Dreamweaver provides a way to visually examine the ColdFusion components (CFCs) located in your site folder or on the server as a whole. Dreamweaver reads the .cfc files and displays information about them in an easy-to-navigate tree view in the Components panel.
Dreamweaver looks for the components on your testing server (see Specifying where dynamic pages can be processed). If you create new CFCs or make changes to existing CFCs, make sure to upload the CFC files to the testing server so they are accurately reflected in the Components panel.
If you want to view components located on another server, change the testing server settings.
You can view any of the following information about your CF components:
Dreamweaver displays the component packages on the server. A component package is a folder that contains CFC files.
If existing component packages do not appear, click the Refresh button in the panel toolbar.
This feature is only available if youve defined a computer running ColdFusion MX 6 or later as a testing server for Dreamweaver. For more information, see Enabling the ColdFusion enhancements.
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Functions that take no arguments have no Plus (+) button beside them.
You can also right-click (Windows) or Control-click (Macintosh) the item and select Get Details from the pop-up menu.
Dreamweaver displays details about the item in a message box.