DW Search not seeing file - CRITICAL

Question

Hi Gang-
I ran into a critical issue yesterday when using Dreamweaver
(CS3) to do a "Find" on a string of text.... I did a "ctrl-F" to
look for a string of text inside of a file, and performed a search
using DW's source code and text options. The string is present in a
file, however none of the ways that I could execute a search/find
with DW yielded a positive search result; DW search results came up
empty.
This presented a very uncomfortable situation that I was
forced into with a support group, so much so they mandated that I
download and install CFEclipse (the search result came back
positive with CFEclipse). More importantly, it made me look foolish
that a simple search gave wrong results and consequently killed
several hours of my time, and others as well.
I was trying to find a simple string of text "Your attempt
was successful." I copied and pasted the search term, tried shorter
strings and ultimately the search failed. The file that I needed to
find was a ".properties" file - is there something special I need
to know to have DW handle these file types? Are there any other
file types that will hang me up in the same way?
Thanks for your help,
Rich

Answer 1

rich.leach wrote:
> no, the file was not open, and I tried all of the
various search options
> available in the DW Find feature, especially after this
issue was discovered.
> And if DW customers are required to register particular
file types with DW in
> order to have the application successfully search those
files, that would
> warrant a special instruction set or at least a dialog
box somewhere in DW,
> wouldn't you agree???
This is an issue that I have never come across before. You're
using a
non-standard filename extension, so it doesn't particularly
surprise me
that Dreamweaver ignored it. Have you tried entering
.properties in the
list of filename extensions, as I suggested? If that works,
your problem
is solved. All that's needed is for the documentation to be
made more
explicit.
On the other hand, if your filename extension is likely to be
in
widespread use, perhaps it's something that should be added
to the
standard list of files that Dreamweaver handles. Submit a
feature
request to the Dreamweaver team.
http://www.adobe.com/cfusion/mmform/index.cfm?name=wishform
David Powers, Adobe Community Expert
Author, "The Essential Guide to Dreamweaver CS3" (friends of
ED)
Author, "PHP Solutions" (friends of ED)
http://foundationphp.com/