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Subject:Re: Dreamweaver and .asp files - From:Gregory P Sweet <gps03 -at- health -dot- state -dot- ny -dot- us> To:Roberta Hennessey <rahennessey -at- gmail -dot- com> Date:Wed, 17 Apr 2013 08:48:46 -0400
Dreamweaver can handle ASP, but Visual Studio has always been the
recommended IDE.
So questions:
Do you need an IDE or are you looking for a WYSIWYG editor?
Are there other features you want in your editor, besides being able to
open & edit .asp files?
-Greg
techwr-l-bounces+gps03=health -dot- state -dot- ny -dot- us -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com wrote on
04/16/2013 03:49:37 PM:
> From: Roberta Hennessey <rahennessey -at- gmail -dot- com>
> To: tech writer tech writer <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com>
> Date: 04/16/2013 03:50 PM
> Subject: Dreamweaver and .asp files -
> Sent by: techwr-l-bounces+gps03=health -dot- state -dot- ny -dot- us -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com
>
> Hello.
>
> A technical question:
>
> I am presently using FrontPage 2003 to create and update .asp files for
an
> online Help system. I check these .asp files into builds via a Team
> Foundation Server.
>
> I possibly have the opportunity to request another writing tool and am
> considering Dreamweaver (DW). Does anyone have experience (good or bad)
in
> using DW with .asp files?
> It would be so nice not to have to work in FP2003.
>
> I realize that since it's an asp file there may be tweeks that need to be
> made, I'm just wondering if anyone has used this workflow.
>
> Thank you.
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