ColdFusion Administrator. Do not confuse the RDS password with the ColdFusion Administrator password, which is also managed through the ColdFusion Administrator.

• Select Enable SSL to enable SSL support in ColdFusion Builder. Servers registered in the Server Manager can

communicate using SSL.

• Select Auto Start and Auto Stop to automatically start and stop the ColdFusion server every time you launch and

exit ColdFusion Builder.

Click Next.

Local Server Settings

Select the Local Server Settings tab, and specify the following local server settings, as applicable.

• Server Home: (applicable only for JRun servers) Browse and select the ColdFusion Server home directory. For

example, C:\ColdFusion9 for a standalone ColdFusion server instance. For a multiserver instance, the server home is the Application Server Home directory, for example, C:\JRun4 for a JRun-J2EE or multiserver configuration.

• Document Root: Browse and select the web root location. If ColdFusion is configured with a web server, say IIS,

then select the document root of the web server; for example, c:\inetpub\wwwroot.

This setting is required for previewing, debugging, and CFC name resolution in ColdFusion Builder.

• Version: (applicable only for JRun servers running on Windows) Select the ColdFusion server version from the

Version drop-down list.

• Windows Service: (applicable only for JRun servers running on Windows) The Windows Service option is available

only for standalone and multi-server configurations, and not J2EE configuration. If you want to start and stop the ColdFusion server using the Windows Service, select Use Windows Service To Start/Stop Server.

URL Prefix

(optional)

Note: You don’t necessarily have to specify a URL when creating a server. You can specify a URL prefix even after creating the server by editing the server settings in the Servers view. You can also specify a URL prefix to an existing project or folder; for more information, see

Select the URL Prefix tab and enter the following details:

“Set URL Prefix” on page 75.

1 Local Path: Browse to or enter the path to the local file system resource.

2 URL prefix: Enter the URL prefix.

3 Click Add.

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Virtual Host Settings

(optional)

Note: When you specify a virtual host or virtual directory in ColdFusion Builder, corresponding settings must be specified in the configured web server. ColdFusion Builder does not validate these settings. So, if the settings in the web server are different from what you specify in ColdFusion Builder, ColdFusion Builder does not give an error.

To configure a virtual host, select the Virtual Host Settings tab, and do the following:

1 Click New and enter the following details in Virtual Host Settings section.

a Name: Specify a name for the virtual host. For example, vh1.

Note: You can provide any name and not necessarily the name that you provide in the web server.

b Host Name: The virtual host name as specified in your IIS or Apache web server settings. For example,

www.example1.com

When you create a virtual host in ColdFusion Builder, the virtual host uses a naming convention server namevirtual host name. The Server drop-down list in Project properties displays the virtual host name using this naming convention. For example, if you created a virtual host named "vh1" in your ColdFusion server (localhost), the naming convention that ColdFusion Builder uses to identify the virtual host is "localhost-vh1".

c Port: The port assigned to the virtual host in the web server.

d Type: Select HTTP or HTTPS from the drop-down list.

e Document Root: Browse to or enter the home directory of the virtual host.

For example, if your website www.example.com is mapped to the directory C:\abc on the Apache web server, enter C:\abc as the home directory.

2 (optional) To create a virtual directory, click Virtual Directory, and enter the following details.

a Alias: Specify an alias for the folder path.

b Location: Browse to or enter the folder path to which you want to specify an alias.

For example, if the document root of your website (www.example.com) is c:\abc, and you want to include images from a folder available on d:\xyz\images. Then, you can define an alias called "images" for the folder path "d:\xyz\images". To understand more about virtual directories, see

c Click Add.

d Click OK to add the virtual directory to the Virtual Directory Settings table.

3 Click Apply. The virtual host is added to the List Virtual Hosts table.

“Virtual directory” on page 63.

To modify the virtual host settings, select the virtual host from the List Virtual Hosts table, modify the settings, and click Update.

To understand more about virtual hosts, and its relevance in the ColdFusion Builder context, see “Virtual host” on page 63.

Install Extensions

Select Install Extensions to install the extensions that are packaged with ColdFusion Builder.

1 Browse and select the ColdFusion web root location.

2 Browse to a location within the web root to install the extension. The extension is installed in the Extensions

directory within the selected location.

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Click Finish to create the ColdFusion local server instance. For information on using these extensions, see “Using

Extensions” on page 114.

Add a remote server

Before you add a remote server in ColdFusion Builder, do the following tasks.

Run the Admin server instance in the remote ColdFusion server

Depending on your remote server version and configuration, do the necessary tasks.

Standalone remote server version 7.0.2, 8.0.1

1 Unzip the file AdminServerComponents.zip to {CFHome}

The following files are copied to {cfhome}/runtime/bin:

• adminstart.bat

• admin_jvm.config

• adminstart.sh

The Admin Server instance is copied to {cfhome}/runtime/servers

2 Go to {cfhome}/runtime/bin and run adminstart.bat (for Windows) or adminstart.sh (for Mac OS)

Multi-server/J2EE remote server version 7.0.2, 8.0.1

1 In the AdminServerComponents.zip file, unzip the following files to JRun_Home/bin:

• admin_jvm.config

• adminstart.bat (for Windows) or adminstart.sh (for Mac OS)

2 Go to JRun_Home/bin and run adminstart.bat (for Windows) or adminstart.sh (for Mac OS)

Standalone/multi-server/J2EE remote server version 9

For version 9 of the remote server, the Admin Server components are shipped, by default.

• For standalone server configuration, go to {cfhome}/runtime/bin and run the adminstart script file.

• For multi-server or J2EE server configurations, go to JRun_Home/bin and run the adminstart script file.

Update security properties for the remote ColdFusion server

1 Go to {CFHome}/runtime/lib/security.properties

2 Update the values of jrun.subnet.restriction and jrun.trusted.hosts with the IP address of computer where

ColdFusion Builder is installed. Alternatively, you can use the asterisk wildcard (*) as the IP address value, to allow the server to start and stop without any restriction.

Specify the remote server settings in ColdFusion Builder

In the Servers view, do one of the following:

• Right-click and select Add Server.

• Click .

Enter the following details in the ColdFusion Server Setup wizard:

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General Settings

• Server Name: ColdFusion server name.

• Description: (optional) Description of the server.

• Application Server: Select the drop-down list and select JRun or select Other to configure a non-Jrun server.

Note: You cannot start, stop, or restart a non-JRun server within ColdFusion Builder.

• Host Name: Name of the remote server host.

• Select Is Remote.

Note: When you enter a Host Name other than localhost or 127.0.0.1, Is Remote is automatically selected.

Other Settings

• Webserver Port: Specify the port number of the ColdFusion server instance you are configuring. The default port

number of the ColdFusion server is 8500.

