perl template tool kit extension development

[SterlingDK]

Greetings,

I would like to develop an extension to dreamweaver to allow DW to visually
display the perl Template Toolkit .wld files.

For those who arent familiar with these, they are similar to classic ASP
pages, where blocks of code are embedded with HTML.

Can someone point in in the right direction to develop an extension for DW8?

Thanks

[Randy Edmunds]

There is an extension on the Macromedia Exchange that provides Perl Support:

[url]http://www.macromedia.com/cfusion/exchange/index.cfm#view=sn121&extid=1021086[/url]

No need to reinvent the wheel!

Hope this helps,
Randy

> I would like to develop an extension to dreamweaver to allow DW to visually
> display the perl Template Toolkit .wld files.
>
> For those who arent familiar with these, they are similar to classic ASP
> pages, where blocks of code are embedded with HTML.
>
> Can someone point in in the right direction to develop an extension for DW8?

[SterlingDK]

Hi,

I'm looking at developing an extension to support the perl Template Toolkit -
not perl files - there is a big differences.

Template Toolkit files are .wld files and resemble html with blocks of dynamic
code.

[Nancy Gill]

Look in the Help menu under "Extending Dreamweaver" and the "Dreamweaver
API".


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"SterlingDK" <webforumsuser@macromedia.com> wrote in message
news:diibdo$288$1@forums.macromedia.com...

> Hi,
>
> I'm looking at developing an extension to support the perl Template

Toolkit -

> not perl files - there is a big differences.
>
> Template Toolkit files are .wld files and resemble html with blocks of

dynamic

> code.
>

[Randy Edmunds]

You will still need everything that is provided in that extension, but
you'll need to add a couple things.

If this is just for your own system(s), you will need to add the .wld
extension to the HTML doctype. This TechNote explains how to do that:

[url]http://www.macromedia.com/cfusion/knowledgebase/index.cfm?id=tn_16410[/url]

You will also need to add something like the following (assuming perl
uses <script> tags) so the perl blocks will be recognized in the WLD files:

<blockStart doctypes="HTML,LibraryItem"
scheme="outerTag"><![CDATA[<script>]]></blockStart>
<blockEnd><![CDATA[</script>]]></blockEnd>
<blockStart doctypes="HTML,LibraryItem"
scheme="outerTag"><![CDATA[<script\s+\*>]]></blockStart>
<blockEnd><![CDATA[</script>]]></blockEnd>

If you want to package this as an extension to distribute to others,
unfortunately there is no way to make those changes in a "Macromedia
Approved" way. You'll have to get duplicate the HTML and Perl code
coloring data.

Hope this helps,
Randy

> I'm looking at developing an extension to support the perl Template Toolkit -
> not perl files - there is a big differences.
>
> Template Toolkit files are .wld files and resemble html with blocks of dynamic
> code.