Adobe ColdFusion 8

Installing HomeSite+ Extensions

You can update HomeSite+ to include all the new and updated tags and functions in ColdFusion 8.

Update HomeSite+ tag completion and help to match ColdFusion 8

  1. Back up the following directories (homesite-root refers to the directory that contains HomeSite+):
    - homesite-root/Extensions/Docs/CFMLFunctions
- homesite-root/Extensions/Docs/CFMLTags
- homesite-root/Extensions/TagDefs/CFML
- homesite-root/Extensions/TagDefs/validator.vtv
- homesite-root/Extensions/Includes/tcCFML.inc
- homesite-root/Extensions/Outline Profiles/CFML Tags.vtm
- homesite-root/Extensions/ExpressionElements.vtm
- homesite-root/Extensions/valuemap.vtv
- homesite-root/Extensions/versions.vtv
- homesite-root/UserData/tagcomp.dat
- homesite-root/UserData/TagList.dat
- homesite-root/Help/booktree.xml
  2. Extract HomeSiteExtensionsForCF8.zip to your homesite-root directory. Overwrite identically named files.
  3. Configure the Help tree:
    1. Open homesite-root/Help/cf8booktree.xml in a text editor.
    2. Select All and copy the selected text.
    3. Open homesite-root/Help/booktree.xml in a text editor.
    4. Scroll to the bottom of the file and insert a blank line just before the final tag:

      </help_ref>

    5. Paste the copied text into the blank line.
    6. Save booktree.xml.
  4. Restart HomeSite+.