ColdFusion Builder Workspace Refreshing

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Steve Onnis

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Nov 15, 2010, 12:16:00 AM11/15/10
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Is there a way to either turn off or control how often ColdFusion Builder refreshes the workspace? Currently it does it everytime i press a key and just slows everything down....like i type and i have to wait for the workspace refresh to finish so the typing can catch up and is really hindering my coding.

 

Any ideas?

Steve






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Carl

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Nov 15, 2010, 5:15:27 PM11/15/10
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Hi Steve,

I see there is CF builder update1 available, it brings the version to
1.0.0.271911 . If not already done perhaps you can apply.

I have noticed forums mention CF builder is slow on MAC (which
typically I do not use) however I have not paid much attention to the
details. You did not mention the operating system.

CF builder is java based. Perhaps it did not install and provide
adequate resources for JVM arguments so you could check the Xmx,
MaxPermSize etc in "CFBuilder.ini".

HTH, Carl.
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charlie arehart

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Nov 15, 2010, 7:46:59 PM11/15/10
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Carl’s suggestions seem on the money. As for refreshing, there are different ways that CFB does that, and some are controllable, but I’m not aware of any that you should be seeing on every keypress. What do you see in windows>show view>other>general>progress? That may give a clue. See also  “problems” and “console” views listed there.

As for refreshing, there is at least one form of server refresh that happens if you have connected your project to a CF server. You can control when it does that, in preferences>coldfusion>server settings.

Let us know if any of this helps.

 

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Steve Onnis

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Nov 15, 2010, 7:53:18 PM11/15/10
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Every time i press a key the “Progress” panel shows “Building Workspace....” and then “Refreshing Content...”

charlie arehart

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Nov 15, 2010, 8:24:26 PM11/15/10
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OK, that’s a good starting point. I don’t recognize the issue immediately, but have you tried the update that Carl suggested?

Also, there is a preferences>general>workspace with a “refresh automatically”. Is that checked for you? Don’t know what it does, but worth considering.

Perhaps others with more experience with your specific problem may pipe up. If not, there is also a CFBuilder Adobe forum that may prove more fruitful.

 

/charlie

 

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Every time i press a key the “Progress” panel shows “Building Workspace....” and then “Refreshing Content...”

 

Mark Picker

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Nov 15, 2010, 9:24:27 PM11/15/10
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Hi Steve,

I still don't use CFBuilder (I use Aptana) but I know with it if
"Build Automatically" (under Project on the menu) is ticked, the same
thing happens to me. Every single press of a key causes "Building
workspace" and can slow things down.

Cheers
Mark
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Sean Corfield

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Nov 15, 2010, 9:32:17 PM11/15/10
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Hmm, I've never seen this (and I have both Build Automatically and
Refresh Automatically enabled - and use ColdFusion Builder pretty much
24x7x365). For me it only refreshes when I save a file. I can't
imagine how or why it would run a build on every key stroke...

Sean Corfield

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Nov 15, 2010, 9:41:55 PM11/15/10
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OK, I cracked open the progress view and I actually *do* see build /
refresh occurring but they happen so fast I normally don't see the
progress message - and it also looks like they don't happen
continuously if I type fast - there's a pause between them so I might
get just two or three build / refresh cycles per line of code.

So, yes, you seem to be right but I don't find it slows Eclipse down
for me (2.8GHz quad core with 8GB RAM).

I'll ping Adam / Terry @ Adobe and get them to provide input on this
thread - including the impact of turning off the automatic build /
refresh.

Sean

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Steve Onnis

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Nov 15, 2010, 10:05:47 PM11/15/10
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If i untick the the "Build Automatically" option i only get the "Refreshing
Workspace.." happening. It seems to be that the refreshing workspace action
is what is used to do the color coding because if i edit a text file i do
not get either the refreshing workspace nor the building workspace processes
happening

By the way i am running in 32Bit Windows 7 with a duel core 1.86GHz
processor with 4Gb of ram. This should be more than enough to run the
software or do we need super computers now to run Adobe software?

Sean

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charlie arehart

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Nov 15, 2010, 10:57:00 PM11/15/10
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Fair enough, Steve. So again, let's keep moving forward: are you sure you're running
the latest version? There was an updater, at
http://www.adobe.com/support/coldfusion/downloads_updates.html#cfb. Even if nothing in
the readme seems specifically related to your challenge, it seems worth ruling out.

Also, are you sure that you're not running low on heap? Have you enabled the memory
monitor to keep an eye on things (preferences>general>show heap status)? Are you
viewing the problems and console view also, to see if you're getting any errors?

The bottom line is that, no, it should NOT require a super computer. :-) CFB does not
"simply suck", and problems like this are not universal. There's nearly always an
answer, and sometimes something unique to your situation--just as with solving CF
server problems (which I'll discuss in my daylong class at the conference tomorrow).

/charlie


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charlie arehart

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Nov 27, 2010, 11:09:31 PM11/27/10
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Any resolution, Steve?

/charlie


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Steve Onnis

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Nov 28, 2010, 12:00:15 AM11/28/10
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Nope nothing

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Any resolution, Steve?

/charlie

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charlie arehart

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Nov 28, 2010, 1:20:18 AM11/28/10
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Well, I was also asking implicitly if you had considered the points I'd raised. It's
still not clear. :-) Just trying to help.

Steve Onnis

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Nov 28, 2010, 1:34:10 AM11/28/10
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Have tried everything. Sometimes i have to wait up to 10 seconds for
everything to catch up. Its very anoying

charlie arehart

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Nov 28, 2010, 1:53:31 AM11/28/10
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Everything? I'll assume you mean what's been mentioned on the list to this point. :-)
So was the heap monitor showing high memory use? It may not. Just not clear from your
answers.

Perhaps more helpful, I have a few more troubleshooting suggestions that I offer in my
"hidden gems in CFBuilder" talk (which I gave at cfobjective(anz)). You can find it
online at http://carehart.org/presentations/#cfbgems. See the troubleshooting slides
starting at slide 26-30, especially slides 27 and 28.

/charlie


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Barry Chesterman

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Nov 28, 2010, 5:44:36 PM11/28/10
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I have my Workspace config set to 'Build automatically' enabled and 'refresh automatically' and 'save automatically before build' disabled with no problems like you are reporting.

Something else you can try if performance is not great is set 'Display Syntax Errors Only on File Save' to enabled (in Coldfusion > Editor Profiles > Editor > Syntax Checking). that way it is not trying to syntax check everything every time you type a letter.

Also, are your files network shared, or local?
I had an issue where a switch I was connected to was faulty and it caused my network to be fairly slow, Coldfusion Builder took forever to do refreshes.

Regards
Barry.
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