CFEclipse Configuration Issue

(I didn't read the whole thing, but bear in mind that article's 5+ years old. So some things may have changed)

Did you verify your CF server installation was working properly before installing eclipse? In other words are you sure it's a CFEclipse problem.   Also what's your version of:

- CF Server (8, 9, 9.0.1, ...)
- Web server (Built in webserver, IIS, apache, ..)
- CFEclipse and Eclipse
       * Check help > about eclipse platform & installation details (CFEclipse)

Thanks for your response.

CF Server version 9,0,0,251028 64 bit
Apache 2.2
Eclipse Indigo Server Release 2
CFEclipse version 1.4.4
OS: Windows 7 64 bit

I'm able to bring up the CF Server admin interface @
http://localhost/CFIDE/administrator/index.cfm

I noticed there are some default examples under
C:\Programs\ColdFusion9\gateway

What URL would I use to access these examples through the browser?

It looks like according to the server mappings:


I should be able to use http://localhost/gateway

but that is giving me a 404 "page not found" so there is something with my CF Server and/or Apache configuration that is not right.

I'm able to bring up the CF Server admin interface @

Ok, that confirms CF is working.  What's the location of your project directory?  If it's in a non-web accessible directory that could explain the error.

       * Select the project > click properties > (Location)

hah - now that's funny agx - mentioning something you edited out while i was writing and won't make any sense now... :)

Also fwiw - I've never been able to get the internal browser to work well using Eclipse 3.5 & cfeclipse. In fact a lot of the browser features don't work properly in my set up. ie: the "open in external browser" buttons don't work either.

I just use external browsers (FF. IE, SaF & CHr)

alt-tab is where it's at

Nah, everybody will assume you're a genius with psychic powers.  I'm just too slow today. I didn't see opike's screen shot until after I posted .. which made my last response sound like I was daft or couldn't read ;-) I was about to add a correction, then you responded and EE locked me out :) Oh well, time for more coffee ..


Yeah, I remember having that problem on one installation. Not sure how I fixed it, maybe adding/removing the CFE nature or updating the browser paths.  Fortunately it works perfectly on my current machine 3.5 / Win7 (TG).

"What's the location of your project directory?  If it's in a non-web accessible directory that could explain the error."

My project directory is outside of the apache directory structure so I'll try moving it under htdocs/.

I also noticed that CF placed a cfdocs/ directory under htdocs. There's a getting_started folder under cfdocs/ that looks like it contains a sample app but I can figure out where the top level link is.

It's part of the overall CF documentation. The root is "dochome.htm"

        ie http://localhost/cfdocs/dochome.htm

From dochome.htm can I get to the files in cfdocs/getting_started?