Setting "Open With" for files in specific folders?

Hello -- I cannot figure out how to have some of my .html files open in DreamWeaver (for when I'm working on my website) while having other .html files open in my web browser (for normal viewing).
I know I can set an individual file to open with a specific application or set all files with the .html extension to always open with a specific application, but I want to be able to select a folder of files (such as the folders that contain my website files, 600+ of them) and set those to open with DW.
Does anyone know how to make this work? Many thanks in advance!

I think you can probably do it, at least for files that are already present in a particular folder.
For safety, try this first on a copy of a folder that contains the files that you want to change. Make sure all the files in the folder are .html files, and that there are no subfolders.
Click inside the folder window and type Command-A, selecting all the files. Then type Option-Command-I, opening up an "inspector" window, essentially a multiple-item Get Info. In that window, go to the "Open With" section and change the choice to DreamWeaver, Do NOT click the "Change All" button.
I don't have DreamWeaver, but when I tried this on the above test folder I was able to change all the .html files in that folder so that they would open in Safari, while leaving the default as Firefox for all the .html files outside the folder.
You might also be able to set up an Automator/Applescript folder-action that would automatically convert new files that are placed into a particular folder, but I don't know how to do that.

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When You view the features of the app in the app store, there are pictures of some of the different screens under the main description of the app. I swiped through the pictures and the fourth photo shows a screen - An image in the black box pointing to the image name - roots.jpg. In the window to the right - it says -Action - at the top - in the grey border. I wouldn't have known that the arrow didn't give the same functionality as it does when you open the PDF in Mail. But I was able to see the trash can, the curved arrow and the blue done button on the right. I never heard of the app until we started to posting. Unless the app specifies that there is a free trial period, there is no way that I know to try an app for free.
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