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March 3, 2011
Question

View in browser doesn't work

  • March 3, 2011
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I have set up a localhost server on port 8500 for ColdFusion Builder, but when I try to run a simple test of

<cfoutput>#DateFormat(Now)())#
</cfoutput>

and check it in Safari browser, I get a blank page. None of my .cfm pages show up in Builder. What's wrong?

Thanks,

Tedra

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Known Participant
March 5, 2011

Your description is a bit sketchy, however a few thoughts (might actually start with step 4).

1) make sure your cfm files and project is set up to be under your ColdFusion9 wwwroot.  So, on windows, if your project was called test, the correct folder would be c:\ColdFusion9\wwwroot\test, with the .cfm files under that directory.

2) make sure you can bring up the ColdFusion9 administrator panel.  Under Servers, right-click the server you setup, and do "launch ColdFusion Administrator".  Make sure your local server is setup with the right passwords.

3) check your project properties (right click on your project, select properties), and here make sure your project is referencing the server.  From there you should be able to switch from the Source|Firefox|IE tabs (that's what I have on Windows), and something should show up.  Also, when you run the .cfm file in an external browser.

4) Step 1, however, should be verifyable OUTSIDE of CF Builder, with a path something like:

     http://localhost:8500/project-directory-name/example.cfm file

Also of course make sure that http://localhost:8500/CFIDE does something.   That should tie it altogether, since when you do a launch/run from CF Builder, you can compare the address it puts in your browser, with the aforementioned addresses.

Let us know what was wrong, so others can use your post.

tharringAuthor
Inspiring
March 6, 2011

Your information was very helpful. I could do all the things you stated I should try but still couldn't see cfm pages in my browser or my datasources in the RDS area. I gave up and bought the software and worked my way through some other instructions and videos and am now on my way. I needed to download the update to ColdFusion 9 and the update to ColdFusion Builder; then I needed to open a window for the RDS Dataview, which let me see my datasources and tables. The RDS Fileview was of no help at all. Anyway, I'm glad I bought this software and am looking forward to being more productive using cfcs and orms. Thanks again for your help!

Tedra

Participating Frequently
March 7, 2011

Hi tharring

Can you please check that your able to open the same CFM page using safari browser (Not the one inside CFB).

Thanks

Kiran Sakhare

https://blogs.adobe.com/cfbuilder/