Dreamweaver - Re: Dreamweaver MX 2004

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Re: Dreamweaver MX 2004 - 7.0.1 Bug!!

Murray *TMM*

2004-04-30, 5:30 pm

robo:

I am using DMX2004 7.0.1 on W2KPro.

> Highlight some text you wish to make a hyperlink and then try to past the
> actual link into the link text box in the property inspector and the
program
> will replace the text you are trying to make a hyperlink with the URL.
Not
> good...

This works perfectly for me.

> If you click on the folder icon in the property inspector and try to
paste the
> URL in the URL text box the program now removes the HTTP info giving a
link
> that does not work. Also not good......

Also works perfectly for me.

What is different between our systems?

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"robonet" <webforumsuser@macromedia.com> wrote in message
news:c6tn89$nqf$1@forums.macromedia.com...
> I installed the 7.0.1 updater on my copy of Dreamweaver MX 2004 yesterday
and
> immediatly began to see problems.
>
> The first and most important is that you can no longer cut and paste
links
> into the property inspector.
>
> Highlight some text you wish to make a hyperlink and then try to past the
> actual link into the link text box in the property inspector and the
program
> will replace the text you are trying to make a hyperlink with the URL.
Not
> good...
>
> So then I try to do it anothe way....
>
> If you click on the folder icon in the property inspector and try to
paste the
> URL in the URL text box the program now removes the HTTP info giving a
link
> that does not work. Also not good......
>
> It also wilk sometimes present an alert box telling you that the link is
> outside of the local site and ask if you want to import it? What is up
with
> that? All I want to do is link to an external site. The only way I can
do
> this now is to go to Code View and insert the link in the actual code..
> THIS IS NOT AN IMPROVEMENT..
>
> I many cases I have to insert links/URLs that are quite long and hand
typing
> them into the link box is not feasable due to the potential of making a
typo..
> but more importantly, you should BE ABLE TO PASTE THE URL IN THE LINK BOX
> without replacing the text you are trying to make a hyperlink. This has
got to
> be bug in my opinon.
>
> I have tried everything I can think of to determine if I am doing
something
> wrong or not. Can somebody shed some light on why this is happening or if
this
> is a bug in the 7.0.1 Updater Code??
>
> Jim
>
>
>

robonet

2004-04-30, 5:31 pm

I am using Win 2000 Pro as well. I have no idea why this is happening.
Yesterday tech support had me delete the config file and start over... after
doing that you could at least type a URL in the link box and it would work but
I can not paste a url in the link box.. it replaces the text... very
discouraging and frustrating.

Dan Ashley

2004-04-30, 5:31 pm

I am on Mac OS X 10.3 and experience no problems cutting and pasting URLs
into the property inspector.

Experimental workaround: Have you tried cutting and pasting URLs into
another program such as Notepad? Does that work? If so, maybe you can
experiment with this: (1) enter some dummy text for the URL in the property
inspector, (2) go copy your URL, (3) switch to Code View and hilite the
dummy text, (4) in Code View, attempt to replace the hilited dummy text with
the real URL by hitting ctl-V (paste). If that does not work try to replace
it by right clicking and selecting "Paste".

Does this work?

- Dan

robonet

2004-04-30, 5:31 pm

Well... that was a partial solution...

Ctrl_V DOES allow me to paste the URL in the Link box of the property
inspector.... HOWEVER..
place your cursor in the link box and try to either use the paste command or
Shift-Insert... It will replace the text you are trying to make a hyperlink.

Now, try doing the same thing after you click on the folder Icon next to the
link box and try using any method to paste the link into the URL box there...
click ok after you have done this then examine the URL of the link:
Dreamweaver truncates the URL.. removing the http://www.xxx.xxx/ and only
leaving the rest of the path to the file.. which, of course, will not work.

Jim

Alan

2004-04-30, 5:31 pm

clicking the FOLDER icon in the prop. inspector is for browsing to, and
choosing, LOCAL files in your site. It is not for pasting an external
http:// url.

> Now, try doing the same thing after you click on the folder Icon next to the
> link box and try using any method to paste the link into the URL box there...
> click ok after you have done this then examine the URL of the link:
> Dreamweaver truncates the URL.. removing the http://www.xxx.xxx/ and only
> leaving the rest of the path to the file.. which, of course, will not work.

robonet

2004-04-30, 5:32 pm

That may be one of the things they "fixed" as I could do it before I installed the 7.0.1 updater.

OK... guess Ctrl-V is the only way it will allow you to do this.

Thanks for the help.

Jim