August 18, 2020
CFBuilder, FTP and Compare Files
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August 18, 2020
CFBuilder, FTP and Compare Files
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I have to admit: I use cfbuilder 2. We really want to upgrade to the latest version – many goodies there – but a very basic function (and to us essential) is missing. I may be missing something, but I cannot find anything close in what we need in CFB2018 without contortions and complexity. I understand CF removed the Aptana module after CFB2, but functionality was lost and not replaced.

Here it is: We have a development server, and a production server.

Scenario: We modify/develop/tweak a file.

Currently: Right click: synchronize (the dev and production files), right click on the file, check differences. All good? Click button: synchronize. Simple, quick, and easy (=productivity) .

I cannot see an easy way of doing it on more current versions of CFB.

Yes, you can use Beyond Compare, but that is new interface, many keystrokes, time and effort. I have also tried to shoehorn in some eclipse plugins, but it has been a painful process and the integration is rarely seamless.

Surely we are not the only developers in the world that do a filecompare and then fileupload when they modify files?

Like I said, we may have missed something obvious. Does anybody out there have any ideas?

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2021-10-21 15:55:50
2021-10-21 15:55:50

I agree this is very bad news to miss such basic feature now with last version !

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2020-08-28 22:01:03
2020-08-28 22:01:03

I agree completely. This basic FTP, compare, synchronize feature is sorely needed in ColdFusion Builder. I find myself switching back and forth between CFBuilder 2018 and Dreamweaver just to accomplish a basic FTP compare & upload. I would love to see this feature added to the next version.

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2020-08-19 20:43:16
2020-08-19 20:43:16

Not to be negative but it is 2020 and these practices of ‘syncing’ files to prod are a bit dated.
Are you using source control?  You could basically mimic this same workflow (though it’s still not recommended) and simply commit and push to prod.

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