Dreamweaver Extension Help - find the form name

[xelatek]

I am building a dreamweaver 8 extension. So far everything is working great.
The extension inserts some javascript after filling out a form. However, I
would like to prepopulate the form with some of the information that might
already be in the document. One of the things i would like to prepopulate is
the name of the form (if it already exists) on the document. There could
possibly be multiple forms on the document. But i want to find out which
document the user is in when he tries to use my "insert object" dreamweaver
extension. For example, a normal user might already have created a form in
their document using dreamweaver. After that if the cursor is inside the form,
when the user decides to use my extension, i want the extension to figure out
what form name is the user in, so that it can prepopulat the extension form
with that form name. I hope that makes sense.
I do know i need to do something like this...

function initializeUI() {
var myDOM = dw.getDocumentDOM();
myDom.thisFormName // this is where i'm lost i don't know how to access that
specific form name
}

But i don't know exactly what i need to do.
Please help! Thanks.

[xelatek]

Help! Anyone!

[Koesper]

i''m just guessing here, but cant you access it through the dom
like document.forms[0].name or something like that?

(perhaps this sends you in the right direction, but dont try to literally
copy-paste it, because i dont understand half of it myself)

Regards,
Casper de Groot

[Salines]

[q]Originally posted by: xelatek
I am building a dreamweaver 8 extension. So far everything is working great.
The extension inserts some javascript after filling out a form. However, I
would like to prepopulate the form with some of the information that might
already be in the document. One of the things i would like to prepopulate is
the name of the form (if it already exists) on the document. There could
possibly be multiple forms on the document. But i want to find out which
document the user is in when he tries to use my "insert object" dreamweaver
extension. For example, a normal user might already have created a form in
their document using dreamweaver. After that if the cursor is inside the form,
when the user decides to use my extension, i want the extension to figure out
what form name is the user in, so that it can prepopulat the extension form
with that form name. I hope that makes sense.
I do know i need to do something like this...
[/q]
I Have same problem, help me.. Tutorial, gudie ... Thank You

[Phil]

> a normal user

What is it ?
:-)

> One of the things i would like to prepopulate is
> the name of the form (if it already exists) on the document.

> [/q]
> I Have same problem, help me.. Tutorial, gudie ... Thank You
>
>

Try this.
Tested in a command file. You can adapt it to your needs, just get rid of the
alert().

//---------------------------------
function initializeUI(){
var tag = 'form';
var attribute = 'name';

// resultat = Object Element if found, empty if not
var resultat = getSelectionTag(tag.toUpperCase());

if (resultat) { // tag found
if (resultat.getAttribute(attribute)) {
alert(resultat.getAttribute(attribute)); // attribute value found
}
else {
alert('Attribute ' + attribute + ' not found');
}

}
else {
alert('Tag '+ tag + ' not found');
}
}

//Check if selection or any parent of the selection is a tag 'tag',
//and return the tag node if found.

function getSelectionTag(tag) {
var retVal = "";
var dom = dw.getDocumentDOM();
var node = dom.getSelectedNode();

while (node.nodeType != Node.DOCUMENT_NODE) {
if (node.nodeType == Node.ELEMENT_NODE && node.tagName == tag) {
retVal = node;
break;
}
else node = node.parentNode;
}

return retVal;
}
//---------------------------------------------------

[Sawan]

Hello Phil,

I know this can sound funny, but i want to know how to develop DMX
extensions.

It is very simple, something similar to this
[url]http://www.earlyimpact.com/productcart/dreamweaver/index_1.asp[/url]

Can any one pl guide me?

Regards,
Sawan
"Phil" <nomail@nospam.com> wrote in message
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> > a normal user

>
> What is it ?
> :-)
>
>

> > One of the things i would like to prepopulate is
> > the name of the form (if it already exists) on the document.

>

> > [/q]
> > I Have same problem, help me.. Tutorial, gudie ... Thank You
> >
> >

>
> Try this.
> Tested in a command file. You can adapt it to your needs, just get rid of

the

> alert().
>
> //---------------------------------
> function initializeUI(){
> var tag = 'form';
> var attribute = 'name';
>
> // resultat = Object Element if found, empty if not
> var resultat = getSelectionTag(tag.toUpperCase());
>
> if (resultat) { // tag found
> if (resultat.getAttribute(attribute)) {
> alert(resultat.getAttribute(attribute)); // attribute value found
> }
> else {
> alert('Attribute ' + attribute + ' not found');
> }
>
> }
> else {
> alert('Tag '+ tag + ' not found');
> }
> }
>
> //Check if selection or any parent of the selection is a tag 'tag',
> //and return the tag node if found.
>
> function getSelectionTag(tag) {
> var retVal = "";
> var dom = dw.getDocumentDOM();
> var node = dom.getSelectedNode();
>
> while (node.nodeType != Node.DOCUMENT_NODE) {
> if (node.nodeType == Node.ELEMENT_NODE && node.tagName == tag) {
> retVal = node;
> break;
> }
> else node = node.parentNode;
> }
>
> return retVal;
> }
> //---------------------------------------------------
>
>
>
>
>