• Context root: (applicable only for JRun servers with J2EE configuration) Enter the context root.

The J2EE environment supports multiple, isolated web applications running in a server instance. Hence, J2EE web applications running in a server are each rooted at a unique base URL, called a context root (or context path).

• Application Server Name: (applicable only for JRun servers with J2EE configuration) Name of the JRun Server on

which ColdFusion is deployed.

• RDS User Name: (optional) If you are using RDS, specify the RDS user name.

• RDS Password: (optional) Specify the RDS password.

Note: You set the RDS password in the ColdFusion Administrator. Do not confuse the RDS password with the ColdFusion Administrator password, which is also managed through the ColdFusion Administrator.

• Select Enable SSL to enable SSL support in ColdFusion Builder. Servers registered in the Server Manager can

communicate using SSL.

• Select Auto Start to automatically start the ColdFusion server every time you launch ColdFusion Builder.

Note: Auto Stop is not available for remote servers.

Click Next.

Remote Server Settings

1 Naming Port: Specify the naming port of the administrator server instance running on the remote server. By

default, the naming port value is 2910. The naming port value is specified in {servers}/admin/SERVERINF/jndi.properties. The port value of property java.naming.provider.url is the naming port/jndiport.

2 User Name: Specify the jmc user name, which is listed in the jrun-users.xml file.

3 Password: Specify the jmc password.

4 Document Root: Browse and select the web root location. If ColdFusion is configured with a web server, say IIS,

then select the document root of the web server; for example, c:\inetpub\wwwroot.

5 Select the Mappings tab, and enter the following details. The mapping details are used for previewing and

debugging files on the remote server.

• Local path: Path that ColdFusion Builder uses to find projects or folders on the remote ColdFusion server.

• Remote path: (optional if you specify the URL prefix) Path to the project on the remote ColdFusion server.

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• URL prefix: (optional if you specify the remote path) Enter the URL prefix. To understand more about a URL

prefix, and in what scenarios you can use a URL prefix, see

“URL prefix” on page 62.

“Set URL Prefix” on page 75.

• Click Add to add this mapping.

6 (optional) To configure a virtual host, select the Virtual Host Settings tab, and do as follows:

• Click New and enter the following details in Virtual Host Settings section.

1 Name: Specify a name for the virtual host. For example, vh1.

Note: You can provide any name and not necessarily the name that you provide in the web server.

2 Host Name: The virtual host name as specified in your IIS or Apache web server settings. For example,

www.example1.com

When you create a virtual host in ColdFusion Builder, the virtual host uses a naming convention server namevirtual host name. The Server drop-down list in Project properties displays the virtual host name using this naming convention. For example, if you create a virtual host named "vh1" in your ColdFusion server (localhost), the naming convention that ColdFusion Builder uses to identify the virtual host is "localhost-vh1".

3 Port: The port assigned to the virtual host in the web server.

4 Type: Select HTTP or HTTPS from the drop-down list.

5 Document Root: Browse to or enter the home directory of the virtual host.

For example, if your website www.example.com is mapped to the directory C:\abc on the Apache web server, enter C:\abc as the home directory.

• (optional) To create a virtual directory, click Virtual Directory, and enter the following details.

1 Alias: Specify an alias for the folder path.

2 Location: Browse to or enter the folder path to which you want to specify an alias.

3 Click Add.

4 Click OK to add the virtual directory to the Virtual Directory Settings table.

“Virtual directory” on page 63.

• Click Apply. The virtual host is added to the List Virtual Hosts table.

To modify the virtual host settings, select the virtual host from the List Virtual Hosts table, modify the settings, and click Update.

To understand more about virtual hosts, and its relevance in the ColdFusion Builder context, see “Virtual host” on page 63.

Click Next.

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Install Extensions

Select Install Extensions to install the extensions that are packaged with ColdFusion Builder.

1 Browse and select the ColdFusion web root location.

2 Browse and select the ColdFusion web root location on the remote ColdFusion server.

3 Browse to a location within the web root to install the extensions. The extensions are installed in the Extensions

directory within the selected location.

Click Finish to add the remote ColdFusion server instance. For information on using these extensions, see “Using

Extensions” on page 114.

If the remote server is connected successfully, then the server status in ColdFusion Builder is displayed as Running. If the remote server is not connected successfully, the server status is displayed as Unknown. For more details about the error, see

“Console view” on page 33.

Using Servers View

Use the Servers View to start, stop, and restart servers in ColdFusion Builder. You can also launch the ColdFusion Server Monitor and ColdFusion Server Administrator from the Servers View.

If the Servers View is not already displayed in the workbench, add the Servers View by selecting Window > Show View > Other. Then, in the Show View dialog box, select ColdFusion > Servers View.

Start, stop, restart, or delete a server

1 Right-click the server in Server View.

2 Select one of the following: Start Server, Stop Server, Restart Server, or Delete Server. Restart Server first stops and

then starts the server.

Start ColdFusion Server Monitor

1 Right-click in the Server View.

2 Select Launch Server Monitor to open ColdFusion Administrator.

3 Specify the password.

4 Click OK to view the Server Monitor.

Start ColdFusion Server Administrator

1 Right-click in the Server View.

2 Select Launch ColdFusion Administrator.

3 Specify the username and password.

4 Click OK to view ColdFusion Administrator.

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Import RDS server settings

If you have an RDS server configured, you can import the RDS server settings directly and add your RDS server to the Servers view.

1 Right-click in the Servers view, and select Add Server.

2 Select Import Configuration From RDS Server, and select the RDS server that you want to add to the Server view

from the drop-down list.

3 Click OK.

4 To modify the RDS settings, specify changes in the Modify ColdFusion Server Setup dialog box, and click Finish.

You can now associate the server with your project, and debug, preview, and test your project.

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About projects

Projects contains resources such as ColdFusion components, interfaces, and HTML and CFML pages that are used to develop ColdFusion applications.

Each project is stored in a default workspace. The workspace stores your projects and other metadata. The preferred workspace location is the ColdFusion document root

You can associate a project with a ColdFusion server. By doing so, you can test the project before final deployment.

Note: To preview files in your project using a web browser, ensure that you have set your project location to the ColdFusion document root.

To do any CFML development in ColdFusion Builder, you first create a ColdFusion project. To know more about creating a project in ColdFusion Builder, see

“Creating a ColdFusion project” on page 71.

Creating a ColdFusion project

The Project Builder wizard guides you through the steps of creating a ColdFusion project.

Enter project information

1 Right-click in the Navigator area and click New > ColdFusion Project.

2 In the Project Builder wizard, specify the project name.

3 To change the default project location, deselect Use Default Location.

4 Click Next to specify the ColdFusion server details.

Enter server details

1 Select a server from the Server pop-up menu. If you have not configured a ColdFusion server, then click Add Server

to add a server. For more information about setting up a ColdFusion Server, see page 63.

