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Euclid
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Is there a way to prevent HTML Composer from reformatting the source code? It keeps stripping out all tabs, capitalizes html attributes, removes double quotes from attribute values and reformats javascript. I know this seems picky, but it makes it a bit difficult to trace through old or current code. Would my only option be to go from Notepad++ or some text editor, copy and paste the code into Html Composer, run the code, and then make changes in Notepad++ again?

While writing this up I got the idea that the reason the code gets botched is for html validation before runtime?

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Would my only option be to go from Notepad++ or some text editor, copy and paste the code into Html Composer, run the code, and then make changes in Notepad++ again?


You've nailed it! That's seems to be the case in my experience ... well, I actually stopped fighting it and just decided to leave it as the tool likes it Frowner


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I was thinking that would be my only option. Another thing to "live with" in WebFocus.

@njsden Thank you for the reply.


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What you are seeing done to the code is why the tool is affectionately known as "HTML Composter".

Ohhhhhhhh - that makes me laugh every time. Razzer


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"HTML Composter" what an awesome play on words. Just as good as "Internet Exploader".

I was fighting the code reformatting issue with our CMS a few months back. The CMS was doing HTML validation which was destroying the formatting and I would bet a beer that the Composter is doing the same thing.


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As the Product Manager of the HTML Composer, we do not write the HTML. We call a Microsoft facility that writes it and it writes valid HTML.


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