---
title: "\"Could not open in Design view. Quote values differently...\" solved!"
url: "https://osherove.com/blog/2003/8/28/quotcould-not-open-in-design-view-quote-values-differentlyqu.md"
canonical: "https://osherove.com/blog/2003/8/28/quotcould-not-open-in-design-view-quote-values-differentlyqu.html"
published: "2003-08-28T05:20:00"
updated: "2003-08-28T05:20:00"
tags: [".Net Quotations", "Tips & Tricks"]
author: "Roy Osherove"
description: "Ever get this message when working in the Vs.Net webform designer? “Could not open in Design view. Quote values differently inside a '<%...” etc This problem is easily solved by replacing nesting double quotes with…"
usage: "Licensed under CC BY 4.0 — reuse, quote and adapt with attribution (Roy Osherove, link to the original page)."
license: "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/"
---

# "Could not open in Design view. Quote values differently..." solved!

By Roy Osherove August 28, 2003 In [.Net Quotations](https://osherove.com/blog/category/net-quotations), [Tips & Tricks](https://osherove.com/blog/category/tips-tricks)

**Historical article** · Originally published August 28, 2003; technical details may be outdated.

Ever get this message when working in the Vs.Net webform designer?

_“Could not open in Design view. Quote values differently inside  a '<%...” etc_

This problem is easily solved by replacing nesting double quotes with single quotes. That means if you have this:

_**<img src="../<%=Application("SERVICE\_COMPANY\_LOGO")%>">**_

just change it to this:

_**<img src='../<%=Application("SERVICE\_COMPANY\_LOGO")%>'>
**_

that did the job for me.

And thanks [Matthew](http://weblogs.asp.net/mreynolds). I got this through [DotNet247](http://www.dotnet247.com/247reference/msgs/13/67282.aspx) :).

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- Sep 1, 2003

    ### [Book: Windows Forms Programming in C#](https://osherove.com/blog/2003/9/1/book-windows-forms-programming-in-c.html)

- Aug 26, 2003

    ### [ASP.Net dialog hell - a little easier..?](https://osherove.com/blog/2003/8/26/aspnet-dialog-hell-a-little-easier.html)

- Aug 25, 2003

    ### [Developing Software in Visual Studio .NET with Non-Administrative Privileges](https://osherove.com/blog/2003/8/25/developing-software-in-visual-studio-net-with-non-administra.html)


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## About the author

**Roy Osherove**: Senior Solutions Architect at AWS working on AI for production and AI-driven development; author of The Art of Unit Testing and Elastic Leadership, with about 20 years of consulting and training on unit testing, TDD, team leadership and continuous delivery.

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Licensed under CC BY 4.0 — reuse, quote and adapt with attribution (Roy Osherove, link to the original page). License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/