PRB: Design, Source, and Quick View Tabs are Unavailable

ID: Q195184

The information in this article applies to:

SYMPTOMS

When editing an Active Server Pages (ASP) or HTML page within Visual InterDev 6.0 or later, the following tabs are unavailable:


CAUSE

There are two reasons for this behavior:

  1. The default editor for the page is set to open in some other registered editor.


  2. The TriEdit.dll is not correctly registered.



RESOLUTION

Use the following steps to set the default back to the HTML editor that ships with Visual InterDev 6.0:

  1. Right-click the HTML or ASP file.


  2. Select Open With from the shortcut menu.


  3. Click on the HTML Editor and select Set Default.


To re-register the TriEdit.dll, run the following command: 

   Regsvr32 <Path>\TRIEDIT.DLL
Where <path> is the fully qualified path to the TriEdit.dll

By default, the TriEdit.dll is located in the following location:

C:\Program Files\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\Triedit\TriEdit.dll


MORE INFORMATION

In general, Visual InterDev 6.0 is not compatible with the Internet Explorer 5.0 Beta. Internet Explorer 5.0 Beta is not supported with Visual InterDev due to these and other problems. It is recommended that it not be installed on any workstation that is used for production development using Visual InterDev 6.0. Once installed, the beta is very difficult to remove completely, often times resulting in a complete reformat of the hard disk and reinstallation of the operating system for Visual InterDev 6.0 to work.

A specific upgrade of Visual InterDev is planned to fully support and take advantage of the added functionality of Internet Explorer 5.0.


REFERENCES

For additional information, please see the following article(s) in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

Q196388 INFO: Visual InterDev in General Not Compatible with IE5 Beta 


Keywords          : kbide kbVisID600 kbGrpASP 
Version           : WINDOWS:6.0
Platform          : WINDOWS 
Issue type        : kbprb

Last Reviewed: May 7, 1999