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Using the Interactive Debugger in ColdFusion Studio

Developers can use the interactive debugger in ColdFusion Studio to debug dynamic pages against the ColdFusion application server.

You can use the debugging tools to:

To run the interactive debugger, you use the Debug menu or the commands on the Debug toolbar in ColdFusion Studio. But first, you need to set up the debugger with the correct paths to both your application pages and your ColdFusion server.

The following sections describe these procedures in detail.

Getting Started

First, you need to take the following steps to set up the debugging session:

Configuring a Remote Development Server

To access a remote server in ColdFusion Studio, you must first configure the server and provide security login information if the server is protected through ColdFusion security.

To configure a remote development server:

  1. In ColdFusion Studio, open the first application page you would like to debug and choose Debug > Debug Settings.
  2. In the Debug Start pane of the Remote Development Settings dialog box, choose Add RDS Server from the drop-down list.
  3. In the Configure RDS Server dialog box, enter the description, host name, user name, password, and port of the Remote Server. You can also choose whether or not to use Secure Sockets Layer to access the server.
  4. If your remote server is protected by ColdFusion RDS Security, enter the user name and password you use to access this protected resource.
  5. Click OK.

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