Note: If the project is in the server web root, then the Sample URL box is automatically populated with the server URL. For example, http://127.0.0.1:8500/eval, where 127.0.0.1 is the server host, 8500 is the port number, and eval is the project name.

2 Specify your preview settings to use an external web browser by selecting a web browser installed on your computer.

The internal browsers are selected, by default.

3 Click Next.

“Adding ColdFusion servers” on

Add existing sources

1 In this step, you can:

• Link existing resources folder to the project.

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• Select previously configured applications with the current project.

2 Click Add to select the folder to link to the project.

3 Click Finish to build a new ColdFusion project.

For more information about linking resources, see “Link to resources outside the workspace” on page 76.

Configure properties for projects and servers

You can use the Properties dialog box in ColdFusion Builder to configure project properties and server settings.

To open this dialog box, right-click the project in the Navigator view and select Properties.

Configure project properties

❖ Select ColdFusion Project from the left pane of the Properties dialog box. You can add and remove external projects

as links here.

Configure variable mappings

You use variable mappings to provide Code Assist for component variables that are not defined in the file being edited or in the included files.

1 In the Properties dialog box, you see a tree-view structure on the left. Select ColdFusion Variable Mappings.

2 Click New.

3 In the Variable Name field, specify the name of the variable to map, for example, application.cfc1

4 In the Mapped To field, enter the fully qualified name of the project variable, for example, com.adobe.mycfcs.cfc1

Configure server settings

• To open the ColdFusion Server Settings page, select ColdFusion Server Settings in the left pane of the Properties

dialog box.

• To create a ColdFusion Server instance, use the Servers pop-up menu.

If you have already configured a server instance, you can assign it to your ColdFusion project. For more information about creating a server instance, see

“Adding ColdFusion servers” on page 63.

Add ColdFusion pages, interfaces, and components

ColdFusion Builder provides wizards that guide you through the creation of ColdFusion pages, interfaces, and components.

Create a ColdFusion page

1 Right-click the ColdFusion project in the Navigator.

2 Click New > ColdFusion Page.

3 In the New ColdFusion Page wizard, specify a name for the ColdFusion (CFM) page.

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4 Click Finish.

Create a ColdFusion component

1 Right-click the ColdFusion project in the Navigator.

2 Click New > ColdFusion Component.

3 In the New ColdFusion Component wizard, specify the following:

• Component name

• Hint to identify the component (optional).

• Any component that you want to extend.

• Any interface that you want to implement.

4 Select the output type to be true or false.

5 Click Next.

6 Click Add to specify the component property details, such as the property name, display name, hint, and default

value.

7 Enter or select a property type from the Type drop-down list.

8 (optional) Select Add Getter and select its access type from the Access drop-down list.

9 (optional) Select Add Setter and select its access type from the Access drop-down list.

10 Click OK to return to the New ColdFusion Component wizard.

11 To add functions to the ColdFusion component, click Add Function.

12 In the New Function wizard, specify the functions details, such as the function name, display name, hint, access

type, return type, roles, and output type.

13 Click OK.

14 To add arguments to the selected function, click Add Argument.

15 In the New Function Argument dialog box, specify the argument name, display name, hint, argument type, and

the default value of the argument.

Note: The options for the argument type are the same as the argument type options for ColdFusion Interface.

16 Click OK.

17 Click Finish to create a ColdFusion component (CFC file).

Note: You can use Outline View to navigate through the functions and tags that you add to your ColdFusion page or ColdFusion component.

Create a ColdFusion interface

1 Right-click the ColdFusion project in the Navigator.

2 Click New > ColdFusion Interface.

3 In the New ColdFusion Interface wizard, specify the interface name, hint, and display name.

4 To extend another interface, browse or specify the name of the CFC.

5 Click Add Functions to add a function and specify its details, such as the function name, function hint, return type,

roles, and output (true or false).

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6 Click Add Arguments to specify the arguments for the selected function. Enter or select an argument type from the

Type drop-down list.

7 Click Finish to create a ColdFusion interface.

Add other files

You can also add the following types of files to your ColdFusion project:

• .html

• .js

• .css

• .lxr (lexer file)

• .col (colorization file)

• .sdoc (ScriptDoc file)

• Untitled versions of the preceding files

In addition, you can create generic text files, folders, and projects. You add these files to a project much as you add ColdFusion pages or components. To add any of these files to a project, do the following:

1 Right-click the project.

2 Select New > Other.

3 Expand Project Files to specify a filename or expand Untitled Files to create an untitled file.

4 Select the file that you want to create.

• If you are creating an untitled file, click Finish.

• If you selected Project Files, click Next and specify the filename. Then click Finish.

Create CFM/CFC files outside the workspace

You can create CFM/CFC files outside the workspace using the File view.

1 In the File view, right-click the local folder in which you want to create the CFM/CFC file.

2 Select New > ColdFusion Page/ColdFusion Component/ColdFusion Interface and then specify the details.

Set Launch Page

You can designate a specific file as the Launch Page for your project. This page is loaded when you run/debug a file in the project.

1 In the Navigator view, select the page to set as Start Page.

2 Right-click the page and then select Set As Start Page.

To disable a page from being the Launch Page,

1 In the Project View, right-click the project and then select Properties > ColdFusion Project.

2 In the Start Page Setting, deselect Use Start Page.

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Dynamically generate Start Page URL for framework applications using extensions

See “Extension support for setting Launch Page” on page 112

Set URL Prefix

1 In the Navigator view, select the project or folder for which you want to specify a URL prefix.

2 Right-click the selected project or folder and select Set URL Prefix.

3 Enter the URL for the selected resource.

Import, export, and delete projects

Import projects

You can import both ColdFusion and non-ColdFusion projects into ColdFusion Builder.

1 Right-click in the Navigator view and select Import.

2 In the Import wizard, select ColdFusion > Import Existing Projects.

3 In the Import ColdFusion Project dialog box, browse and select the project location. A list of all projects is

displayed.

4 Click Refresh to search and refresh the project list.

5 Select Show All Projects to display all non-ColdFusion and non-ColdFusion Builder projects in the same location.

6 Select Add ColdFusion Nature To Non-ColdFusion Projects to apply ColdFusion Builder functionality, such as

preview, editing, and debugging, to non-ColdFusion Builder projects.

7 Select the appropriate projects and click Finish.

Note: Importing a project retains the project properties including the server details, launching settings, browser details, application details, and linked folders.

Export projects

You can export files and folders from a ColdFusion Builder or non-ColdFusion Builder project to a designated location. However, for ColdFusion Builder projects, ColdFusion Builder functionality like server settings, preferences, and such are not exported.

