View in browser doesn't work

Question

I have set up a localhost server on port 8500 for ColdFusion Builder, but when I try to run a simple test of
<cfoutput>#DateFormat(Now)())#
</cfoutput>
and check it in Safari browser, I get a blank page. None of my .cfm pages show up in Builder. What's wrong?
Thanks,
Tedra

Answer 1

Your description is a bit sketchy, however a few thoughts (might actually start with step 4).
1) make sure your cfm files and project is set up to be under your ColdFusion9 wwwroot.  So, on windows, if your project was called test, the correct folder would be c:\ColdFusion9\wwwroot\test, with the .cfm files under that directory.
2) make sure you can bring up the ColdFusion9 administrator panel.  Under Servers, right-click the server you setup, and do "launch ColdFusion Administrator".  Make sure your local server is setup with the right passwords.
3) check your project properties (right click on your project, select properties), and here make sure your project is referencing the server.  From there you should be able to switch from the Source|Firefox|IE tabs (that's what I have on Windows), and something should show up.  Also, when you run the .cfm file in an external browser.
4) Step 1, however, should be verifyable OUTSIDE of CF Builder, with a path something like:
     http://localhost:8500/project-directory-name/example.cfm file
Also of course make sure that http://localhost:8500/CFIDE does something.   That should tie it altogether, since when you do a launch/run from CF Builder, you can compare the address it puts in your browser, with the aforementioned addresses.
Let us know what was wrong, so others can use your post.