User manual MACROMEDIA COLDFUSION STUDIO 4.5-USING COLDFUSION STUDIO

[. . . ] Using ColdFusion Studio ColdFusion Studio 4. 5 for Windows® 95/98/NT4/2000 Allaire Corporation Copyright Notice © 1999 Allaire Corporation. This manual, as well as the software described in it, is furnished under license and may be used or copied only in accordance with the terms of such license. The content of this manual is furnished for informational use only, is subject to change without notice, and should not be construed as a commitment by Allaire Corporation. Allaire Corporation assumes no responsibility or liability for any errors or inaccuracies that may appear in this book. [. . . ] You can change the extensions by using the drop-down list or by manually entering the extensions, separated by colons. The list of included files is filtered according to the extensions you specified. Working with Resources The Resources tree provides a view of the project files based on the file type. This is useful for isolating application files, media files, and other content. You can easily edit the default resource types and add new ones. Note To prevent slow execution of project link verification and extended search and replace operations caused by parsing large binary files such as exe, pdf, zip, and media file types, a list of excluded file extensions is installed in the Windows Registry LinkVerifyExcludeExts key. To set the initial resources for a project: 1. Click the Edit button to change the filter (file extension) for the selected resource. You can click the Add button in the Projects pane to add your own resources to the tree or you can follow the next procedure while working in the Projects tree. 100 To add a resource from the Projects tree: 1. Right-click Resources in the project folder pane and select Add Resource. In the Add Resource Folder dialog box, enter a name for the resource in the Resource Name box. Enter the file extension(s) of resource types in the Resource Filter box, separating multiple extensions with semicolons. You can right-click a resource in the tree to edit or remove it. Additional Project Features There are additional project features that are described in other sections of this manual. These features and their related sections are listed in the following table. Feature Verifying links in a project Using Find and Replace across entire projects Working in a Source Control System Deploying (uploading) projects Section "Verifying Hyperlinks" on page 120 "Using the Find and Replace Feature" on page 111 "Working in a Source Control System" on page 101 "Deploying Projects" on page 103 Using Projects for Site Management 101 Working in a Source Control System An additional benefit of creating projects is that you can manage project files in a source control system. Why use source control? Version source control for Web site content is an essential for coordinating team development of complex projects. A source control system does add a layer of file management responsibility, but it offers clear advantages for developers, managers, and support staff, including: · Share files on a LAN without overwriting work or accidentally modifying files simultaneously. · Track versions of files and modifications as files are changed. · Replicate applications to a local workstation for development and testing. Source control systems really are about control; they are designed to control file management in application development and related work. Common terms such as check-in, check-out, lock, and unlock accurately describe the security procedures required for an effective source control system. Supported source control systems ColdFusion Studio uses the Microsoft-published interface called the Source Code Control (SCC) API to connect with a wide range of standard source control products. ColdFusion Studio can work with both client-based and server-based systems. ColdFusion Studio will automatically generate a list of source control applications detected on your system when you first select the Choose Source Control Provider command for a project. The interface and command structure for source control applications varies from vendor to vendor, so check the product documentation of your source control software for specific procedures and options. 102 Setting up a project in source control The following procedure takes you through the steps of creating Microsoft Visual SourceSafe project, and then adding ColdFusion Studio project files to source control. You can adapt this procedure to work in your particular development environment. Visual SourceSafe uses the term "project" to refer to a distinct set of files stored in its database, so this procedure uses the term "VSS project" to distinguish it from a ColdFusion Studio project. [. . . ] The Files parameter can be used to narrow down the group of files to extract. You can specify a single file, a set of files delimited by line breaks or an entire directory using wildcards. The function returns a status code which can be investigated to determine whether the operation succeeded. FileDate function FileDate(nIndex: Integer): WideString Returns the datetime of an existing archive file element (file/directory/volume) by index. [. . . ]