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Flex 4 / coldfusion

Hi im a flash/colfusion guy and am moving into flex but am having a real problem connecting flex 4 to cf 7
im using Flash builder 4 beta and can not get any kind of connection going

can some some help me out please,
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jockmahon01

8/22/2022 - Mon
vindys80

Hi,

What you mean cannot get any kind of connection going?


http://www.adobe.com/devnet/flex/articles/fcf_getting_started_coldfusion_flex.html
http://tutorial7.flexcf.com/

Thanks,
Vindys
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well when i validate connection i get

 Cannot access the web server. The server may not be running, or the web root folder or root URL may be invalid.
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like even trying to connect to a local cf doesn't work
my local admin url is

http://127.0.0.2/CFIDE/administrator/index.cfm

so
the details i give are
Coldfusion Root dir :  C:\CFusionMX7
web root : C:\CFusionMX7\wwwroot
root url : https://127.0.0.2

still get that error
jockmahon01

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no just on a windows pc

thanks
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also if i want to connect to a cf server that on a different machine what values do i put in for things like web root

so do i put in the folder as it is on the machine ie
C:\CFusionMX7\wwwroot

or as it is from my machine ie
\\machine_name\C$\CFusionMX7\wwwroot

i really an quite confused

thanks
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vindys80

Hi,

did you do web server configuration for CF?

http://www.adobe.us/livedocs/coldfusion/6.1/htmldocs/config11.htm

Thanks,
Vindys
jockmahon01

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well there is already a web site up and running, im just trying to get flex to work with it
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the cfc arent stored in the wwwroot on the cf , they are in the C:\Inetpub\wwwroot
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vindys80

Whats your server?

Just sending you another link which I read as you said you having another site running on that server.
http://www.richnetapps.com/setting_up_a_web_application_using_coldf/

Thanks,
Vindys
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i want to connect to a cf machine whoes cf admin page is

https://pharmasys-asp.swebtec.com/CFIDE/administrator/index.cfm

on the machine itself the cf is installed at
C:\CFusionMX7

and the code im trying to connect to is
E:\hosting\pharmasysASP (another driver on the machine)

what do i need to put into cf root folder ,web root/ root url to get this working
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