1 Right-click in the Navigator view and select Export.

2 In the Export wizard, select ColdFusion > Export.

3 In the Export Project dialog box, browse and select the location where you want to export the project.

4 Click Select All to export all files and folders within the project, or click Filter Types to specify the files that you want

to export.

5 Click Finish to export your project to the designated location.

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Delete projects

When you delete a project, you remove the project from the current workspace. You can also remove the project from your computer’s file system at the same time.

1 Right-click in the Navigator view and select Delete.

2 To remove the project from the workspace and the file system, select Delete Project Contents On Disk. The project

is then permanently removed from the file system; you cannot undo the command.

Cloak projects and files

In ColdFusion Builder, you can cloak or hide files, file types, and folders from all synchronization, upload, download operations. This feature is useful if you have a large directory of files that you want to exclude from your synchronization or uploads.

You can cloak a file or folder in two ways:

• Right-click the file or folder in the Navigator view and select Synchronize > Cloak this file type. To uncloak the file

type, right-click the file or folder and select Synchronize > Uncloak this file type.

• Set up your preferences to cloak certain file types, using wildcards and regular expressions by performing the

following actions:

1 Right-click the file or folder in the Navigator view and select Synchronize > Advanced Cloaking Preferences.

2 In the Preferences dialog box, click the (+) icon.

3 In the Ignore File/Folder dialog box, specify the file or folder name.

4 Click OK. The specified file or folder is displayed in the list of files on which cloaking has been applied.

Link to resources outside the workspace

You can link to resources outside the project and workspace. This feature is useful when you have to use resources that are available on shared locations. The linked resource or the folder that contains linked resources appear as follows:

Link to resources outside workspace

1 In the Navigator view of ColdFusion Builder, right-click the project to add the linked resources to.

2 Select the resource that you want to link. For example, if you want to link to a folder, select New > Folder.

3 Enter a name for the resource that you are linking. If you do not enter a name, the default name of the resource is

taken.

4 Click Advanced.

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5 Select Link to folder in the file system. Enter or browse to the resource location.

6 Click Finish to link the resource to your project.

Use path variables to link to resources

When you link to resources, you can define path variables instead of providing the full path to where the resource is stored. You can define a path variable and then set the path to the resource that you want to link to.

1 In the Navigator view of ColdFusion Builder, right-click the project to add the linked resources to.

2 Select the resource that you want to link. For example, if you want to link to a folder, select New > Folder.

3 Enter a name for the resource that you are linking. If you do not enter a name, the default name of the resource is

taken.

4 Click Advanced.

5 Select Link to folder in the file system. Enter or browse to the resource location.

6 Click Variables.

7 You can select an existing path variable or click New to create a path variable.

Note: The list of existing resource variables is also available by selecting Window > Preferences from the main menu and then selecting General > Workspace > Linked Resources. You can edit and create linked resource variables using the Linked Resources dialog box.

8 To create a path variable, enter a name for the resource and browse to or provide the full path to the resource. Click

OK to add the path variable to the path.

9 Click Finish to link the resource to your project.

Deploy projects over FTP and Secure FTP connections

ColdFusion Builder lets you deploy ColdFusion projects on a web server using File Transfer Protocol (FTP).

ColdFusion Builder also supports file transfers using Secure File Transfer Protocol (SFTP) and File Transfer Protocol Secure (FTPS) connections. SFTP and FTPS are a secure form of FTP, which encrypt the files that you send and receive to a remote server.

Create an FTP or secure FTP connection in ColdFusion Builder

1 Right-click the project in the Navigator view.

2 Click Synchronize > Create New Synchronize Connection.

3 Specify a name for the connection.

4 Select the ColdFusion project or file to deploy by selecting the Local drop-down list and the location that contains

the file or project.

5 Select a remote server, and enter the following details in the New Connection Dialog Box.

a Site name: Name of the new remote site.

b Select the connection type.

c Server: URL of the site to connect to (for example, admin.myWebSite.com). You can also enter the IP address

of the site.

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d Username/Password: User name and password of the server.

e Use Public Key Authentication: This option is available only if you select SFTP as the connection type. Public

key authentication lets you select a key-pair on your computer, and you copy the public key to the server.

f Remote path: If you want to connect to a subfolder under the root of the remote site, specify the folder path.

g Click Advanced Options to specify the following:

• Port: If you want to use a port other than 22, specify the port.

• If you want the FTP connect session to run in the background, select Use Passive Mode.

• If you work in a team environment, you sometimes want to upload files that overwrite others' changes. If so,

select Calculate Server/Client Time Offset Automatically as a precaution.

6 Click OK to add the FTP connection.

Upload, download, or synchronize projects, files, and folders

1 Right-click the project or file in the Navigator view and select Synchronize > Upload or Download.

2 From the Choose Site Connection dialog box, select the connection.

3 Click OK.

Import Ajax libraries

1 In the Navigator view, right-click the project in which you want to import Ajax libraries, and click Import.

2 In the Import wizard, select ColdFusion > Ajax Library Import Wizard, and click Next.

3 Select the Ajax libraries that you want to import, and click Finish.

Working with Flash Builder projects

To work with a Flash Builder project in ColdFusion Builder, import the Flash Builder project into ColdFusion Builder. After that, apply ColdFusion Builder functionality by selecting the Flash Builder project in the Navigator view, then right-click and select Apply ColdFusion Nature.

Applying ColdFusion Builder functionality to the Flash Builder project lets you preview, edit, and debug the Flash Builder project from within ColdFusion Builder.

Developing AIR applications

Adobe ColdFusion Builder provides you with tools to create Adobe® AIR® projects, debug, package, and digitally sign Adobe AIR applications.

Create an AIR project

1 Select File > New > Project.

2 In the Create Project wizard, select HTML Projects > Adobe AIR Project, and click Next.

3 Enter the project name and the location of the files in the project.

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4 Specify the HTML start page that contains the sandbox application code. You can also select non-application

sandbox code. Click Next.

5 Specify the following properties of the application XML file, and click Next.

• ID: Unique application ID that is the identifier string for the application.

• Name: Application name

• Filename: Name of the file and folder where the application is installed

• Version: Application version

• Icon: Icon files that represent the application. If you don't specify an icon, the operating system uses a default

icon.

6 Specify the window style, dimension, sizing options, and click Next.

7 Select the AIR frameworks to import into the project, and click Next.

8 Select the Ajax JavaScript libraries that you want to import, and click Finish to create your AIR project.

Run and debug an AIR application

1 From the Navigator view, open the source file (Application.XML) for the application.

2 Click Run on the main toolbar to launch the AIR application.

3 To debug the application, click in the workbench toolbar.

The application launches and runs in the ADL application (AIR Debugger Launcher). The ColdFusion debugger catches any breakpoints or runtime errors and you can debug the application like any other ColdFusion application. For more information, see

“Debugging Applications” on page 81

Package and digitally sign an AIR application

When your application is complete and ready to be distributed, you package it into an AIR file. Packaging consists of the following steps:

1 From the Navigator view, right-click the AIR project that you want to package, and click Export.

2 In the Export wizard, select Adobe AIR > Adobe AIR Package, and click Next.

3 Select the AIR project and the application descriptor file.

4 You can select the default AIR SDK or configure a different Adobe AIR SDK, and click Next. To configure a

different AIR SDK, click Configure Adobe AIR SDKs, and select an AIR SDK. You can also add a new AIR SDK, or edit and remove an existing AIR SDK.

