Turning a 'code view' only file to a 'design view' file

Question

Thanks for reading.
I am using Dreamweaver 8. I have INC files that I would to be
able to edit in design view as opposed to strictly code view. (lots
of tables and I'd rather just visually edit the cells) I can view
them in the PHP files they are called from (which is a start) but I
need to be able to edit just the INC file in design view; not view
it in the PHP file and then open the INC file in code view.
I have gone through the help file and done the following
(restarting dreamweaver each time):
1) removed INC from the list at dreamweaver >>
Preferences >> FileTypes / Editors >> Open in Code View
2) checked to make sure the INC extention is in the
extension.txt file (it is by default) I've tried moving it to be an
html file, leaving it as a server sife include, and creating a new
'include file' distinction for it. None of it works.
3) Going through the rest of the documentation isn't terribly
helpful. It mentions files and folders I can not find. Most of the
decent documentation I can find is for MX; but the files it points
me to don't seem exist in my installation.
I'm sure this is a really easy problem with a simple
solution; but I am overlooking it. Do I need to find more folders
from my installation? Do I create these folders manually as I need
them? What files go in them? Getting this figured out so I can make
edits to INC files in design view would help me out tremendously.
Thanks for any help.

Answer 1

Save them as *.html rather than *.inc files....
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> Thanks for reading.
>
> I am using Dreamweaver 8. I have INC files that I would
to be able to
> edit in
> design view as opposed to strictly code view. (lots of
tables and I'd
> rather
> just visually edit the cells) I can view them in the PHP
files they are
> called
> from (which is a start) but I need to be able to edit
just the INC file in
> design view; not view it in the PHP file and then open
the INC file in
> code
> view.
>
> I have gone through the help file and done the following
(restarting
> dreamweaver each time):
>
> 1) removed INC from the list at dreamweaver >>
Preferences >> FileTypes /
> Editors >> Open in Code View
>
> 2) checked to make sure the INC extention is in the
extension.txt file (it
> is
> by default) I've tried moving it to be an html file,
leaving it as a
> server
> sife include, and creating a new 'include file'
distinction for it. None
> of it
> works.
>
> 3) Going through the rest of the documentation isn't
terribly helpful. It
> mentions files and folders I can not find. Most of the
decent
> documentation I
> can find is for MX; but the files it points me to don't
seem exist in my
> installation.
>
> I'm sure this is a really easy problem with a simple
solution; but I am
> overlooking it. Do I need to find more folders from my
installation? Do
> I
> create these folders manually as I need them? What files
go in them?
> Getting
> this figured out so I can make edits to INC files in
design view would
> help me
> out tremendously.
>
> Thanks for any help.
>