Re: HTML AutoFormatting (with an actual question)

From: Michael J. Mooney (mike_mooney_at__yahoo.com.NOSPAM)
Date: 06/14/04 

Date: Mon, 14 Jun 2004 14:02:14 -0400

Question 2: Is there any way in VS.NET 2003 to complete disable the Design
view? I want to make sure that I never switch to it, even by accident (I
will never do so again voluntarily).

Thanks, 

-- 
Michael J. Mooney
MCP+SB, MCAD, MCSD
"Michael J. Mooney" <mike_mooney@_yahoo.com.NOSPAM> wrote in message
news:ODZe7hjUEHA.384@TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl...
> I have resigned myself that to the undeniable fact the VS.NET (2003) will
> attempt to reformat my HTML tags, making my code almost completely
> indecipherable, any time I switch to the Design tab.
>
> Of course, this is ridiculous.  However, since it quite simply cannot be
> solved, my approach is to NEVER switch to the Design tab. If I do
> accidentally, regardless of whether the file becomes marked with a "*"
> indicating that it was changed, I immediately close the file, discarding
all
> changes.  I believe, but have not proven, it VS.NET is sometimes saving
it's
> modifications to the file, because new HTML formatting still shows up now
an
> then.
>
> I just did it again by accident, and it turned my file into 317 lines of
> unreadable junk.  It should take at least a half hour, probably more like
an
> hour and a half, to return the file back to a readable state.  Whoever at
MS
> implemented the logic for this "feature" (which actively sabotages your
> code), should be fired, plain and simple (IMHO). (I said I resigned myself
> to it, I didn't say I wasn't still frustrated and confused by it).
>
> However, my problem now is adding server controls.  Usually, when a person
> adds a server control to a Web Form, VS.NET automatically adds it
> declaration to the .cs code-behind page, along with any declaration which
is
> necessary.  However, this only happens when the Web Form is viewed in
Design
> view; if you add the control to the HTML view, it does not appear in the
> code-behind page unless you switch to Design view.
>
> So, my question is: Is there any shortcut key or macro in VS.NET which
will
> synchronize the local variable declarations in the code behind page with
the
> runat="server" (no, MS, not runat=server) controls declared in the HTML
> page, without (of course) switching to Design view?
>
> Thanks,
> -- 
> Michael J. Mooney
> MCP+SB, MCAD, MCSD
>
>

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