ColdFusion debugging problem in Eclipse (Break points not hit)

Question

Hi,

I am trying to get the debugger (CF extension for Eclipse) working for last few hours. And struck in strange situation.

My settings are listed below

• ColdFusion 8
• Eclipse 3.4

I set up the RDS & modified the JVM.config settings and verified the connection & debugger, both returns successful in test run. But When i attach a debugger to the site, breakpoints are not hit.

My Eclipse workbench & site virtual directory pointing to the same path. It is in a remote server.

I left Eclipse-CF mapping blank since both pointing the same remote path.

And i am using WYSE thin client emulator.. does it anything to do with this..?

Can someone help me to resolve this problem?

Cheers

Answer 1

If your eclipse configuration is ok, could be that something is not confgured right on server side. Check if Line Debugger Settings > Allow Line Debugging feature is enabled and that Debugger Port (5005) is opened and accessible form client machine.

Articles that should walk you through proper setup:

http://eclipse.sys-con.com/node/382427

http://www.adobe.com/devnet/coldfusion/articles/debugger.html

Also you could try using CF Builder and/or FusionDebug http://www.fusion-debug.com/fd/ .

Answer 2

You do need to specify at least one mapping. Eclipse needs to know what folder in your project maps to the http root. Even if the mapping is / -> /, you need to specify that. The only time you can leave mapping blank is when the CF server is on the same machine as Eclipse.