Monthly Archives: October 2007

Dreamweaver crashes apparently caused by corrupted cache file

It seems as though the cause of the European clock change crashes on Dreamweaver CS3 is a corrupted file called WinFileCache-[random_numbers].dat. On Windows XP, it’s located at C:\Documents and Settings\<username>\Application Data\Adobe\Dreamweaver 9\Configuration. On Vista, it’s at C:\Users\<username>\AppData\Roaming\Adobe\Dreamweaver 9\Configuration. Simply delete … Continue reading

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European clock change causes Dreamweaver CS3 crashes

The Dreamweaver forums have been ablaze with reports of simple PHP and ASP code causing Dreamweaver CS3 to crash. I have tested many of the sample code snippets, and can confirm that CS3 is crashing on Windows XP and Vista, … Continue reading

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PHP and Mac OS X Leopard—A Warning

I have just upgraded my Mac PowerBook G4 laptop to Mac OS X 10.5 (Leopard). The installation went fine, but there are a couple of issues you need to be aware of if you use your Mac to develop PHP, … Continue reading

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Meeting the top man at Dreamweaver

One of the nice things about being an author of books about PHP and Dreamweaver is that I get an opportunity to talk directly to the software development team. Devin Fernandez, one of the Dreamweaver product managers, dropped into London … Continue reading

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Spry updater finally available for Dreamweaver CS3

At long last, Adobe has created an extension to update the version of Spry in Dreamweaver CS3. You can download the extension by going to the Spry section of Adobe Labs. The extension is free, but to obtain it, you … Continue reading

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