Confused about capability of extensions

[digitalpacman]

Hi,

I'm a bit confused about what extensions are used for. I've never used any,
and can't seem to figure out what they're for besides copy-paste.

I looked at dreamweavers help file about creating extensions, but all it does
is allow you to make a code block that can be inserted at a click of a button.

Is there a way that you can make extensions that actually ADD options to
dreamweaver menus? Like when a user right clicks somewhere, or something like
that? Like if the user clicks anywhere a link to go to google.com is on the
menu or something, thats simple.

What I want is to build a window that is an extension. You can find what I am
attempting to accomplish at:
<a target=_blank class=ftalternatingbarlinklarge
href="http://www.adobe.com/cfusion/webforums/forum/messageview.cfm?catid=263&thr
eadid=1159153&enterthread=y">Here</a>

What can you do with extensions? Can you actually add onto dreamweavers
product?

[Tom Muck]

"digitalpacman" <webforumsuser@macromedia.com> wrote in message
news:e5na9v$3v$1@forums.macromedia.com...

> Hi,
>
> I'm a bit confused about what extensions are used for. I've never used
> any,
> and can't seem to figure out what they're for besides copy-paste.
>
> I looked at dreamweavers help file about creating extensions, but all it
> does
> is allow you to make a code block that can be inserted at a click of a
> button.

Almost every aspect of Dreamweaver can be built or modified as an extension,
including menus, behaviors, server behaviors, toolbars, etc. Check the help
menu under Extending Dreamweaver. Dreamweaver extensions are
html/javascript/xml.


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[Nancy *Adobe Community Expert*]

> What can you do with extensions? Can you actually add onto dreamweavers

> product?
>

Absolutely. You can add objects to the Insert bar .. and to the menus .. or
a whole new panel ..

Read under Help/Extending Dreamweaver/Overview of Extending
Dreamweaver/Extending Dreamweaver/Types of Dreamweaver Extensions to get an
idea of what is possible.


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[digitalpacman]

I tried reading all that but none of it really helped. And the instructions I
got don't even work. I tried to simply edit the menu options for the reference
panel in the menus.xml file and nothing even changed. I added, deleted,
modified. Nothing changed. Yes I did restart dreamweaver and it was not open
during the edit of the XML file.

Is it possible to add in your own WINDOWS? Like the Files window ect?

Is there anywhere or anyone specifically I can talk to thats willing to help?

I cant seem to find a reference to functions dreamweaver allows us to use for
functionality.

I want to A) get the text thats highlighted, B) be able to perform searches
just like dreamweaver does, C) Open windows, and D) Create storage, like an XML
file would be fine, that I can reference.

[Tom Muck]

"digitalpacman" <webforumsuser@macromedia.com> wrote in message
news:e5nd8j$3ps$1@forums.macromedia.com...

>I tried reading all that but none of it really helped. And the instructions
>I
> got don't even work. I tried to simply edit the menu options for the
> reference
> panel in the menus.xml file and nothing even changed. I added, deleted,
> modified. Nothing changed. Yes I did restart dreamweaver and it was not
> open
> during the edit of the XML file.

Dreamweaver creates a local copy of menus.xml that overrides the copy in
Configuration. See this link for info:
[url]http://livedocs.macromedia.com/dreamweaver/8/extending/wwhelp/wwhimpl/common/html/wwhelp.htm?context=LiveDocs_Parts&file=02_cust8.ht m[/url]

> Is it possible to add in your own WINDOWS? Like the Files window ect?

Yes, look up Floating Panels in the Extending Dreamweaver manual.

> I cant seem to find a reference to functions dreamweaver allows us to use
> for
> functionality.

Check the DW API reference in the help menu. Almost every API call is in
there. Additional functionality is in Configuration/Shared. Check the
dwscripts.js file and others for a good idea of what can be done.

Tom