Adobe Extending Dreamweaver CS4 User Manual

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Table of contents

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Contents
Chapter 1: Introduction
- About extensions
- Install an extension
- Creating an extension
- Additional resources for extension writers
- New features in Dreamweaver CS4
- Conventions used in this guide
Chapter 2: Customizing Dreamweaver
- Ways to customize Dreamweaver
- Customizing Dreamweaver in a multiuser environment
  - Deleting configuration files in a multiuser environment
  - Reinstalling and uninstalling Dreamweaver in a multiuser environment
- Changing FTP mappings
- Extensible document types in Dreamweaver
- Changing keyboard shortcut mappings
  - The keyboard layout mapping XML files
Chapter 3: Customizing Code view
- About code hints
- About code coloring
- About Code validation
- Changing default HTML formatting
- About Vertical Split view
- About related files
  - How related files work
  - Related files terminology
- About Live view
  - A simple Live view example
Chapter 4: Extending Dreamweaver
- Types of Dreamweaver extensions
  - Other ways to extend Dreamweaver
- Configuration folders and extensions
- Extension APIs
  - How Dreamweaver processes JavaScript in extensions
  - Displaying Help
- Localizing an extension
  - XML string files
  - Localizable strings with embedded values
- Working with the Extension Manager
Chapter 5: User interfaces for extensions
- Extension user interface designing guidelines
- Dreamweaver HTML rendering control
- Custom UI controls in extensions
- Adding Flash content to Dreamweaver
  - A simple Flash dialog box example
- Photoshop integration and Smart Objects
  - A Smart Object example
Chapter 6: The Dreamweaver Document Object Model
- About Dreamweaver DOM
- Distinguishing between the user document and extension DOMs
- The Dreamweaver DOM
Chapter 7: Insert bar objects
- How object files work
- The Insert bar definition file
- Modifying the Insert bar
  - Add a new object to the Insert bar
  - Adding objects to the Insert menu
- A simple insert object example
- The objects API functions
Chapter 8: Browser compatibility check issues API
- How detection works
- An Issues example
- The issues API functions
Chapter 9: Commands
- How commands work
- Adding commands to the Commands menu
- A simple command example
- The commands API functions
Chapter 10: Menus and menu commands
- The menus.xml file
  - <menubar>
  - <menu>
  - <menuitem>
  - <separator>
  - <shortcutlist>
  - <shortcut>
  - <tool>
  - <action>
  - <activate>
  - <override>
- Changing menus and menu commands
- Menu commands
  - Modifying the Commands menu
  - How menu commands work
- A simple menu command example
- A dynamic menu example
  - Create dynamic menu items
  - JavaScript code for the dynamic menu item
- The menu commands API functions
Chapter 11: Toolbars
- How toolbars work
  - How toolbars behave
  - How toolbar commands work
- A simple toolbar command file
  - Create the text box
  - JavaScript code for the text box
- The toolbar definition file
- Toolbar item tags
- Item tag attributes
- The toolbar command API functions
Chapter 12: Reports
- Site reports
  - How site reports work
  - A simple site report example
    - Create the report definition
    - Write the JavaScript code
- Stand-alone reports
  - How stand-alone reports work
  - A simple stand-alone report example
    - Create the dialog box UI
    - Write the JavaScript code
- The reports API functions
Chapter 13: Tag libraries and editors
- Tag library file format
- The Tag Chooser
  - TagChooser.xml files
- A simple example of creating a new tag editor
- The tag editor API functions
Chapter 14: Property inspectors
- Property inspector files
- How Property inspector files work
- A simple Property inspector example
- The Property inspector API functions
Chapter 15: Floating panels
- How floating panel files work
- A simple floating panel example
- The floating panel API functions
Chapter 16: Behaviors
- How Behaviors work
  - Inserting multiple functions in the user’s file
  - Handling actions that require return value
- A simple behavior example
- The behaviors API functions
Chapter 17: Server behaviors
- Server behavior terminology
- Dreamweaver architecture
  - Server behavior folders and files
  - Extension Data Markup Language
- A simple server behavior example
- Scenarios in which the server behavior API functions are called
- The server behavior API
- Server behavior implementation functions
- EDML files
  - Regular expressions
  - EDML structure
- Group EDML file tags
- Participant EDML files
- Server behavior techniques
Chapter 18: Data sources
- How data sources work
- A simple data source example
- The data sources API functions
Chapter 19: Server formats
- How data formatting works
  - The Formats.xml file
  - The Edit Format List Plus (+) menu
- Scenarios in which the data formatting functions are called
- The server formats API functions
Chapter 20: Components
- About component basics
- Extending the Components panel
- Customizing the Components panel
- Customizing Components panel files
  - Add a new lightweight directory access protocol (LDAP) service component
  - Properties of tree control
- Components panel API functions
Chapter 21: Server models
- Customizing server models
- The server model API functions
Chapter 22: Data translators
- How data translators work
- Determining what kind of translator to use
- Adding a translated attribute to a tag
- Inspecting translated attributes
- Locking translated tags or blocks of code
- Creating Property inspectors for locked content
- Finding bugs in your translator
- A simple attribute translator example
- A simple block/tag translator example
- The data translator API functions
Chapter 23: C-level extensibility
- How integrating C functions works
- C-level extensibility and the JavaScript interpreter
- Data types
- The C-level API
- File access and multiuser configuration API
- Calling a C function from JavaScript
Chapter 24: The Shared folder
- The Shared folder contents
- Using the Shared folder
Index
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