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Working with Remote Files

Support for remote development is tightly integrated with Studio, eliminating the need for complicated network configurations or additional applications to access remote files. Studio provides two ways to work with remote files:

To work with remote files:

  1. Add FTP and RDS servers.
  2. Connect to the remote server.

Adding an FTP server

You add servers in the Remote Files tab in the Resources area.

To add an FTP server:

  1. Click the Remote Files Resource tab.
  2. Right-click in the file pane and select Add FTP Server.
  3. Complete the fields in the Configure FTP Server dialog:
  4. Click OK to complete the dialog.

Note

To edit server settings, right-click on a server name in the Remote Server list and select Server Properties to open the Properties dialog.

To add an RDS server:

  1. Click the Remote Files tab.
  2. Right-click in the file list and select Add RDS Server.
  3. Complete the Remote Host fields in the Configure RDS Server dialog:
  4. Complete the ColdFusion RDS Security fields:
  5. Click Prompt for Password to enable these entries.
  6. Click OK to complete the dialog.

Accessing a remote server

Once you've added a remote server connection, it is easy to open that server and work with the files.

To open files on a remote server:

  1. Click the Remote Files tab.
  2. Double-click on a server name or right-click and choose Connect.
  3. Double-click on drives and directories to locate files.
  4. Double-click on a file to open it in the editor. Remote files are indicated by a blue dot next to their names on the file name tab at the bottom of the editor window.

You can work with remote files just as you do with local ones. When you save files, changes are saved to the remote server.

To add a new file to a remote server:

  1. Open the file in the editor.
  2. Select File > Save Remote Copy.
  3. In the Remote Save dialog, double-click on the server, drive, and directory to open the directory where you can to save the file. You can right-click in the directory list to add a new directory.
  4. Enter a file name with a recognized Studio extension. Click the File Extensions tab of the Options > Settings dialog (F8) to check the current entries.
  5. Click Save.

To add new directories to a remote server:

  1. Click the Remote Files tab.
  2. Double-click on a server name or right-click and choose Connect.
  3. Double-click on drives and directories to locate files.
  4. Right-click in the file pane and choose New Folder.
  5. Enter a name for the new folder. The folder displays in the current directory.


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