Developing Extensions for Macromedia Dreamweaver 8

Introduction 511

Background 512

Extending Dreamweaver 512

Additional resources for extension writers 512

New functions in Dreamweaver 8 512

Removed functions 517

Errata 517

Conventions used in this guide 518

PART 1: UTILITY APIS

Chapter 1: The File I/O API 521

Accessing configuration folders 521

The File I/O API 521

Chapter 2: The HTTP API 533

How the HTTP API works 533

The HTTP API 534

Chapter 3: The Design Notes API 543

How Design Notes work 543

The Design Notes JavaScript API 544

The Design Notes C API 549

Chapter 4: Fireworks Integration 557

The FWLaunch API 557

Chapter 5: Flash Integration 565

How Flash elements work 565

Inserting Flash elements 566

The Flash Objects API 567

Chapter 6: The Database API 573

How Database API functions work 573

Database connection functions 574

Database access functions 590

Chapter 7: The Database Connectivity API 605

How to develop a new connection type 605

The Connection API 607

The generated include file 611

The definition file for your connection type 613

Chapter 8: The JavaBeans API 615

The JavaBeans API 615

Chapter 9: The Source Control Integration API 621

How source control integration with Dreamweaver works 622

Adding source control system functionality 622

The Source Control Integration API required functions 623

The Source Control Integration API optional functions 630

Enablers 641

PART 2: JAVASCRIPT API

Chapter 10: Application 651

External application functions 651

Global application functions 659

Chapter 11: Workspace 665

History functions 665

Insert object functions 675

Keyboard functions 677

Menu functions 686

Results window functions 687

Toggle functions 702

Toolbar functions 726

Window functions 733

Code collapse functions 745

Code view toolbar functions 753

Chapter 12: Site 759

Report functions 759

Site functions 760

Chapter 13: Document 803

Conversion functions 803

Command functions 804

File manipulation functions 806

Global document functions 825

Path functions 837

Selection functions 840

String manipulation functions 848

Translation functions 853

XSLT functions 855

Chapter 14: Page Content 859

Assets panel functions 859

Behavior functions 872

Clipboard functions 883

Library and template functions 888

Snippets panel functions 895

Chapter 15: Dynamic Documents 901

Server Components functions 901

Data source functions 902

Extension Data Manager functions 903

Live data functions 906

Server behavior functions 912

Server model functions 914

Chapter 16: Design 923

CSS functions 923

Frame and frameset functions 945

Layer and image map functions 947

Layout environment functions 950

Layout view functions 957

Zoom functions 968

Guide functions and properties 972

Table editing functions 981

Chapter 17: Code 993

Code functions 993

Find/replace functions 998

General editing functions 1004

Print function 1024

Quick Tag Editor functions 1025

Code view functions 1028

Tag editor and tag library functions 1048

Chapter 18: Enablers 1055

Enablers 1055