Need info on how to load aspx files

[Guest]

I created a "Contact Us" aspx page in Visual Web Developer 2008.  It is included in my defined site and root folder in Dreamweaver.  When I try to call the page, it opens a dialog box which asks if I want to Save or Open (or Cancel) the aspx page.  If I click "Open", the aspx file opens in Design mode in Dreamweaver, not as a web page.  My site uses a downloaded free template.    How do I get this page to load as a webpage in the editable region of the template instead of opening in Dreamweaver in Design mode?  The "Contact Us" page is used in conjunction with a database, and I can't even test the database functionality because I cannot get the aspx page to load properly.  What am I doing wrong?

Thanks in advance for any help or suggestions.

Felecia

[Lawrence_Cramer]

What version of Dreamweaver are you using?  The reason I ask is that Dreamweaver in the past only supported .NET v1, and now doesn't support .NET at all.  In fact all legacy support for .NET in any form has been removed entirely from the latest version.

So the answer to your question is most likely, regardless of the Dreamweaver CSwhatever is, you can't see .NET code in the WYSWYG environment at all, and Dreamweaver isn't going to know what to do with this file type.

Not the answer you wanted to hear, I know, but for years Microsoft would not release information specks or alpha/beta code soon enough for support for the coming version of .Net to be worked into the next release of Dreamweaver , the end result was that Dreamweaver always lagged seriously behind the curve for .NET. Adobe finally said "if they won't play nice and insist on always keeping us at a huge competitive disadvantage, then heck with it"  I can't fault them for this move.  It's a real bummer for .Dreamweaver users that also have to occasionally work with .NET, but, the fingers are pointing at Microsoft on this one.

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[Guest]

Thank you for this answer.  I think this is the correct answer.  I had some files that I was using as a guide, and when I would open these aspx files in Dreamweaver (I'm using CS4), I could not view the text boxes.  They would not display at all, though I could see them if I opened the files in Visual Web Developer.  This is a bummer.  But thanks so much for your help.  You saved me alot of time.

[MyChota300]

I built a website with MS Visual Web Developer w/ aspx & vb files.

I just started a Dreamweaver CS5 trial hoping to convert my existing website & abandon MS Visual Web Developer.

Your post sounds like Dreamweaver CS5 will not convert anything & that I basically would need to start over.

Do I understand correctly?

[cashgeneratingmachine]

I have similar question like yours, i build a site using visual studio 2008, presently , i want to add additional site like addon site using micromedia dreamweaver 8, thereby upload it using ftp to thesame server, my question now is , i want to know if there is going to be a conflict between the two software or i do i go about this.

[bregent]

>When I try to call the page, it opens

>a dialog box which asks if I want to Save or Open

This indicates that it is not running from an IIS server. Are you running this on your remote or local server? Is IIS installed and configured?

[Guest]

I am running on my local server.  I'm not sure what IIS is.  How can I check to see if it's installed and see how it's configured?

[bregent]

IIS is Microsoft's Internet Information Services web server - you need that to be installed and configured in order to run ASP/ASP.net pages.

http://www.iis.net/overview

[Guest]

Thank you. I'll try that and see what happens.