Extension template/skeleton

[Baron Von Smit]

Hi

Does anyone/adobe have an extension template/skeleton to get newbies started
with?
Best practice file management with useful things like outputting to a new
file, saving to a new file, saving preferences. May help saving the community
doing the same things over and over again.

all the best
Dave

[Randy Edmunds]

Dave,

There are many types of extensions, but the easiest way to get started
is to open the History Panel (Window > History), select 1 or more steps,
right-click and select "Save as Command…". This creates a Command in the
*User* Configuration folder which is usually something like: on WinXP

C:\Documents and Settings\[username]\Application Data\Adobe\Dreamweaver
CS4\en_US\Configuration\Commands

Note that the "Application Data" folder is hidden by default, so you may
need to enable displaying of hidden folders in the Folder Options of the
File Explorer.

Poke around in the *Application* Configuration folder here for lots of
code that is delivered with DW:

C:\Program Files\Adobe\Adobe Dreamweaver CS4\en_US\Configuration

There are online Extension and API docs here:
[url]http://help.adobe.com/en_US/Dreamweaver/10.0_Extending/index.html[/url]
[url]http://help.adobe.com/en_US/Dreamweaver/10.0_API_Ref/index.html[/url]

Hope this helps,
Randy

> Does anyone/adobe have an extension template/skeleton to get newbies started
> with?
> Best practice file management with useful things like outputting to a new
> file, saving to a new file, saving preferences. May help saving the community
> doing the same things over and over again.

[Baron Von Smit]

Thanks Randy, I'll sure check that shortcut out and the links.

[Randy Edmunds]

This topic inspired my blog post for the week:
[url]http://blogs.adobe.com/dreamweaver/2009/02/extending_dreamweaver_getting.html[/url]

A spiced it up with a few more details!

Randy


Baron Von Smit wrote:

> Thanks Randy, I'll sure check that shortcut out and the links.