Developing Extensions for Macromedia Dreamweaver 8 : Extending Dreamweaver

by Sandstrom, Anne; Berry, Bob

• ISBN13: 9780321395405
• ISBN10: 0321395409
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2006-01-01
• Publisher: Macromedia Press

Summary

Powerful development and design tools require thorough and authoritative technical advice and documentation. When it comes to Macromedia Dreamweaver, no one is more authoritative than Macromediars"s own development and writing teams. Now their official documentation is available to you in printed book form. As you work, keep this guide by your side for ready access to valuable information on using Dreamweaver. Wers"ve designed it so that itrs"s easy to annotate as you progress. This book describes how to customize the Dreamweaver user interface to suit your working style, and to build Dreamweaver extensions to add functionality. It explains how each type of extension works and describes the application programming interface (API) functions that Dreamweaver calls in order to implement its various objects, menus, floating panels, server behaviors, and so on, providing a simple example for each type. The book also describes the utility API and the JavaScript API, which let you perform various supporting tasks when developing Dreamweaver extensions. InDeveloping Extensions for Macromedia Dreamweaver 8,learn how to: bull; Create an extension that streamlines site development by providing a new Property inspector, panel, or dialog box to perform tasks Dreamweaver users encounter frequently bull; Rearrange the objects in the Insert bar, create new tabs to reorganize the objects, and add new objects bull; Change the names of menu items, add new commands to menus, and remove existing commands from menus bull; Change browser profiles and create new ones bull; Change the way third-party tags (including ASP and JSP tags) appear in the Document windowrs"s Design view bull; Customize various Dreamweaver elements, including default documents, page designs, dialog boxes, workspace layouts, and the Code view toolbar Includes the following books in the Macromedia online documentation: bull; Extending Dreamweaver bull; Dreamweaver API Reference

Table of Contents

Introduction	9	(1)
Background	9	(1)
Installing an extension	10	(1)
Creating an extension	10	(1)
Additional resources for extension writers	11	(1)
What's new in Dreamweaver	11	(2)
Conventions used in this guide	13	(4)
PART 1: CUSTOMIZING DREAMWEAVER
Customizing Dreamweaver	17	(38)
Ways to customize Dreamweaver	17	(10)
Customizing Dreamweaver in a multiuser environment	27	(3)
Working with browser profiles	30	(4)
Changing FTP mappings	34	(1)
Extensible document types in Dreamweaver	35	(20)
Customizing Code View	55	(44)
Code hints	55	(8)
Code coloring	63	(29)
Code validation	92	(3)
Changing default HTML formatting	95	(4)
PART 2: OVERVIEW OF EXTENDING DREAMWEAVER
Extending Dreamweaver	99	(12)
Types of Dreamweaver extensions	100	(2)
Configuration folders and extensions	102	(3)
Extension APIs	105	(2)
Localizing an extension	107	(2)
Working with the Extension Manager	109	(2)
User Interfaces for Extensions	111	(16)
Designing an extension user interface	111	(1)
Dreamweaver HTML rendering control	112	(1)
Using custom UI controls in extensions	113	(11)
Adding Flash content to Dreamweaver	124	(3)
The Dreamweaver Document Object Model	127	(12)
Which document DOM?	128	(1)
The Dreamweaver DOM	128	(11)
PART 3: EXTENSION APIS
Insert Bar Objects	139	(28)
How object files work	140	(1)
The Insert bar definition file	141	(7)
Modifying the Insert bar	148	(2)
A simple insert object example	150	(11)
The Objects API	161	(6)
Commands	167	(14)
How commands work	167	(1)
Adding commands to the Commands menu	168	(1)
A simple command example	168	(8)
The Commands API	176	(5)
Menus and Menu Commands	181	(34)
About the menus.xml file	182	(9)
Changing menus and menu commands	191	(3)
Menu commands	194	(3)
A simple menu command example	197	(4)
A dynamic menu example	201	(8)
The Menu Commands API	209	(6)
Toolbars	215	(34)
How toolbars work	215	(3)
A simple toolbar command file	218	(2)
The toolbar definition file	220	(6)
Toolbar item tags	226	(6)
Item tag attributes	232	(6)
The toolbar command API	238	(11)
Reports	249	(12)
Site reports	249	(4)
Stand-alone reports	253	(3)
The Reports API	256	(5)
Tag Libraries and Editors	261	(18)
Tag library file format	262	(6)
The Tag Chooser	268	(2)
A simple example of creating a new tag editor	270	(5)
Tag editor APIs	275	(4)
Property Inspectors	279	(10)
How Property inspector files work	281	(1)
A simple Property inspector example	282	(3)
The Property inspector API	285	(4)
Floating Panels	289	(16)
How floating panel files work	290	(1)
A simple floating panel example	291	(6)
The Floating panel API	297	(8)
Behaviors	305	(16)
How Behaviors work	306	(1)
A simple behavior example	307	(5)
The Behaviors API	312	(9)
Server Behaviors	321	(58)
Dreamweaver architecture	322	(2)
A simple server behavior example	324	(2)
How the Server Behavior API functions are called	326	(3)
The Server Behavior API	329	(6)
Server behavior implementation functions	335	(2)
Editing EDML files	337	(3)
Group EDML file tags	340	(7)
Participant EDML files	347	(22)
Server behavior techniques	369	(10)
Data Sources	379	(20)
How data sources work	380	(2)
A simple data source example	382	(9)
The Data Sources API	391	(8)
Server Formats	399	(8)
How data formatting works	400	(2)
When the data formatting functions are called	402	(1)
The Server Formats API	403	(4)
Components	407	(16)
Component basics	407	(1)
Extending the Components panel	408	(1)
How to customize the Components panel	408	(1)
Components panel files	409	(3)
Components panel API functions	412	(11)
Server Models	423	(10)
How customizing server models works	423	(1)
The Server Model API functions	424	(9)
Data Translators	433	(24)
How data translators work	434	(1)
Determining what kind of translator to use	435	(1)
Adding a translated attribute to a tag	435	(2)
Inspecting translated attributes	437	(1)
Locking translated tags or blocks of code	437	(2)
Creating Property inspectors for locked content	439	(3)
Finding bugs in your translator	442	(1)
A simple attribute translator example	443	(4)
A simple block/tag translator example	447	(5)
The Data Translator API	452	(5)
C-Level Extensibility	457	(26)
How integrating C functions works	457	(2)
C-level extensibility and the JavaScript interpreter	459	(1)
Data types	460	(1)
The C-level API	461	(9)
File Access and Multiuser Configuration API	470	(9)
Calling a C function from JavaScript	479	(4)
PART 4: APPENDIX
Appendix: The Shared Folder	483	(10)
The Shared folder contents	483	(8)
Using the Shared folder	491	(2)
Index	493