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tjguida
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October 11, 2022
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Installing VS Code Coldfusion Builder Extension on MacOS Monterey

  • October 11, 2022
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I am unable to create a CF Server in Visual Studio Code Adobe ColdFusion Builder Extension.

Configuration and steps are listed below I followed during installation:

 

Environment installing on

Operating: System MacOS Monterey (version 12.6)

Processor: 4 GHz Quad-Core Intel Core i7 (Late 2015)

Visual Studio Code Version 1.72.0

Coldfusion Builder Extension version 1.0.443

Java(TM) SE Runtime Environment 18.9 (build 11.0.16+11-LTS-199)

Java HotSpot(TM) 64-Bit Server VM 18.9 (build 11.0.16+11-LTS-199, mixed mode)

 

System requirements

macOS: macOS 12.

Java 11 as the recommended JDK.

Version 1.68 of VS Code or above.

 

MACOS Installation

Note: macOS 10.15 Catalina and above uses zsh shell. I followed steps below using both the Terminal Windows in VS Code, (when it did not appear to work work) then I tried again using the Mac’s Terminal Window)

zsh shell

  1. Downloaded and installed (jdk-11.0.16_macos-x64_bin.dmg)
  2. Created zsh environment file: touch ~/.zshenv
  3. Located the Java binaries: /usr/libexec/java_home The following path appeared, /Library/Java/JavaVirtualMachines/jdk-11.0.16.jdk/Contents/Home
  4. Copied and pasted the Java binary path to the zshenv file. Type: open ~/.zshenv
  5. In the environment editor, type: export JAVA_HOME=/Library/Java/JavaVirtualMachines/jdk-11.0.16.jdk/Contents/Home
  6. Saves and exited the editor.
  7. Applied the change into the current shell: source ~/.zshenv
  8. Checked if the environment variable is set properly: echo $JAVA_HOME  The following environment appeared:  /Library/Java/JavaVirtualMachines/jdk-11.0.16.jdk/Contents/Home

 

I re-started Visual Studio Cold Fusion and receive the following messages:

1 - Caching components: 3/87 (3 went to 87 and message closed) Source: CFML (Extension)

2 - Adobe Cold Fusion Builder is now attached with the VS Code Client.  Source: Adobe ColdFusion Builder (Extension)

I next selected the CF Builder Extension icon in VSCode:

PROJECT MANAGER shows “No workspace created Yet”

If I attempt to create a Workspace I receive the following message:

Error running command cfml.project.refresh: command 'cfml.project.refresh' not found. This is likely caused by the extension that contributes cfml.project.refresh.

CF SERVERS shows “No server created Yet” and has a Blue button “Add Server”

Pressing the Add Server Button I receive the following message:

Error running command cfml.server.create: command 'cfml.server.create' not found. This is likely caused by the extension that contributes cfml.server.create.

    11 replies

    Jackie Daytona
    New Participant
    March 18, 2025

    Hi. I'm struggling with CFBuilder extension on Windows + remote server (CF2023, JDK 11.0.17). I had the symptoms above until I setup the environment variables on the remote server (I originally set them up on my machine).

     

    Now I'm seeing another problem - CFBuilder attaches to the server but that's all. 
    After that its just forever trying to do something but I can't see what - I've checked the logs and the Ouput windows but I see nothing pointing to an issue. Anyone have a clue where I should look for the issue to present itself please?



    New Participant
    December 26, 2023

    I am also facing similar issue.
    Has anyone been able to reslove this issue.

    I have tried setting up JAVA_HOME but it still does not work

    New Participant
    April 18, 2024

    Late to the party here, but I've had the same issue.

    Following the ColdFusion guide I have successfully setup my JAVA_HOME.

    Make sure to add '%JAVA_HOME%\bin' to your 'Path' once you've setup JAVA_HOME.

    tecssill51422568
    New Participant
    August 31, 2023

    This might be a year to late, but I had this same issue and my problem was that on my environmental variables JAVA_HOME didn't have the correct path.

    Participating Frequently
    September 1, 2023

    I am recieving the same issue. 

    Windows 11

    Visual Studio Code version 1.81.1 

    Coldfusion builder version 1.0.469

     

    Participating Frequently
    October 26, 2023

    Any update on this issue or when it will be fixed? I have not been able to use this extension yet. 

    New Participant
    August 18, 2023

    Things worked fine in JDK 8, when I moved to Java 11, this error started.   The extension loads but you can't add a server, same error.

    Participating Frequently
    March 15, 2023

    I am running Windows 11 with no local CRF Installed, facing the same issue.

    New Participant
    March 14, 2023

    I get the same error, with no local CF servers installed.
    OS:Windows 10, Java 19

    Ripley Casdorph
    Participating Frequently
    March 10, 2023

    I have  the same issue.  Any way around the errors?  It can't find my java. 

    Ripley Casdorph
    Participating Frequently
    September 1, 2023

    So I'm an idiot, I had the right path to Java but I included /bin/ once I removed that it worked fine. The Java_home variable appears to be important.

    New Participant
    November 25, 2022

    Getting the same error, any help would be really appreciated!

    New Participant
    October 27, 2022

    I use a windows machine and have the same issue with VS code. No local CF installed.

    EPJacobs
    New Participant
    October 11, 2022

    I have the same setup and am encountering the same issues as tjguida.