MACROMEDIA COLDFUSION 5-ADVANCED ADMINISTRATION, Manual

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Features on the Tools Tab 53
All archive definitions are defined and edited using the Archive Definition page. Use
the navigation bar on the Archive Definition page to define the items you want to
archive and restore. Each time you make a change in the Archive Definition page you
must click Apply. You can remove items in the archive definition by clicking Delete.
After you create your archive definition, you can click Build Archive on the Create
ColdFusion Archive page. The Build Archive control creates a compressed archive file
(.car file extension) of your definition.
To learn more about creating archive files in ColdFusion, click Help on the Create
ColdFusion Archive page or the Archive Definition page.
Note
After you build an archive file (car), you can deploy that archive file on your system or
securely send it electronically to another system. For more information about how to
deploy an archive file or securely send an archive file electronically, see the following
sections in this chapter on Deploy Archive and Archive Security.
Deploy Archive
The Deploy Archive page in ColdFusion lets you to restore an existing archive file (car
file) to either a location on your system or to a mapped network location.
To access the Deploy Archive page in ColdFusion Administrator, click Tools > Deploy
Archive .
The archive file retrieval control lets you specify the retrieval method required to
obtain the archive file (car file) you want to deploy. You can select one of three
controls: local, http, or ftp. Use local when the archive file is on your system or on a
mapped network drive. Use http if the archive file is posted on a Web site. Use ftp if
the archive file is posted on an FTP site. Alternatively, if you specified local as the
Help button
Archive file retrieval
control.
Controls to proceed with
restoring the file or to
cancel the restore
operation.