Use the Cold Fusion Verity Administrator to define logical names and locations for new collections. You can also manage collection settings, purge collection data, and delete collections. In addition, you can generate collections for ASCII text files or directories using the Administrator. For complete information about the Cold Fusion Verity Administrator, click the Help button in the Administrator dialog.
To start the Administrator, click on the Cold Fusion Verity Administrator icon in your Cold Fusion 2.0 program group.
You use the Cold Fusion Verity Administrator to define a collection prior to generating it. To define a collection:
- Start the Cold Fusion Verity Administrator by clicking on its icon in the Cold Fusion 2.0 program group.
- Click Add to add a define a collection to Cold Fusion. The Collection Settings dialog appears.
- Enter a name for your collection. The Administrator fills out the Collection Root path with a corresponding directory path.
You can use either the Cold Fusion Verity Administrator or the CFX_INDEX tag to generate collections. Use the following guidelines in deciding which method to use:
Use the Administrator if: Use the CFX_INDEX tag if: You want to index ASCII text data You want to index a database table The collection won't be updated very frequently You need to dynamically generate or update a collection from a Cold Fusion template You want to generate the collection without writing any CFML code Your collection needs to be updated frequently You want to generate a one-time collection, i.e., for testing Your collection needs to be updated by other people, i.e., end users.