Re: Page Directive & Dreamweaver??

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Let me respond to say that DreamWeaver supports the development of 
non-code-behind ASPX pages, so your premise that DreamWeaver is not intended 
for ASP.NET is incorrect.  Just because Microsoft didn't produce the tool 
doesn't mean that you cannot use for ASP.NET development.
-- 
Christopher A. Reed
"The oxen are slow, but the earth is patient."

"Nathan Sokalski" <njsokalski@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message 
news:ec0o65sJGHA.216@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> First of all, you should NEVER use any editor not intended for ASP.NET to 
> edit .aspx files. Editors such as Dreamweaver are HTML editors and do not 
> know what the directives do, and because they are wysiwyg (visual) 
> editors, they will usually recreate all the code each time, or at least 
> remove parts of the code that they do not know what mean. My suggestion is 
> to do one of the following:
>
>
> Avoid editors other than the one you use to create your ASP.NET 
> application (probably Visual Studio .NET)
>
> OR
>
> If you really want to use a graphical HTML editor, create a separate page 
> using whatever editor you like, and then copy and paste the desired 
> sections from that code into your .aspx file.
>
>
> My personal opinion of most graphical HTML editors (including 
> Dreamweaver), however, is that they are not very good. They often create 
> inefficient and sometimes unnecessary code. In order to make them create 
> code that is good enough to be worth using you often need to put in so 
> much effort that it would be quicker to write it by hand. But even more 
> important, why are you trying to edit your file in another editor anyway? 
> Only ASP.NET editors will be able to recognize your webcontrols, so unless 
> you plan on using all HTML controls in your code, a graphical HTML editor 
> won't be much help. And if you do plan on using only HTML controls, why 
> are you making it in ASP.NET to begin with?
> -- 
> Nathan Sokalski
> njsokalski@xxxxxxxxxxx
> http://www.nathansokalski.com/
>
> "Adam Knight" <adam@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message 
> news:OlxfAsrJGHA.516@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> Hi all,
>>
>> I am using a dreamweaver template for a web app i am working on.
>>
>> Each time  i update the template my page directives at the top of the 
>> associated pages gets removed.
>>
>> Anyone had problems with this?
>> Know how to fix?
>> Fill me in on what is going on?
>>
>> Cheers,
>> Adam
>>
>
> 


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