Dreamweaver CS4 Search Folder Bug (?)

Just curious if anyone else has this issue:
When doing a search and wanting to only focus on a specific folder within the root, I have to go one folder deeper to have Dreamweaver select the folder I actually want.
For example, if I want to search files within /root/main/ I have to actually select /root/main/subfolder/ to have Dreamweaver actually search the "main" folder.
Is this a bug or just how the search folder works?
Dreamweaver CS4 (10.0 build 4117) for Windows 7

It's a well-known issue. See http://forums.adobe.com/thread/478327.

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jimmyt1988 wrote:
Any chance we can have an update to make the search and replace is faster. It's utterly useless at the moment.
This is a user-to-user forum, so no one here can grant your request. File an enhancement request through the official form at http://www.adobe.com/cfusion/mmform/index.cfm?name=wishform.

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Hello,
I just recently installed Adobe Dreamweaver CS4 on my Mac and
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> I just recently installed Adobe Dreamweaver CS4 on my
Mac and am reciving the
> following error message.
>
> Could not locate the Resources file in the Configuration
folder. This file is
> required to run Dreamweaver please reinstall the
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>
> I reinstalled the application and am continuing to get
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Fix Dreamweaver CS4 Color Eyedropper Bug

Dreamweaver locks up when using the eyedropper from the CSS
panel to select/match a color from any object in Design view.
Easiest to explain by describing a split view. Dreamweaver locks
every time -- when placing cursor in a background color code in a
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touching a color in the Design view part of the split screen.
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this.

prjviera wrote:
> Dreamweaver locks up when using the eyedropper from the
CSS panel to
> select/match a color from any object in Design view.
This is a user-to-user forum. If you have found what you
believe to be a
bug, please file an official report giving as many details as
possible
to reproduce it. The official report form is here:
http://www.adobe.com/cfusion/mmform/index.cfm?name=wishform
David Powers, Adobe Community Expert
Author, "The Essential Guide to Dreamweaver CS4",
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of an
annoyance than a bug.
When working with CSS, I use multiple CSS files and when I
make a change
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was just
working on. In order to make it save that CSS file, I have to
click on
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Art,
I guess you didn't understand what I meant by "focus". Let me
try to
explain in terms of your recipe -- all you need is a slight
change in
workflow:
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now, before
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Randy
Art wrote:
> Let me restate the problem so it's clear what is
happening.
>
> 1. Open page with multiple style sheets applied
> 2. Have split screen
> 3. click on one style sheet and edit it anywhere. After
editing, the
> rounded box will be black and have an asterisk applied
> 4. Click back to page in design view.
> 5. Click control save. It doesn't save the style sheet
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> 6. In order to save you must "save all" or click off and
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>
> Perhaps this is more an issue of focus rather than a
function of the
> save command.
>
> Since it's not saving, perhaps Dreamweaver shouldn't be
displaying the
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click back into
> Design view.
>
> Of course there are ways around this; it's just a little
annoying that
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If you are trying to report a bug, this is not the place for it. This is a user to user Forum. Bug reports go here: https://www.adobe.com/cfusion/mmform/index.cfm?name=wishform
If you are giving a heads-up to fellow Mac Users, so be it.
If you are trying to get support to extricate yourself from what looks like a really aggravating problem, go to http://www.adobe.com/support/contact/ and choose your favorite means of conversation with Adobe Support personnel.
Beth

BUG!!! Dreamweaver CS4

This is a BAD BUG, but hopefully you save ALL of your work
prior to testing in Live View. Because if you have a JavaScript,
that you messed up and there is an endless loop, you have to FORCE
QUIT Dreamweaver CS4 (
) and lose the unsaved data since there is NO WAY to
end LIVE VIEW
Below is a sample of code to create the bug for yourself.
Note: You can see I threw the comment code in front of every
line so the message board wouldn't see it as a valid code. And then
launch the faulty code, causing anyone reading this message to
FORCE QUIT their browser.
//<script type = "text/javascript">
// //[CDATA[
// //Warning: this program has a deliberate
// // error! You will have to stop the browser
// // to end the loop.
// i = 0;
// j = 0;
// while (i < 10) {
// j++;
// alert(j);
// } // end while
// //]]>
// </script>

