Dreamweaver Question for anyone who has it

[MuleShack]

I have Dreamweaver version 8 and used it on my laptop. Since I installed it on my new PC that I built i am having problems with one setting that doesn't work.

Previously when I used the html <!-- Comments --> tag everything in the comments went grey. Now that it is on my PC, it doesn't change colors.

I tried to set it up in preferences, in the Html and PHP sections but it doesn't change on the code design screen.

Any ideas why?

[masoct3]

Did you perform a "Google" search before posting this? I find Google helps most of my problems with networking, servers, etc.

[MuleShack]

...Never thought of that

Seriously though,

Maybe I phrased the question wrong to the google gods, but i could only find subjects about how to phrase the comment in html and not the set up of dreamweaver.

[aanderud]

Here's some info about color customizations:

http://www.adobe.com/support/dreamweaver/extend/extensible_code_coloring/

Look for the file

<dreamweaver_install>/Configuration/CodeColoring/Colors.xml

(or if there's one that looks similar in name), crack it open and look for the html comment section. See what color is defined. Apparently 999999 is gray:

Example:

<syntaxColor id="CodeColor_HTMLComment" text="#999999" italic="true" />

[MuleShack]

Yep, it says its suppose to be grey in the code coloring for Html and Php, but viewing the code it doesn't change. The Html shows it as part of the example in the bottom section, but php has it as gray on top but doesn't have it as an example in the bottom section.

Its Html in a php page, so maybe i have to add a line to the xml file so it shows up in php?

Never had to do that with my laptop.

[fishnowworknever]

If it's inside of a php tag I think you'll need to use:

<? # This is a comment blah blah ?>

<? // This is a comment too blah blah blah ?>

[MuleShack]

If it's inside of a php tag I think you'll need to use:

<? # This is a comment blah blah ?>

<? // This is a comment too blah blah blah ?>

Thanks, but not asking how to create a comment, but rather inside of dreamweaver when viewing the code. It is suppose to change the color scheme of different code types so they are easier to identify.

Right now it only shows php as red and everything else as blue...when before it would show any comments or hidden text as a grey. It seems to be set up correctly but not displaying it correctly.

[upnorth]

Are the version of windows the same? It can make a difference with some apps.

[MuleShack]

Both W7 but laptop was home and office 32 bit and new desktop is Pro 64 bit.

[fishnowworknever]

Oh sorry about that...you should also check the colors.xml under c:\users\%userprofile%\AppData\Roaming\Adobe\Dreamweaver CSx.x\en_US\Configuration\CodeColoring

[upnorth]

I have seen times with 32 bit apps running on 64 bit systems that certain things just don't work. May want to touch base with Adobe support.