You probably haven't heard of VTML - this is the language Allaire designed to allow for tag editors in HomeSite and Studio. It's also one of the least used features of HS, probably because not too many people create custom tags and share them with the world. VTML allowed you to design a nice tag editor so that a person could just enter, <cf_foo> into the editor, right click, and fill out the appropriate fields. Unfortunately, VTML was a real pain in the rear to use. This is not to say it's a bad feature, it was just difficult to use properly.
The reason I bring all of this up is because a company, Intelix, has designed a very simple, very easy to use online VTML builder. You can find it here:
http://www.smartsofttools.com/vtmlbuilder (FYI, this link is now dead since the site seems to have expired.)
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Really useful, i'll use it right away.
Thanks for the hint !
That link no longer works; you're redirected to the main Intelix site, and I can't find the tool referenced anywhere.
I've emailed the new site to see if they still have the tool somewhere around.
Here's another:
http://www.netwebapps.com/m...
FWIW, VTML can let you create powerful dialogs that let you generate more complex code. Some users have code dialogs that let you set up a database connection (php or asp) and generate code to do the whole call from db retrieve to display in a table. Or dialogs to put in code for CDONTS for server emailing... you can do simple things easily or some very complex things.
See some of the examples here... particularly the ASP Database VTM.
http://www.wilk4.com/asp4hs...
http://www.wilk4.com/asp4hs...