Dreamweaver ext not working

[Paul T]

Okay i may be stupid

but finally decided to go to V 8.5 and yes i want to use D.Weaver MX , installed all the plugins etc however no link from Actinic to dreamweaver appears in Actinic also Dreamwaever has the Actnic interface showing but all but the Help is greyed out ?

how the hell do i open an item or get the interface working , read the user guide and i am damned if i can see the problem

[kev67]

Hi Paul

I'm afraid I have the same problem so my only way round is to edit the pages in DW manually as my DW plug in don't work, i nfact it don't even install due to a missing extension.dll. It keeps telling me to re-install but having installed V8 three times I gave up

[pinbrook]

are you using Vista?

[los_design]

We had this issue in the dim and distant past...

checkout this thread

We use XPP, unsure if this will apply to Vista

[kev67]

cheers

I'll check the link but I'm using XP home, the DW don't actually install full sstop let alone not work....

well strange

I mean, it wont install as there is a missing extension.dll file - I have re-installed V8 several times but still nothing - anyone got this file?

[Paul T]

No not using Vista ( not in a million years )

XP Pro and been using DW MX with Act since V6

[Paul T]

The extension all install okay but they are greyed out in DW and there is no tab in Act V8 or 8.51 for that matter

[kev67]

I'm missing the extension.dll file , this is my point, not that it's NOT working, it aint there to install in the first place!!!

[Duncan Rounding]

It may be obvious, but make sure you have the Macromedia Extension Manager itself installed first. This is an optional installed component of Macromedia - you cannot install any extensions without it.

[dscontroller]

I'm missing the extension.dll file , this is my point, not that it's NOT working, it aint there to install in the first place!!!

Following on from what Duncan has said, have you found the Dreamweaver extension as follows :-
C:\Program Files\Actinic v8\Extensions\Dreamweaver\Actinic_Assistant and installed it?

[kev67]

It may be obvious, but make sure you have the Macromedia Extension Manager itself installed first. This is an optional installed component of Macromedia - you cannot install any extensions without it.

I'll check this out and thank you for your time in helping

[kev67]

Great!

DW/8 can't even launch ext manager!!

So I reckon a corrupt DW here.........urrrgghhhh

thanks for pointing me in the right direction though guys, at least I know that DW is my problem here


Kev
All the best

[los_design]

Hi Kev

Have you tried forcing DW to reconfigure when you launch?

What is the version 8 you are using (should be 8.0.2)

HTH