prolights wrote:
> This is a BAD BUG, but hopefully you save ALL of your
work prior to testing in
> Live View. Because if you have a JavaScript, that you
messed up and there is an
> endless loop, you have to FORCE QUIT Dreamweaver CS4 (
) and lose the
> unsaved data since there is NO WAY to end LIVE VIEW
>
> Below is a sample of code to create the bug for
yourself.
>
> Note: You can see I threw the comment code in front of
every line so the
> message board wouldn't see it as a valid code. And then
launch the faulty code,
> causing anyone reading this message to FORCE QUIT their
browser.
>
> //<script type = "text/javascript">
> // //[CDATA[
> // //Warning: this program has a deliberate
> // // error! You will have to stop the browser
> // // to end the loop.
> //
> // i = 0;
> // j = 0;
> //
> // while (i < 10) {
> // j++;
> // alert(j);
> // } // end while
> // //]]>
> // </script>
If browsers barf on it, how is Dreamweaver going to be able
to handle it
any differently?
Submit your bug report here:
http://www.adobe.com/cfusion/mmform/index.cfm?name=wishform
I just found this:
http://bugs.adobe.com/ its a
shame Dreamweaver isn't
in this system.
Dooza

Disabling community search in Dreamweaver CS4

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plucinskij wrote:
Unfortunately neither seem to be the issue here. My clean install comes from a Microsoft-supplied ISO, with no branding or addon installs whatsoever. My video drivers are also up to date also and yet the problem remains.
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off.
It is interesting in the steps to install this Monitor file it does
not explicitly reference which color profile to use
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or TPFLX.ICM and click the Add button.
I am guessing TPFLX is for the
Quadro FX 570M Adapter
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from the Lenovo site.
http://www-307.ibm.com/pc/support/site.wss/document.do?sitestyle=lenovo&lndocid=MIGR-62923 &velxr-layout=printLenovo.

Is this the right replace to report a bug in dreamweaver CS4?

if so,
i have noticed that when using dreamweaver cs4
on windows vista business(build 6001) with multiple monitors
and dreamweaver is open on a screen that is not the primary screen
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see screenshot

To report bugs or suggest improvements:
http://www.adobe.com/cfusion/mmform/index.cfm?name=wishform

Image Map Bug in Dreamweaver CS4

I've included a video sample of Dreamweaver's inability to
draw polygonal hotspots in Design view on an image map. The image
is inside an absolutely positioned div tag. After clicking the
first corner, the drawing tool is deactivated. A second click to
create the next corner point selects the underlying image.
In this video sample, I'm using Dreamweaver CS4 on a MacBook
Pro with a 2.4 GHz Intel processor and OS X 10.5.6. The image is
actually a transparent PNG. I'm very careful to click on an opaque
area, but that shouldn't make a difference.
The workaround is to open the image in a blank HTML file,
create the polygonal hotspots there and then copy and paste the
code back into the original HTML page. Adobe should really consider
fixing this.
The video can be viewed here:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tRZGUi53PbI

Good review, David. Thanks for the analysis!
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> Murray *ACE* wrote:
>> Or whether it is an issue. For example, the fact
that others are not
>> able to reproduce the problem doesn't bode well in
that regard....
>
> I've just been reading the comments on the CS3 Livedocs
about the same
> problem. Two things stood out: the problem seems to
arise when the image
> is inside a div, and several people said the answer was
to create the
> image map in a new page. Being inside a div should not
present a problem,
> because all my tests have used an image directly inside
a div.
>
> What interested me was that there was no problem
creating an image map in
> a new page. Dreamweaver uses JavaScript in the
background to run a lot of
> its functionality. If there are any errors in the
underlying code, or if
> the code is complex, Dreamweaver can't analyze the page
properly. Another
> possible cause of problems is insufficient memory. If
you have the minimum
> RAM, but other programs are running, this is likely to
cause Dreamweaver
> to fail to function correctly, particularly on large,
complex pages.
>
> So, if Dreamweaver fails to create a hotspot on an
existing page, try it
> on a new page. If it works in the new page, it sounds as
though it's a
> problem with the complexity of the page and/or memory.
If it fails to work
> on the new page, it's back to square one. :(
>
> --
> David Powers
> Adobe Community Expert, Dreamweaver
>
http://foundationphp.com

Dreamweaver CS4 Insert Table button does not work.