5 You can digitally sign your AIR application by selecting an existing digital certificate or by creating a self-signed

certificate. Digitally signing your AIR application provides assurance to the users that the application has been signed with a trusted certificate and displays the publisher identity.

a Select Digitally Sign Exported AIR Application.

b Select an existing digital certificate, or click Configure Certificates to select a different digital certificate. Click

Add to create a self-signed certificate.

c Specify the password for your digital certificate.

d If you select TimeStamp AIR Package, when signing the installation package, the AIR Developer Tool (ADT)

automatically contacts a time-stamp authority to verify the time. The time-stamp information is included in the AIR file. An AIR file that includes a verified time stamp can be installed at any point in the future.

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e Select Migrate AIR Application to migrate an AIR application to a new certificate. When you do so, sign the AIR

file with both new and old certificates. Select the previous certificate from which you want to migrate and the previous certificate password.

You also have the option of packaging your AIR application without a digital signature. To do so, deselect Digitally Sign Exported AIR Application. When you package your AIR application without a digital signature, an intermediate AIR file (.airi) is created. An intermediate AIR file cannot be deployed or installed. It is generally used for testing (by the developer) and can be launched using the AIR ADT command-line tool.

6 Click Next to optionally select files to exclude from the exported AIR file. By default, all the files are included.

7 Click Finish to generate the AIR file.

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Chapter 8: Debugging Applications

Debugging lets you examine and troubleshoot your application. When you debug, you can control when the application must stop at specific points in the code. You can also monitor important variables and test your code. Debugging uses a configuration to control how applications are launched. When you debug your application, you run the debug version of the application file.

Using ColdFusion debugger

Before you use the ColdFusion Debugger, ensure that you do the following:

Set up ColdFusion to use the Debugger

Before you use the Debugger, ensure the following:

• A server is associated with the project or the project containing the files that you want to debug.

1 In the Navigator view, right-click the project and select Properties.

2 In the Properties dialog box, select ColdFusion Server Settings.

3 Under Select Servers, ensure that a server is selected. If no server is selected, select the Servers drop-down list

and select an available server, or select Add Server to configure a new server.

• RDS is enabled on the ColdFusion server, and you have specified the correct RDS configuration information in

ColdFusion Builder.

• Debugging is enabled in ColdFusion Administrator.

1 In ColdFusion Administrator, select Debugging & Logging > Debugger Settings.

2 Select Allow Line Debugging.

3 Specify the port to use for debugging. The default value is 5005.

4 Specify the maximum number of simultaneous debug sessions. The default value is 5.

5 Click Submit Changes.

6 To increase the time after which requests time out, do the following:

a Select Server Settings > Settings.

b Select Timeout Requests After (Seconds) and enter the required timeout value. For example, 300.

c Click Submit Changes.

7 The debugger server listens for commands from ColdFusion Builder on a separate port than the one specified

in step 3. By default, ColdFusion launches the debugger server with a random available port. This could be a problem if ColdFusion (and hence debugger server) is behind a firewall. Because, the firewall blocks the random port that the debugger is listening.

To prevent this problem, specify a fixed debugger server port number and allow this port in the firewall. To set a fixed debugger server port number, specify the following JVM argument on the Java And JVM page of the ColdFusion Administrator (or the appropriate place for your J2EE Application Server). Replace portNumber with the port that you want to use:

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-DDEBUGGER_SERVER_PORT=portNumber

8 Restart ColdFusion. If you are running the J2EE configuration of ColdFusion, restart the server in debug mode

with the debug port as specified.

Set up debugging for J2EE configuration of ColdFusion

1 If you are not running the server configuration of ColdFusion, specify Java debugging parameters in the

configuration file or startup script of the application server you are running. The parameters must look like the following:

-Xdebug -Xrunjdwp:transport=dt_socket,server=y,suspend=n,address=<port_number>

Ensure that the port number you specify is the same port number specified on the Debugger Settings page of ColdFusion Administrator.

If you are running the server configuration, ColdFusion writes these debugging parameters to the jvm.config file when you use the Debugger Settings page of the ColdFusion Administrator.

2 If you are not running the server configuration and your application server is not running on JRE 1.6, copy the

tools.jar file of the JDK version that your application server is running to the \lib folder of ColdFusion. For example, if you are running JRun that runs on JRE 1.4, copy the tools.jar file of JDK 1.4 to the \lib folder of ColdFusion.

3 If you are running the server version of ColdFusion and you specify a JRE version other than JRE 1.6 in the

jvm.config file, copy the tools.jar file of the JDK version specified in your jvm.config file to the \lib folder of ColdFusion.

Set up debugging for multi-server configuration of ColdFusion

To debug ColdFusion applications running on the multiserver configuration, start the ColdFusion server from the command line using the following command:

jrun -config <path_to_jvm_config> -start <server_name>

Specify debugger settings in ColdFusion Builder

1 In ColdFusion Builder, select Window > Preferences.

2 In the tree view, select ColdFusion > Debug Settings.

3 Specify the home page URL that points to the page that appears in the Debug Output Buffer of the debugger when

you click the Home button.

4 Specify the extensions of the types of files that you can debug and debugger scopes that you want the Debugger to

recognize. To improve performance when debugging large files, deselect all scopes for which you do not require information.

5 Select Break On CFML Runtime Exception to stop the debugger on the line that causes a ColdFusion error.

6 Select Log An Exception To The Eclipse Error Log to display the server logs in the TailView view instead of showing

a warning dialog.

Debugging your application

After you enabled the debugger in the ColdFusion Administrator and configured the debugger in ColdFusion Builder, you can debug projects in ColdFusion Builder.

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Create or edit launch configurations

When you debug a project in your application, ColdFusion Builder creates a project-specific launch configuration for the first time that you debug. The launch configuration automatically defines a project name (based on the project that you are debugging), main application file, and the path to debug the application.

Launch configurations are managed through the Create, Manage, and Run Configurations dialog box.

Debug configuration

You can edit the default launch configuration that ColdFusion Builder creates.

1 Select the project to debug in the Navigator view.

2 You can access the launch configuration in the following ways:

• Select Run > Debug or Run > Debug Configurations

• Select in the workbench toolbar.

