ColdFusion 8, CFEclipse and CFDUMP

The ColdFusion 8 syntax file included with CFEclipse 1.3.1.6 for some reason does not have the updated syntax for ColdFusion 8’s CFDUMP tag. What this means is that if you want to use one of the new attributes for the CFDUMP tag (such as outputting to a file), Eclipse will mark the CFDUMP tag with an error because it does not recognize the attributes for the CFDUMP tag that are new in ColdFusion 8.

I couldn’t find an updated syntax file that contains the correct syntax definition for the ColdFusion 8 CFDUMP tag, so I modified the syntax file myself. If you want the new CFDUMP attributes to be recognized, you can download the modified file and replace the existing file (I recommend renaming the original file in case you want to restore it later).

Starting with your Eclipse (or Flex Builder) directory, the ColdFusion 8 syntax file is located as follows:

eclipse -> plugins -> org.cfeclipse.cfml_1.3.1.6 -> dictionary -> cf8.xml

Rename cf8.xml to something like cf8_orig.xml and then replace it with the modified cf8.xml file. Once you restart Eclipse (or Flex Builder) CFEclipse will no longer display an error when you use CFDUMP attributes that are new to ColdFusion 8.

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Published in: on April 19, 2008 at 2:06 pm Comments (3)
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  1. On July 12, 2008 at 1:11 pm Psychic Advice Said:

    Thanks for the great info. I hope you’ll follow this with some more great content.

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  2. On July 19, 2008 at 7:43 pm Import from China Said:

    I came across this blog the other day and you got some great info here – thanks.

    Reply
  3. On December 7, 2008 at 11:09 am Tim Reynolds Said:

    Nice post. Thank you for the info. Keep it up.

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