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« on: May 10, 2007, 07:08:28 AM »

This is a curiosity, probably not a problem. Haha

Does anyone who has used Dreamweaver know why it labels HTML files as "Firefox Document?" Is it because the Firefox browser was open at the same time as Dreamweaver when the file was saved? If IE was open, would it label the files "Internet Explorer Document?" What if more than one browser was open?

Or, is there something about HTML file that tells DW it was made for Firefox? Does previewing it in Firefox put the label on the file?

DW knows a robots.txt file is a "Text Document" and recognizes a CSS file as "Cascading Style Sheet Document."  I'm curious if anyone can figure a reason why Dreamweaver would label HTML files with the browser name. Confused
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« Reply #1 on: May 10, 2007, 07:20:59 AM »

Where does it do this?
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« Reply #2 on: May 10, 2007, 07:24:13 AM »

Hi TranzNDance!

I see the label when I'm viewing both local and remote files; when I'm about to upload by FTP.
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« Reply #3 on: May 10, 2007, 03:49:10 PM »

Is it labeled "Firefox Document" inside of Dreamweaver, or in Windows (e.g., My Computer, Windows Explorer)? If Firefox is your default browser, HTML files could be labeled as "Firefox Documents". Just for giggles, try changing your default browser TEMPORARILY to IE and see if HTML files get relabeled as "IE Documents".
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« Reply #4 on: May 10, 2007, 04:57:25 PM »

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Is it labeled "Firefox Document" inside of Dreamweaver, or in Windows (e.g., My Computer, Windows Explorer)?

Inside DW, when readying to upload, I expand it to show both local and remote sites. Before I connect, I see only the local on the right, and all the HTML files are Type: Firefox Document. When I connect and see the remote site files on the left, they are the same type as the local.

I searched in Windows to see the full path and it looked normal, no mention of FF. When I hovered over the path, however, it showed Path: blah\blah\yada\yada,  Type: Firefox document, Date modified: today, Size: etc.

Now it gets more fun. Haha

In DW preferences, I switched the default browser to IE. That was wishful thinking, it made no difference.

So then with trepidation I opened up IE and after the dust settled a bit I made it the default browser. Closed DW, opened it again and voila, the HTML files had magically become Type: HTML Document. Roll

That was a lot of excitement .  Bouncin for Joy

(oh, the humanity!) So then I changed the default browser back to Firefox.

So now we know that Adobe thinks that people who use IE have HTML documents, and people who use FireFox have Firefox documents.

. . . whah? Soooo Cool

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« Reply #5 on: June 05, 2007, 12:29:54 PM »

LOL, I wouldn't worry about that, because that's just something Windows does when you assign a File Type to a file extension  Smile

If you click on your "My Computer," then click on "Tools," "Folder Options," then select the "File Types" tab, you will see the list of all the file types there with the associated default program that each of those file types open with. You can change them to whatever you want (as long as the file type is compatible with the program, that is  Surprised).

Again, the label doesn't alter the file in any way nor does it affect how others view/open the file on their computer, so if you prefer FireFox to be the default opener for "html" file extension when clicking directly on the file on your computer, then you should leave it at that.

If however, you want to have DW be the default "html" file opener, then you can change the program via that "File Types" tab area I mentioned above. What this will do is whenever you open an "html" file extension via your computer by clicking on the filename, DW will open the file for editing instead of using Firefox to just view the file. If however, you were to open the file via Firefox, it will view as normally would through FireFox.

Another way to open the "html" file to view it via FireFox on your computer for just a particular instance, is to "right click" on the file and select "Open With" then select your FireFox program (or if it's not automatically listed there, you click on "Choose Program" and you can add the program to the list for future when "right clicking" the menu).

Knowing that you can change the "File Types" and that you also can "right click" to open a file with another program for cases where you don't want the default program to open it, is wonderful and I use this Windows' feature all the time!
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« Reply #6 on: June 05, 2007, 07:30:35 PM »

...is wonderful and I use this Windows' feature all the time!
Yes it is, and I do, too.

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If you click on your "My Computer," then click on "Tools," "Folder Options," then select the "File Types" tab, you will see the list of all the file types there with the associated default program that each of those file types open with. .

There are some things in that dialog box that you can only change, and some buttons that will only be clickable, if you are logged into your computer as an administrator, and Windows XP Home appears to have a sort of "permissions bug" in this area, too. The administrator account might not be aware of the file type descriptions and their default openers that have been set within your limited accounts, and thus won't display them to make them available for changing.

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You can change them to whatever you want (as long as the file type is compatible with the program, that is

This is one place where I encountered the permissions bug. I accidentally tried to open a file with a program it was NOT compatible with, and Windows has forever after showed me that program as an option for opening that type of file. I think I still haven't got that fixed.

Also I once installed NeroMix trial as part of a download bundle of their burning software. When the trial, which I never used even once, expired, I was left with all my ".DAT" files labeled as "NeroMix Media File" and haven't got that changed back because that setting isn't in the administrator account where it can be changed.

I'm still burned at Nero for making that change without asking.  Haha

I could make the limited account an administrator for a few minutes and fix it that way, but haven't bothered.
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« Reply #7 on: June 05, 2007, 08:47:35 PM »

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There are some things in that dialog box that you can only change, and some buttons that will only be clickable, if you are logged into your computer as an administrator, and Windows XP Home appears to have a sort of "permissions bug" in this area, too. The administrator account might not be aware of the file type descriptions and their default openers that have been set within your limited accounts, and thus won't display them to make them available for changing.

Ah, I'm always logged in as an Administrator, so I guess I've never had that bug problem  Smile

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I accidentally tried to open a file with a program it was NOT compatible with, and Windows has forever after showed me that program as an option for opening that type of file. I think I still haven't got that fixed.

There's probably someplace in regedit where you can remove that (but don't touch that unless you know what you're doing  Smile). Microsoft really should make it so that it can be removed easily with a "right click" thingy Yep
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