I recently upgrade from an older version of Dreamweave to Dreamweaver CS4. But now I have a problem with inserting tables.
They have the dropdown on the top right for Classic, Coder, Coder Plus and so on. I was using classic and everything was fine, then all of a sudden if I try using the Insert Table button from the Inserts tab, it does nothing. If I right click on the button, then click on the button it works, and if i switch to any other view it works. so then I used Coder and it was fine, but then again it stopped working. So I switched to Coder Plus and it was fine for a few more days and then it stops working again. I have rebooted my machine, closed out of DW and nothing seems to fix it. I just installed all adobe software updates and there was nothing in the update that fixed the problem. Does anyone else have this issue and if so, how do I fix it?
I have searched google and I can't find anything. I can keep switching views but one day soon if it continues, I'm going to run out of views and Its such a habit to use the button instead of the Ctrl+Alt+T shortcut.

try the following
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- rename the configuration folder to any name. (just add any character I suggest)
C:\Documents and Settings\[username]\Application Data\Adobe\Dreamweaver CS4\Configuration
- recreate the registry folder
Start > run > regedit
HKEY_CURRENT_USER>Software>Adobe>Dreamweaver>10. Rename 10 ex: 10_old
maybe you can post your specs here for more specific troubleshooting. Cheers!

Error Installing Dreamweaver CS4 on Windows 7: Installer Database is Corrupt

Error Message: The Installer Database is Corrupt. Please contact Adobe Customer Service.
I bought a new laptop and would like to install Dreamweaver CS4 on it. It is already running fine on my desktop, being installed back in 1/2011. Both PCs are Windows 7 but the new laptop is Windows 7 Professional. I have downloaded the two install files ADBEDRWVCS4_LS1.7z and ADBEDRWVCS4_LS1.exe multiple ways and to multiple locatons on the laptop. I've run the .exe file multiple ways and extracted to several locations besides the default (c:\users\userid\Desktop\Adobe CS4). After the extract completes and it tries to run setup I get the same message "The Installer Database is corrupt. Please Contact Adobe Customer Service" (which I did and they just gave me another download link I had already tried).
I even copied the folder with the extracted files done on my desktop (where the install had succeeded). And still got the same message when I ran setup.exe on the laptop. I tried running it with a "run as administrator" command prompt, double-clicking in Windows Explorer, start > run and the same thing happens. At least it doesn't appear that it has actually installed anything yet.
I did notice that my new PC has a program called "7-zip 9.20" installed which I do not remember installing and its install date is prior to my purchase of the PC so I'm guessing it came with it (HP Pavilion 15t running Windows 7 Professional 64-bit). The Windows 7 Desktop does not have this program installed. It is available from C|net where it has a good rating. Perhaps setup.exe does further extracting and the 7-zip program is the culprit? This is a long shot.
I searched for others with this problem and found lots of issues installing Dw CS4, but none quite like this.

Awesome! That worked! Actually I searched three folders (Program Files, Program Files (x86) & Program Data) for caps.db and found:
c:\Program Files\Adobe\Adobe Premier Elements\caps.db (dated 9/2/2011)
c:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Adobe\Backup\caps.db
I ignored the first one since it might be needed by the Premier Elements 10 I installed yesterday and changed the name of the other one from caps.db to barb.fix.
I changed the install folder from c:\Program Files\Adobe to c:\Program Files (x86) just in case CS4 is a 32-bit application which I had done before when installing on my Windows7 Desktop. Now that the install has completed I see that I have caps.db files dated 5/5/2014 in
c:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Adobe\caps\caps.db
c:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Adobe\backup\caps.db (barb.fix is still there but is only 26kb vs 3291 kb for the new caps.db)
Thank-you so much! Now wish me luck when I try to open it for the first time!

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