- Calvin
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From: Peter Tilbrook
To: CF-Talk
Sent: Friday, March 12, 2004 10:00 PM
Subject: SOT: 20 meg updater for DWMX 2004
Not happy Jan!
Consider these points:
1. Dreamweaver MX 2004 is not entirely a cheap product.
2. You cannot obtain HomeSite+ without purchasing Studio MX or Dreamweaver
MX.
3. The "winard" you mention is only available on as a third-party extension
on a "purchase to obtain" DRK.
4. The extension in question broke my install of DWMX.
5. MM have restored the little used "Timeline" feature so why not a decent
SQL Builder tool like that provided in CFStudio/HS?
When providing training for Centrelink (26,000 staff) I was embarassed to
learn how lame DWMX's SQL tools were compared to HS (5.5) or even CF Studio
5.
If MM truly want us to move to DWMX, they are on a good start with the
updater, but a really cool integrated SQL Builder would put the icing on the
cake.
In fact the training situation was interesting. Launch DWMX and use the
"Login Form" template, copy the HTML code, back to HS and use that within
the HS environment.
I was asked by a canny trainee why. I was tempted to say just shut up and do
it. Obviously HS doesn't have the "templates" but for everything else it
does much more. The context sensitive help us far more useful (press the F1
key (Windows) in a tag for detailed information) and the online help is far
more useful for cutting and pasting. WTH MM did with this in DWMX 2004 is
beyond me. And I was trying to cram 8 years of CF coding into 2 days of
training.
So after a brief rundown and introduction to DWMX it was interesting to say
- bugger it - open up HS instead - I know it works!
So MM. Build the tool ColdFusion Studio/HomeSite users (coders) can enjoy.
Make the "developer view" actually be like that instead of a clever
re-arrangement of the screen. Add a help system similar to CFS/HS for CFML
(and other languages if demanded, ASP, PHP, etc).
--
Peter Tilbrook
ColdFusion Applications Developer
ColdGen Internet Solutions
Manager, ACT and Region ColdFusion Users Group - http://www.actcfug.com
<http://www.actcfug.com/>
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Queanbeyan, NSW, 2620
AUSTRALIA
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Sent: Saturday, 13 March 2004 10:56 AM
To: CF-Talk
Subject: RE: 20 meg updater for DWMX 2004
the hand coder tools
and
advanced query wizard are on devnet 4
advanced query wizard is here to
http://www.advancedextensions.com
and o'reilly's sql reference is on devnet 2
> Hey what's the name of the extension that you're referring too? I would
> like to check it out but I can't seem to find it.
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> Neal Bailey
> Internet Marketing Manager
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> Sent: Friday, March 12, 2004 5:16 PM
> To: CF-Talk
> Subject: RE: 20 meg updater for DWMX 2004
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> there is an extention 4 it also things like hard-coder tools
> and im dl'ing a new extention right now for cf tools
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