• Right-click the project and select Debug As > Debug Configurations.

3 Select the launch configuration to edit in the Debug Configurations dialog box.

You can also create a launch configuration or base a new configuration on an existing configuration.

4 Click the Perspectives link to modify the launch configuration preferences, as required.

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Run the application

Run the application that you want to debug before setting any breakpoints. Running the application before debugging compiles the application and improves performance during debugging.

1 Select the project to run in the Navigator view.

2 Select or modify the Run configuration using the Run Configurations dialog box. You can access this dialog box in

the following ways:

• Select Run > Run configurations.

• Right-click the project and select Run As > Run Configurations.

3 Select the configuration to run or modify, if necessary.

4 Click Run.

The application is run in your computer’s default browser. To specify a different external browser, do as follows:

• (Windows) Right-click the project and select Properties. Go to ColdFusion Server Settings, and select a a web

browser installed on your computer.

• (Mac) In the Preferences dialog box, select General > Web Browser, and select a web browser installed on your

computer.

Set and remove breakpoints

You use breakpoints to control the running of your application so you can inspect your code and debug your application. You add breakpoints in the code editor and then manage them in the Breakpoints view. You can also set breakpoints as you write code or while you debug.

For more information about managing breakpoints using the Breakpoints view, see “Breakpoints view” on page 31.

ColdFusion breakpoints

ColdFusion breakpoints have the following four states in the ColdFusion debugger:

Enabled and Valid This state indicates that the breakpoint is at a valid location. The breakpoint appears as a solid blue

circle in the left margin of the CFML Editor. Code execution stops when this breakpoint is encountered.

Unresolved ColdFusion sets the breakpoint for the page that is loaded in its memory. If you modify the page and do

not run it, the source is no longer in sync with the page on the server. In this situation, ColdFusion sometimes does not know whether the line where you want to set the breakpoint is valid. A question mark (?) represents this type of breakpoint.

Invalid If ColdFusion determines that the CFML that you are editing in ColdFusion Builder is the same as the CFML

in its memory, and that the breakpoint you have set is at an invalid line, the breakpoint appears as a red X.

Disabled This state indicates that the breakpoint is disabled.

Set a breakpoint in the code editor

1 Open the ColdFusion Builder project that contains the code in which you want to set breakpoints.

2 Locate the line of code where you want to set a breakpoint, and do one of the following:

• Double-click in the marker bar along the left-edge of the editor.

• Select Run > Toggle Breakpoint or Run > Toggle Line Breakpoint.

Note: Toggle Method Breakpoint and Toggle Watchpoint are not supported in ColdFusion Builder.

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3 You can set breakpoints in your CFML file to stop executing the page at particular points. When you set a

breakpoint on a line, the CFML stops executing just before that line. For example, if you set a breakpoint on the third line in the following CFML page, execution stops before

<cfset yourName = "Tuckerman"> <cfoutput>Your name is #yourName#.</cfoutput> <cfset myName = "Wilson"

<cfset myName = "Wilson">.

A blue dot appears before the line on which you set the breakpoint.

You can also view a list of breakpoints set in the current project in the Breakpoints view of the ColdFusion Builder Debugging perspective.

Skip all breakpoints in the code editor

After setting breakpoints in your code, you can ignore all breakpoints at the time of debugging.

1 Open the ColdFusion Builder project that contains the code with breakpoints.

2 In the Breakpoints view toolbar, select Skip All Breakpoints.

Remove a breakpoint in the code editor

❖ In the marker bar along the left-edge of the editor, double-click an existing breakpoint.

The breakpoint is removed from the marker bar and the Breakpoints view of the ColdFusion Builder Debugging perspective.

To remove all the breakpoints in the file, select Run > Remove all Breakpoints from the main toolbar menu.

Start a debugging session

1 In the Navigator view, select the project or file to debug.

2 You can start the debugging session in the following ways:

• Select Run > Debug

• Click in the workbench toolbar.

• Right-click the project and select Debug As > ColdFusion Application.

The Debug launch configuration is automatically created and launched.

Note: If you are debugging a page and then try to browse to or refresh that page, it can result in unexpected behavior in the Debugger.

Manage the debugging session

Use the Debug view to control the debugging of the application, to suspend, resume, or terminate the application, or to step into or over code.

For information about the various views in the ColdFusion Debug perspective, see “ColdFusion Debugging

perspective” on page 29.

Run code line by line

You can use the Step Into, Step Over, and Step Return buttons to proceed through your CFML application line by line.

For the stepping process to work properly, clear the cache of compiled classes. To do so, recompile all CFML pages compiled with an earlier version of ColdFusion.

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In large files, you sometimes find that stepping and breakpoints are slow. To improve performance, do the following:

1 In ColdFusion Builder, select Windows > Preferences.

2 In the tree view, select ColdFusion > Debug Settings

3 Deselect all scopes for which you do not require information.

Step Into

Use Step Into for UDFs, CFCs, custom tags, and included files.

Avoid using Step Into on CFML tags such as the cfset tag. Step Into is more performance intensive than Step Over.

When stepping into functions, tags, and files, the file must be displayed in one of the open projects. The file that you are stepping in must be in an open project.

Step Over

Use Step Over to proceed through your CFML application, bypassing included files, such as UDFs or CFCs.

Step Return

Use Step Return to return to the original page from which you entered the included file, such as UDFs or CFCs.

Inspect variables

As you run CFML code, you can see the values and scope of variables in the Variables view. Only variables whose scopes are what you selected in the Preferences dialog box appear in the Variables view. For more information about using the Variables view, see

“Variables view” on page 30.

Watch expressions

Watch expressions are useful to watch critical variables that sometimes go out of scope when you step into a different function. You can create your own expressions to watch and evaluate. You can modify the expressions during the debugging session.

You can do the following in the Expressions view:

• Create a watch expression by right-clicking and selecting Add Watch Expression. You can then enter the expression

in the Add Watch Expression dialog box.

• Ignore a watch expression that you’ve added by right-clicking the expression and selecting Disable.

• Edit a watch expression by right-clicking the expression and selecting Edit Watch Expression. You can then modify

the expression.

For more information about using the Expressions view, see “Expressions view” on page 31.

Debugging remote applications

If ColdFusion is running on a remote server, configure a remote server connection and specify a mapping between ColdFusion and ColdFusion Builder. Mapping ensures that ColdFusion Builder and ColdFusion are working on a copy of the same project or file.

1 To configure a remote server, see “Add a remote server” on page 66. Enter the RDS configuration information, as

required.

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2 In the Server view, right-click the server and select Edit Server. In the Mappings screen of the Server wizard, enter

the following mapping details:

• Local Path: Path that ColdFusion Builder uses to find projects or folders on the remote ColdFusion server.

