Dreamweaver CS3 with existing Server Behaviours

Hi All,
Obviously i'm aware of the upcoming launch of Dreamweaver
CS3, which looks good, I'm currently using MX 2004 and considering
upgrading, however before i do so i have some queries.
We specialise in building ASP applications, which is why we
bought MX 2004 in the first place, as it included a number of
Server Behaviuors like login, go to detail page, recordset builders
etc, however as we found up, some of the key Server Behaviours,
like file upload and smartmail were not included.
Since then we've spent a lot of money buying extensions such
as WebAssist's SuperSuite and DMXZone's SmartMailor and
PureASPUpload to mention but a few.
Obviously keen to ensure before we purchase Dreamweaver CS3
that it is still aimed at developers and ccomes with Server
Behaviours but also that it still supports all of these extensions
and that we wouldn't therefore be losing the use of these very
usefull tools.
Thanks in advance

GTN1707 wrote:
> Obviously keen to ensure before we purchase Dreamweaver
CS3 that it is still
> aimed at developers and ccomes with Server Behaviours
but also that it still
> supports all of these extensions and that we wouldn't
therefore be losing the
> use of these very usefull tools.
Dreamweaver CS3 most definitely supports server behaviors:
http://www.adobe.com/products/dreamweaver/features/allfeatures/
"Open server and technology support
"Support for leading technologies
"Take advantage of support for leading web development
technologies,
including HTML, XHTML, CSS, XML, JavaScript, Ajax, PHP,
Adobe®
ColdFusion®, ASP, ASP.NET, and JSP."
AFAIK, all leading extension developers have been given the
opportunity
to test their extensions with the new version. To find out
whether the
particular commercial extensions you use are compatible with
CS3,
contact the developer directly.
David Powers, Adobe Community Expert
Author, "Foundation PHP for Dreamweaver 8" (friends of ED)
Author, "PHP Solutions" (friends of ED)
http://foundationphp.com/

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