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iostream71

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i hate html
i really hate wysiwyg editors

that being said, i was trying out a copy of dreamweaver to make my life easier(yeah rite), and it constantly adds extra td tags at the end of the page

if i take them out, it crashes the entire program(wtf?) and the page can never be opened again without crashing dreamweaver(again..wtf??)

also, whenever i put my cursor over the toolbox bar, it brings my system to a crawl for like 10 seconds(i have a good sys and plenty of ram)
 
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Hi iostream71!

I've been working with different versions of DW for more than 2 years and can say for sure that DW never adds unnecessary tags! If it adds anything - it's probably something essential. If it really acts stupid - reinstall it.

Any other thoughts? Good Luck! :-)
 
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I agree with you Eugene, I have been working with dw since ver 1 & it only adds required tags. I was also handcodig before this and have always delved into the code to see what it is doing for me.

So maybe a reinstall might be required.

Only other thing I can suggest is for iostream71 to post the offending code with the "extra" td tags and we will see if there is anything else that jumps out at us ;-) The secret of life is honesty and fair dealing. If you can fake that, you've got it made.
Groucho Marx (1895-1977)
 
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thanx for the input. i've tried installing it multiple times. the problem seems to be in the layout designer. it just always seems to add extra space, and i can't get rid of it. to be honest, i already deleted the crashing pages, but i can make one that will. were there any patches released?

i'll try to make up a test page and post it
 
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here ya go. take that tag out that i marked and it crashes my dreamweaver 4 every time. this extra tag stuff only happens when i move cells around/reposition them


<html>
<head>
<title>goodbye dreamweaver 4</title>
<meta http-equiv=&quot;Content-Type&quot; content=&quot;text/html; charset=iso-8859-1&quot;>
</head>

<body bgcolor=&quot;#FFFFFF&quot; text=&quot;#000000&quot;>

<table width=&quot;534&quot; border=&quot;0&quot; cellpadding=&quot;0&quot; cellspacing=&quot;0&quot;>
<tr>
<td height=&quot;115&quot; valign=&quot;top&quot; colspan=&quot;3&quot;>&nbsp;</td>
<td valign=&quot;top&quot; colspan=&quot;2&quot;>&nbsp;</td>
<td width=&quot;1&quot;></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td width=&quot;137&quot; valign=&quot;top&quot; rowspan=&quot;2&quot;>&nbsp;</td>
<td height=&quot;86&quot; valign=&quot;top&quot; colspan=&quot;2&quot;>&nbsp;</td>
<td rowspan=&quot;3&quot; valign=&quot;top&quot; colspan=&quot;2&quot;>&nbsp;</td>
<td></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td valign=&quot;top&quot; height=&quot;77&quot; colspan=&quot;2&quot;>&nbsp;</td>
<td></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td valign=&quot;top&quot; colspan=&quot;2&quot; rowspan=&quot;2&quot;>&nbsp;</td>
<td valign=&quot;top&quot; width=&quot;73&quot; rowspan=&quot;2&quot;>&nbsp;</td>
<td height=&quot;36&quot;></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td height=&quot;49&quot; width=&quot;150&quot; valign=&quot;top&quot;>&nbsp;</td>
<td valign=&quot;top&quot; width=&quot;146&quot;>&nbsp;</td>
<td></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td height=&quot;0&quot;></td>
<td></td>
<td></td>
<td></td>
<td></td>
<td></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td height=&quot;1&quot;></td>
<td width=&quot;27&quot;></td>
<td></td>
<td></td>
<td></td>
<td></td> <!-- cut this tag and kiss dreamweaver goodbye -->
</tr>
</table>
</body>
</html>
 
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oops...i goofed, used this one

<html>
<head>
<title>goodbye dreamweaver 4</title>
<meta http-equiv=&quot;Content-Type&quot; content=&quot;text/html; charset=iso-8859-1&quot;>
</head>

<body bgcolor=&quot;#FFFFFF&quot; text=&quot;#000000&quot;>

<table width=&quot;534&quot; border=&quot;0&quot; cellpadding=&quot;0&quot; cellspacing=&quot;0&quot;>
<tr>
<td height=&quot;115&quot; valign=&quot;top&quot; colspan=&quot;3&quot;>&nbsp;</td>
<td valign=&quot;top&quot; colspan=&quot;2&quot;>&nbsp;</td>
<td width=&quot;1&quot;></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td width=&quot;137&quot; valign=&quot;top&quot; rowspan=&quot;2&quot;>&nbsp;</td>
<td height=&quot;86&quot; valign=&quot;top&quot; colspan=&quot;2&quot;>&nbsp;</td>
<td rowspan=&quot;3&quot; valign=&quot;top&quot; colspan=&quot;2&quot;>&nbsp;</td>
<td></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td valign=&quot;top&quot; height=&quot;77&quot; colspan=&quot;2&quot;>&nbsp;</td>
<td></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td valign=&quot;top&quot; colspan=&quot;2&quot; rowspan=&quot;2&quot;>&nbsp;</td>
<td valign=&quot;top&quot; width=&quot;73&quot; rowspan=&quot;2&quot;>&nbsp;</td>
<td height=&quot;36&quot;></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td height=&quot;49&quot; width=&quot;150&quot; valign=&quot;top&quot;>&nbsp;</td>
<td valign=&quot;top&quot; width=&quot;146&quot;>&nbsp;</td>
<td></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td height=&quot;0&quot;></td>
<td></td>
<td></td>
<td></td>
<td></td>
<td></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td height=&quot;1&quot;></td>
<td width=&quot;27&quot;></td>
<td></td>
<td></td>
<td></td>
<td></td> <!-- cut this tag and kiss dreamweaver goodbye -->
</tr>
</table>
</body>
</html>
 
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err...the & psp; won't show....all the tags with a space in them should have, so the cells will show up. the rest dreamweaver added
 
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I don't see anything bad in the code... I checked it with my DW - it's OK! I removed td tag and it's still OK...

The only thing I found strange - DW always inserts &amp;nbsp; inside empty TD tags but it's not so in your example... Good Luck! :-)
 
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yes, it does. they show up as empty space when i post

ok, so what's going on then?? i updated to 4.01 and it still happens. i've even reinstalled the os and new hard disk and it still acts the same. maybe it's win 98...kinda old
 
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Honestly have no idea... I had a poblem with DW MX - it crashed on Save. In my cases as I think Microsoft Visual SourceSafe caused the problem. But in yours?.. Something is wrong in your PC configuration (hard or soft), but what exactly?..

What other members think 'bout this?

What graphical card do you have? Good Luck! :-)
 
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yeah, it's extremely odd; even more annoying. graphics card is....geforce 2 mx, i think

i'll try installing on a friend's pc and see if the same happens
 
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Great idea to try it on another computer - if it persists the problem is 99% with your DW copy. Good Luck! :-)
 
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i was discussing this topic with a guy at the dreamweaver forum. he had no idea why it crashed, but the extra td tags are added by dreamweaver for nn4.x. i swear, that nn4 is a never-ending curse. die, nn4, die ;)
 
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iostream71,

First of all, have you tried installing DW on friend's PC?
Second, I don't understand about what extra TD tags are talking about all the time? I don't see any extra TD tag... Good Luck! :-)
 
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