wwwrootWEB-INFdebug

wwwroot/WEB-INF/debug

In ColdFusion, all debug output is generated programmatically by CFM files. There are three default files in this directory, as listed in Table F.6.

Table F.6. wwwroot/WEB-INF/debug Files

FILE	DESCRIPTION
classic.cfm	Debug output that mimics the behavior of debugging in ColdFusion 5 and earlier
dockable.cfm	DHTML tree-control debug window
dreamweaver.cfm	Dreamweaver debug output, used by Dreamweaver exclusively

classic.cfm and dockable.cfm may be selected using the ColdFusion Administrator (dreamweaver.cfm will not be a selectable option, as it is used only by Dreamweaver). You may create your own debugging templates too (containing any CFML code); simply drop them in this directory, and they'll be available options in the ColdFusion Administrator.

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If you want to create your own debugging templates, use classic.cfm as the model. Some basic steps are required to be able to access the debug data (all are available as queries), and classic.cfm is the simplest and cleanest demonstration of this process.