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Adding Server Mappings 49
ColdFusion Studio and the server need to understand how a file location appears to
the parties involved. You therefore need to create a mapping for the App1 directory as
follows:
Using Remote Development Services
When developing outside local area networks, you access files on a ColdFusion server
across the Internet using Remote Development Services (RDS).
In such a scenario, a file that appears to Studio as
RDS://MY_RDS_SERVER/C:/webprojects/App1/index.cfm
Might be viewed by the ColdFusion server as
C:\webprojects\App1\index.cfm
The browser might view it using the URL path
http://215.180.21.1/App1/index.cfm
Although the server path can be inferred from the local RDS path, you still need to
create a mapping. In special scenarios, ColdFusion server to Studio path resolution
could become ambiguous. You therefore need to create a mapping for the App1
directory as follows:
Studio accesses files on remote CF server using UNC paths/Network Neighborhood
Studio path \\MYSERVER\WEBPROJECTS\App1\
Server path C:\webprojects\App1\
Browser/URL path http://215.180.21.1/App1/
Studio accesses files on remote CF server using RDS remote file access
Studio path RDS://MY_RDS_SERVER/C:/WEBPROJECTS/App1/
Server path C:\webprojects\App1\
Browser/URL path http://215.180.21.1/App1/