DW CS3 Bug? Checking Out Files to Open Externally Can Crash DW

If you are working in a website that is set up to use Contribute for its users, do not try to checkout a file AND open externally at the same time. DW will crash.

I use Topstyle for CSS edits, and I have DW set up to open edit CSS files externally. I often open css files in DW that then open the Topstyle editor. If the CSS file is locked and needs to be checked out of the server, then opening to edit in Topstyle will cause DW to bomb.

Solution: Check CSS file out first, then open/edit. Then all works good.

Note on 'bug': This occurs in Topstyle versions 3.12 and 3.5 (newest version) and in of the latest CS3 DW version. It also occured in CS4, but that was beta. (don't have CS4 production yet... waiting on bit end-of-year bonus -- ha ha ).