• Remote Path: Path to the project or folder on the remote ColdFusion server.

Note: You can specify multiple mappings between the remote ColdFusion server and ColdFusion Builder.

For example, if you are editing files in a ColdFusion project that points to D:\MyCoolApp and the corresponding files exist on a remote server at D:\Shared\websites\MyCoolSite. Then, create a mapping by specifying the local path as D:\MyCool App and the remote path as D:\Shared\websites\MyCoolSite.

When you deploy the files to the ColdFusion server, you copy them to W:\websites\MyCoolSite\, which the ColdFusion server recognizes as D:\Shared\websites\MyCoolSite.

The mapping in ColdFusion Builder specifies that the ColdFusion Builder directory is D:\MyCoolApp and the server is D:\Shared\websites\MyCoolSite. So, ColdFusion Builder translates the file path (D:\MyCoolApp\index.cfm) to a path that the ColdFusion server recognizes (D:\Shared\websites\MyCoolSite\index.cfm).

To see more information about the interaction between the client and the server, add the following to the JVM arguments in the ColdFusion Administrator:

-DDEBUGGER_TRACE=true

3 In the Navigator view, select the project or file to debug and click in the workbench toolbar.

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Chapter 9: ColdFusion Builder Extensions

About extensions

You can extend the ColdFusion Builder IDE (Integrated Development Environment) functionality to support various ColdFusion frameworks and code generation requirements. You develop ColdFusion Builder extensions to generate code, design dynamic user interfaces, and perform basic CRUD (Create, Read, Update, and Delete) operations on the database. The ColdFusion Builder extension is a structured component that adds context menus in the ColdFusion Builder IDE and handles events on these menus. You, the ColdFusion developer, can develop a ColdFusion Builder extension yourself or you can install an available extension.

To develop your own ColdFusion Builder extension, you create the configuration file and handler files. You define the context menus and events in the configuration file - IDE_Config.xml. For more information, see

extensions” on page 88.

ColdFusion Builder lets you extend the IDE at various levels including creating user interfaces. For more information,

“Creating user interfaces for extensions” on page 99.

see

The extensions that are shipped along with ColdFusion Builder are Adobe CFC Generator and AS Class Generator. You can install and integrate these extensions with ColdFusion Builder. For more information, see on page 114.

“Developing

“Using Extensions”

ColdFusion Builder provides the ColdFusion Builder Extension Creator to guide you through the process of creating and packaging extensions. For more information, see

package extensions” on page 110.

“Use ColdFusion Builder Extension Creator to create and

What's new with extensions in ColdFusion Builder 2

Adobe recommends you to watch the video tutorial What's new with extensions in ColdFusion Builder 2to learn about what's new in using extensions in ColdFusion Builder 2.

Raymond Camden presents several extensions he has created in ColdFusion Builder 2 that are powerful and effective coding time-savers. Watch the video tutorial and follow along with the transcript and source files provided in this article.

Developing extensions

To develop a ColdFusion Builder extension, you create the following elements:

• Configuration file (IDE_config.xml)

• Handler files (CFM files)

You can create these elements by writing the code or by using the ColdFusion Builder Extension Creator wizard. For more information about using the ColdFusion Builder Extension Creator wizard, see

Extension Creator to create and package extensions” on page 110.

“Use ColdFusion Builder

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Creating the configuration file (IDE_config.xml) is an important step in developing a ColdFusion Builder extension. You define all the elements of the configuration file within the

Specifying metadata elements

You use metadata elements to create an extension and specify information like, extension name, author, version, and extension description.

Use the following elements to specify application metadata in the configuration file.

Element Description

name The name of the extension.

author The author's name.

version The file version.

email Specifies the e-mail address.

description A brief description of the application.

The description can be in plain text or you specify a path to an HTML file, which contains the application description. If you specify a path to an HTML file, store the HTML file in the Install directory within the extension.

application tag.

license License agreement displayed when installing the extension.

The license agreement can be displayed in plain text or you specify a path to an HTML file, which contains the license agreement. If you specify a path to an HTML file, store the HTML file in the Install directory within the extension.

Example

<name>ORM CFC Generator</name>

<author>Adobe</author>

<description>ORM CFC code Generator</description>

<license>license.html</license> </application>

Adding pages to the ColdFusion Builder Extension Installation wizard

When you define the Configuration file, you can specify code that adds screens to the ColdFusion Builder Extension Install wizard. You can use these screens to get user inputs. Generally, user inputs are required for performing any configuration tasks after installation.

You specify input details using the input tag; for information on how to specify input tags, see “Specifying input types” on page 94. The handler that is specified in the handlerid attribute of the wizardtag is called with the input details. You can also specify the height and width of the Install wizard using the height and width attributes of the wizard tag. You can specify the title for each page in the wizard using the

title attribute of the page tag.

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<application> <name>Name of the ColdFusion Builder extension</name> <install> <wizard height="" width="" handlerid="handlerID" > <page title="Wizard page title" > <input name="Input" ... /> <input name="Input" ... /> </page> </wizard> </install> </application>

Example

In the following example, once the Extension Installation wizard finishes installing the extension, the handler ID,

postinstallhandler, is called with the specified input details.

<application> <name>ORM CFC Generator</name> <install> <wizard height="" width="" handlerid="postinstallhandler" > <page title="Install settings" > <input name="Mapping" ... /> <input name="Datasource" ... /> </page> </wizard> </install> </application>

Extending IDE

You can extend the ColdFusion Builder IDE at the following levels:

• Adding context menus: You can add context menus to the following views:

• Resource navigator

• RDS Data view

• Outline view

• CFML Editor

• Handling workspace events: Currently onprojectcreate is the only supported event.

• “Create views” on page 102

• “Contribute to Code Assist from extensions” on page 111

You can specify handlers for the context menus and events to perform CRUD or code generation operations.

Specifying Handlers

ColdFusion Builder supports CFM handlers. In the ColdFusion Builder context, a handler is a file that contains code, which is run in response to an event or an action. You specify handlers within the attribute to associate the handler with an event or action. Specify all handler details within the details on specifying events and actions, see

“Specifying events” on page 91 and “Specifying context-menus” on

page 92. All the handler files must be stored in the Handlers folder.

handlers tag. Use the handlerid

handlers tag. For more

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Attribute Description

id Handler ID

type Specifies the handler type.

The handler type you can specify is "CFM"

filename The name of the CFM file

Note: You can specify only alphanumeric characters for the attribute values. Special characters are not allowed.

Example

<handler id="cfcgenerator" type="CFM"

filename="ormCFCGenerator.cfm" />

<handler id="gridgenerator" type="CFM"

filename="cfgridGenerator.cfm" /> </handlers>

Specifying events

Use the events tag to specify events. Currently, ColdFusion Builder only supports an event on project creation. The supported event type is

onprojectcreate. Pass the required handler ID for the onprojectcreate event. When the

event occurs, the handler associated with the handler ID is called.

