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MA Eng
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May 17, 2010
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Database options grayed when creating ASP (Javascript) page

  • May 17, 2010
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I recently installed CS5 Master Suite on a WinXP-32 machine and was able to create ASP pages in Javascript that could connect to and update a Microsoft Access 2003 database.  But since certain apps in the suite required 64-bit OS, I wiped the machine and installed Windows 7 64-bit.

I've managed to get it set up so that I can connect to the database if I create a new ASP page with VBScript, but if I create a new page with Javascript, the ability to add a new connection in the database pane is grayed out, despite all the items listed underneath being checked off.

I assume the DSN is setup correctly since the VBScript pages work.  I've installed IIS7 on the machine with 32-bit application pool enabled so that the server can connect with the 32-bit ODBC driver.

Any hints on how to get database connection working in Javascript pages would be greatly appreciated!

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Correct answer bregent

I was under the impression the Adobe dropped support for ASP/Javascript in CS5.  You say that it worked in 32-bit?

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bregentCorrect answer
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May 18, 2010

I was under the impression the Adobe dropped support for ASP/Javascript in CS5.  You say that it worked in 32-bit?

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MA EngAuthor
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May 18, 2010

Actually, it appears you were right. . .  according to:

http://help.adobe.com/en_US/dreamweaver/cs/using/WSc78c5058ca073340dcda9110b1f693f21-79e0a.html

Note: As of Dreamweaver CS5, Dreamweaver no longer installs ASP.NET, ASP JavaScript, or JSP server behaviors. If you’re working on ASP.NET, ASP JavaScript, or JSP pages, however, Dreamweaver will still support Live view, code coloring, and code hinting for those pages. You do not need to select ASP.NET, ASP JavaScript or JSP in the Site Definition dialog box for any of these features to work.

The only reason I can think that it worked prior to the OS change was that we did have CS4 installed which was later upgraded to CS5.  The pages may have either been created prior to the upgrade or it retained support for ASP Javascript through the upgrade, but no longer had it with the fresh install after the OS change,

Thanks for the info.  Knowing it was a design decision on Adobe's part made it a bit easier to generate a search to locate the info I was looking for.

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