User Guide

12 Chapter 1: Essential Information
Differences between ColdFusion MX and ColdFusion MX on
WebSphere
The following sections describe differences between the two configurations supported by
ColdFusion MX: the J2EE configuration and the server configuration. ColdFusion MX for IBM
WebSphere supports the J2EE configuration. Editions of ColdFusion MX available directly from
Macromedia also support the server configuration. These differences include:
General ColdFusion MX feature differences
Differences in directory locations
Differences in the ColdFusion MX Administrator
General ColdFusion MX feature differences
The following differences exist between the features that are available in the ColdFusion MX
server configuration and those that are available in ColdFusion MX for IBM WebSphere
Application Server:
For All operating systems
• The CFML GetMetricData() function is not supported.
• Your application must use relative paths to ensure that it works on any application server.
WEB-INF\cfusion\db Sample databases: in Windows, the files for sample Microsoft
Access databases and ODBC services. On UNIX, the files for the
sample Pointbase databases. Also includes software for installing
ODBC support and other database system specific files.
WEB-INF\cfusion\jintegra JIntegra programs, libraries, and other supporting files (for
example, to integrate Java and COM code; manage access to
ActiveX controls (OCXs) that are hosted in a graphical user
interface (GUI) container; and register the JVM and type
libraries).
WEB-INF\cfusion\lib and WEB-
INF\lib
JAR, XML, property, and other files that are the foundation of
ColdFusion MX, including functionality such as queries, charting,
mail, security, Verity searches, and system probes.
WEB-INF\cfusion\logs ColdFusion MX log files.
WEB-INF\cfusion\Mail Files, including spool files, used by ColdFusion for mail.
WEB-INF\cfusion\registry Used only in UNIX, by the
cfregistry tag.
WEB-INF\cfusion\stubs Contains compiled code for web services.
WEB-INF\cfusion\verity Verity collections.
WEB-INF\classes Java classes for the ColdFusion MX application.
WEB-INF\debug Files for debugging in ColdFusion MX.
WEB-INF\exception Files for exception handling in ColdFusion MX.
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