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| David Knopf wrote:
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| I use to swear at FrontPage. Now I swear by Dreamweaver
| (http://www.macromedia.com) and HomeSite (http://www.allaire.com).
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| I have a question. How does Dreamweaver or HomeSite react when you start
| adding JavaScripts or Active-X controls to the webpage?
| Frontpage seems to
| start having "upchuck" problems when the pages get complex like
| that and, of
| course, the solution from the JavaScript and Active-X developers
| was that I
| should code straight HTML instead of using Frontpage . . . !! Yuck . . .
| not if I don't have to . . .!
Dreanweaver and HomeSite both leave your code alone. If you add JavaScripts
or ActiveX controls, there is no problem. In fact, Dreamweaver has quite a
few tools to help you add scripts easily.