Gary Chang wrote:
>> Is there a way to force VS2003 IDE to stop auto reformatting
>> (or should I say "damaging"an existing format) of aspx pages ?
>
> I think you mean the problem VS.NET will auto-formatting(sometimes
> mis-formatting) the html source when switching between design-view and
> html-view,
Yes, exactly.
> I am afraid this is a known issue of the VS.NET2003 IDE.
>
> And currently, there isn't any setting in VS2003 IDE to disable such
> behavior and we don't have the hotfix for VS.NET 2003 to this issue
> neither. But we do understand the inconvenience it brings to the VS.NET
> users and apologize for it.
Ok :(
> However this issue is already fixed in the VS.NET 2005(Whidbey):
> Preview of Web Development with Visual Studio Whidbey-----Better Source
> Code Editing
> http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/dnvs05/html
> /webdevinwhidbey.asp
I know ... I have played with beta a little.
> Thanks for your understanding!
Thanks for the answer. Seems that I have to wait for final VS2005 ...

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Velver
"Gary Chang[MSFT]" - 05 Aug 2005 10:33 GMT
Hi Velver,
We really appreciate your understanding on this problem, hope you will have
a good experience with the Whidbey:-)
Good Luck!
Best regards,
Gary Chang
Microsoft Community Support
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