Using the cfcompile utility

You can use the cfcompile utility for the following purposes:

Precompiling ColdFusion pages Precompile your application's CFM pages into Java class files. At runtime, ColdFusion MX does not have to compile CFM pages.

Sourceless distribution Create CFM pages as Java bytecode. You can deploy these CFM pages instead of CFML source code.

The cfcompile utility is located in the cf_root/bin (server configuration) or cf_webapp_root/WEB-INF/cfusion/bin (multiserver and J2EE configuration) directory.

This section describes the following topics:

Precompiling ColdFusion pages

You can use the cfcompile utility to precompile ColdFusion pages (CFM, CFC, and CFR files). This can enhance initial page loading time at runtime.

Use the following command to compile ColdFusion pages into Java classes:

cfcompile webroot [directory-to-compile]

The following table describes these parameters:

Parameter	Description
webroot	Fully qualified path to the web server root; for example, C:\Inetpub\wwwroot or C:\CFusionMX7\wwwroot.
directory-to-compile	Fully qualified path to the directory where the files to be compiled are located. This directory must be under the webroot directory. If not specified, all ColdFusion templates in the webroot directory are compiled.

Sourceless distribution

You can use the cfcompile utility with the -deploy option to create ColdFusion pages (CFM, CFC, and CFR files) that contain Java bytecode. You can then deploy the bytecode versions of the ColdFusion pages instead of the original CFML source code.

Use the following command to compile CFML files into bytecode format that you can deploy instead of CFML source code:

cfcompile -deploy webroot directory-to-compile output-directory

The following table describes these parameters:

Parameter	Description
webroot	Fully qualified path to the web server root; for example, C:\Inetpub\wwwroot or C:\CFusionMX7\wwwroot.
directory-to-compile	Fully qualified path to the directory where the files to be compiled are located. This directory must be under the webroot directory. This is required for the `-deploy` option.
output-directory	Fully qualified path to the directory to contain the compiled deployable files. This cannot be the same directory as the source directory.

After you run the cfcompile utility, perform the following steps:

Back up your original CFML files
Copy the generated bytecode CFML files to the original directory
Deploy the application.

Tip: The J2EE Archive screen of the ColdFusion MX Administrator lets you create an EAR or WAR file that contains bytecode versions of your application's CFML files.

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