All applications for which the onprojectcreate event is specified are listed under the list of applications in the “Creating a ColdFusion project” on page 71. When a user selects any of the listed applications, the associated handlers for the selected application are called. The onprojectcreate event is useful in creating a basic project structure for a given ColdFusion Builder extension.

Syntax

<event

type="onprojectcreate"

handlerid="handler id" /> </events>

Attribute Description

type Specifies the event for which the handler runs.

You can specify the event type="onprojectcreate"

handlerid Specifies the handler ID to pass.

Note: You can specify only alphanumeric characters for the attribute values. Special characters are not allowed.

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<event type="onprojectcreate"

handlerid="projectCreationHandler" />

</events>

Specifying context-menus

Use the menucontributions tag to specify a context-menu. A context-menu is a pop-up menu that appears on a right-click event.

To specify menu contributions for different views, use the contribution tag. Use the target attribute within the

contribution tag to specify the target view where the menu must appear. Use the menu tag within the contribution

tag to specify the menu to add. Use the

action tag within the menu tag to specify menu items.

Syntax

</action>

</menu>

</contribution> </menucontributions>

contribution

Attribute Description

target The target view can be any of the following:

• rdsview

• projectview

• outlineview

• editor

Note: You can specify only alphanumeric characters for the attribute values. Special characters are not allowed.

Attribute Description

name Specifies the name of the menu.

Note: You can specify only alphanumeric characters for the attribute values. Special characters are not allowed.

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Attribute Description

name Specifies the name of the action.

handlerid Specifies the ID of the associated handler.

showresponse A Boolean that value that specifies if the HTML response that the handler receives

must be shown to the user:

• yes

• no

The default value is false.

Note: You can specify only alphanumeric characters for the attribute values. Special characters are not allowed.

Specifying menu filters

Menu filters help control where a menu or menu item must appear. You specify menu filters using the filters tag. You can specify different filter types within the

filters tag; use the type and pattern attributes to specify where the

menu or menu item must appear. If any of the specified filters match, the specified menu or menu item appears.

You can specify filters for both menus and actions. If you specify the filter tag within the menu tag, the filter controls the display of the menu. For example, in the following code, the ORM Code Generator menu appears only if the user right-clicks the modelglue.xml file.

Specifying filters for the Navigator View

You can specify filters on the project, folder, or file of the Navigator view.

Syntax

Example

If you want the ORM Code Generator menu to appear only in the context of a folder, you can use code like the following:

Specifying filters for the Outline View

You can specify filters on different node types of the Outline view. The node name that you specify acts as the filter. In the Outline view, you can also specify filters for files. When you open the file that matches the filter in the CFML editor, the contributed menu appears in the Outline view.

Syntax

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If you want the ORM Code Generator menu to appear only on the CFfunction node in the Outline view, you can use code like the following:

Specifying input types

Before a handler is called, you can get user inputs using the input tag. The associated handler processes the user inputs. You specify an

input tag for every action and the input tag must be within the action tag.

To control the height and width of the input dialogs, you specify the input tag within the dialog tag. For example, you can specify code like the following:

Attribute Description

height Specifies the height of the dialog.

width Specifies the width of the dialog.

title Specifies the title for the dialog.

image Specifies the path to the image that appears in the title bar. The path

that you specify must be relative to the Extension folder.

Syntax

<input name="input variable name"

label="label for the input dialog box"

tooltip="tool tip"

Attribute Description

name Input variable name

label The label of the input dialog box

tooltip The tool tip that appears when the user moves the mouse over the

input dialog box.

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Attribute Description

type The input variable can be any of the following data types:

• dir

• string

• Boolean

• file

• password

• list

• projectdir

• projectfile

required Specifies the input field as required.

When you specify an input field as required, the OK button is not enabled until the user enters a value in the required field.

pattern Specifies the regular expression against which user input is validated.

For a validation error, you can specify the error message that must appear. You use the message.

errormessage attribute to specify the error

errormessage The error message that appears when validation fails for a given

helpmessage The Help tip that appears in the title area of the dialog for a given

default Specifies a default value for a given input type. You cannot specify a

checked A Boolean value that specifies if the check box field is selected or

pattern.

input field.

default value for Boolean input types. For lists, the default value is preselected.

deselected, by default:

• true - check box is selected (default value).

• false - check box is deselected

Note: You can specify only alphanumeric characters for the attribute values. Special characters are not allowed.

Each data type corresponds to an input type as specified in the table below. The syntax for each input type is also specified.

Datatype Input type Syntax

dir Directory selection field <input name="input variable name"

string Text field <input name="input variable name"

label="label" tooltip=" tooltip" type="dir"/>

label="label" tooltip=" tooltip" type="string"/>

boolean Check box <input name="input variable name"

label="label" tooltip=" tooltip" type="boolean"/>

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Macromedia ColdFusion Builder - 2.0 Instruction Manual

Specifications and Main Features

Frequently Asked Questions

User Manual

Legal notices

Contents

Chapter 1: What’s New in ColdFusion Builder 2.0

ColdFusion Builder 2.0 Express Edition

Getting started experience

Editor enhancements

Code Assist enhancements

Code folding enhancements

Code Formatting

Quick Fix

ColdFusion Builder Search

Keyboard shortcut enhancements

Navigation enhancements

Extension enhancements

Other enhancements

Additional resources

Chapter 2: Introduction

ColdFusion and ColdFusion Builder documentation

Adobe ColdFusion documentation

Adobe ColdFusion Builder documentation

ColdFusion and ColdFusion Builder learning resources

Chapter 3: About ColdFusion Builder

ColdFusion Builder configurations

Activating ColdFusion Builder

Installing third-party Eclipse plug-ins

Getting started experience

Additional resources

ColdFusion Builder Help System

Adobe Community Help Client

Use context-sensitive Help

Community Help Client Preferences

Search and Filter options

Dynamic navigation

Feedback and rating

Eclipse Help System

Display CFML Reference Help

Set Help Preferences

Use dynamic Help

Getting started with ColdFusion Builder

Chapter 4: ColdFusion Builder Workbench Basics

About the workbench

Workbench menus and toolbars

Workbench menus

File menu

Navigate menu

Project menu

Window menu

Toolbars

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About ColdFusion Builder perspectives

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ColdFusion Builder Development perspective

Outline view

RDS FileView and RDS DataView

RDS Query viewer

Navigator view

File view

Servers view

Source view and Default Browser view

Console view

TailView view

Services Browser view

Extensions view

Snippets view

ColdFusion Debugging perspective

Variables view

Debug Output Buffer view

Breakpoints view

Expressions view

Outline view

Debug View

Edit view

Servers view

Console view