Dave, as I mentioned before, I've been using DW since 1. I'm fairly familiar with DW, and have even written extensions (for corporate internal use) to solve some problems - such as the lack of the full file path + no full file path in the window list. I've even written an extension to write information about a file to a database requiring minimum user interaction for a change management solution.
However, I still find that DW lacks a great deal that it should have since it is the declared ColdFusion editor of choice by the maker of ColdFusion. - Calvin -----Original Message----- From: Dave Watts [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, January 13, 2005 3:31 PM To: CF-Talk Subject: RE: John Dowdell Wants to Know What's Wrong with Macromedia > As far as visual tools go, there's not that much for visual > tools for CF in the product. Conversely the CSS visual tools > are the best in market. See the difference in focus? If there > were really great visual ways to develop CF code in DW, > that'd be beneficial too. Given that CFML code doesn't have any visual interface - only the HTML that is generated by CFML does - what sort of visual tools would you want to see? As far as it goes, though, there are some tools in there that you might not use or be aware of. Some of the Application objects are pretty extensive (although I don't really like most of them). Did you know that in design view, you can click on a field from a recordset and apply formatting using the appropriate CFML function without even knowing the function, by using the Bindings panel? How about that you can click the "Dynamic" button to bind a SELECT to a recordset? Those are the sorts of things I think of as far as visual tools go. To be perfectly honest, I don't use those sorts of things that much outside of a classroom, since it takes me less time to type code than to use the mouse, but that's more a matter of personal preference than anything else - the code that's generated is identical in many cases. Dave Watts, CTO, Fig Leaf Software http://www.figleaf.com/ Fig Leaf Software provides the highest caliber vendor-authorized instruction at our training centers in Washington DC, Atlanta, Chicago, Baltimore, Northern Virginia, or on-site at your location. Visit http://training.figleaf.com/ for more information! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Discover CFTicket - The leading ColdFusion Help Desk and Trouble Ticket application http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=48 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:4:190323 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/4 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:4 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.4 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
