Agreed, DW is useless, but I think the bigger issue is that you're using SourceSafe. Get rid of the demon and go to SVN. (Then just tell that one guy that DW is no longer supported due to it's non integration with SVN and make him use CFE :-P )
Russ > -----Original Message----- > From: Daniel Lancelot [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Monday, September 11, 2006 12:53 PM > To: CF-Talk > Subject: Re: Holy crap I like CFEclipse! > > > > Turn off the design view and you've got a serious code editor. > > > > I tend to disagree, in my opinion the real added value in DW are certain > > visual tools, if you don't use them, you are better served by CFEclipse > or > > a > > traditional code editor, faster and with a smaller footprint, like > > EditPlus, > > UltraEdit, or even good old Homesite. > > > Completely agree - only time I use DW is for rapid edits of static HTML > (laying out html emails etc). > > We have guy's on the team here who use DW for everything - and this has > exposed a quite annoying """feature""" - namely its broken SourceSafe > integration. > > If a file is checked out to another user, and you try editing it within > DW, > DW will remove the write protection on the file, but will not check it > out. > > THIS IS WRONG! > > No other source control product that I have ever used works in this way... > > The write protection and the check out status go hand in hand - and you > should not be able to edit a file which is not checked out. > > What's even worse, is that if you then try and save the file, DW will go > and > checkout the file over your changed file, and irrecoverably lose all your > changes. > > In addition, if you try and do a search and replace across multiple files, > some of which have been checked out, edited and saved, and some of which > are > still checked in, DW will prompt you to ask if you want to check out > un-checked out files. If you click yes, not only will DW check out the > un-checked out files, but also all the ones already checked out and > changed > - losing all work since you last checked your files in!!!! > > My colleague has lost a sum total of at least 12 hours work due to DW's > sourcesafe bugs. I meanwhile use CF Eclipse with the free VSS Explorer > eclipse plug in - and have never had any (VSS related) problems... > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Introducing the Fusion Authority Quarterly Update. 80 pages of hard-hitting, up-to-date ColdFusion information by your peers, delivered to your door four times a year. http://www.fusionauthority.com/quarterly Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/message.cfm/messageid:252765 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.4
