Win & Mac Extension Compatibality

[ndutzie]

Hi All,

I was wondering if someone can tell what is in the extension that makes the
extension compatible in windows and mac?

I have an extension that runs in windows, but when I installed it in mac, I
couldn't click on the menu to execute the extension. It seemed that the menu
was disabled (was gray).

Does someone know what went wrong with my extension?

Thank you for the help :)

[Al Sparber - PVII]

Dreamweaver was never fully compatible with OS X. While most things work,
there are lots more glitches on OS X than on Windows. You could take some
convoluted measures to work around the Mac issues, but our feeling is that's
Adobe's and Apple's job. That said, if you install the command linked below
and
then restart Dreamweaver, you might gain access to your menu. Let me know.

[url]http://www.projectseven.com/go/returnfalsefix[/url]

--
Al Sparber - PVII
[url]http://www.projectseven.com[/url]
Fully Automated Menu Systems | Galleries | Widgets
[url]http://www.projectseven.com/go/Elevators[/url]


"ndutzie" <webforumsuser@macromedia.com> wrote in message
news:g7b0ts$5h2$1@forums.macromedia.com...

> Hi All,
>
> I was wondering if someone can tell what is in the extension that makes
> the
> extension compatible in windows and mac?
>
> I have an extension that runs in windows, but when I installed it in mac,
> I
> couldn't click on the menu to execute the extension. It seemed that the
> menu
> was disabled (was gray).
>
> Does someone know what went wrong with my extension?
>
> Thank you for the help :)
>

[ndutzie]

The extension worked in my mac.

Now another problem though, I tried my extension on mx2004 and CS3. It didn't
seem to be error, was installed perfectly, but when executed, it didn't do
anything.

The extension heavily uses dwfile.copy(), is it the reason it doesn't work on
those version?

[Al Sparber - PVII]

What does the extension do?

--
Al Sparber - PVII
[url]http://www.projectseven.com[/url]
Fully Automated Menu Systems | Galleries | Widgets
[url]http://www.projectseven.com/go/Elevators[/url]


"ndutzie" <webforumsuser@macromedia.com> wrote in message
news:g7cfm6$pup$1@forums.macromedia.com...

> The extension worked in my mac.
>
> Now another problem though, I tried my extension on mx2004 and CS3. It
> didn't
> seem to be error, was installed perfectly, but when executed, it didn't do
> anything.
>
> The extension heavily uses dwfile.copy(), is it the reason it doesn't work
> on
> those version?
>

[ndutzie]

Hi,

I've been checking my extension. It seems that it doesn't work on CS3 and
MX2004 because the menu doesn't really execute the file that should be
executed. So the javascript in the file is not executed.

Do you think this is the best way to execute the file?



<macromedia-extension id=""
name="Ext11"
version="1"
type="suite">

<!-- List the required/compatible products -->

<products>
<product name="Dreamweaver" version="4" primary="true" />
</products>

<!-- Describe the author -->

<author name="name" />

<!-- Describe the extension -->

<description>
<![CDATA[
description
]]>
</description>

<ui-access>
<![CDATA[ ]]>
</ui-access>


<files>
<file source="lpm_install.html"
destination="$dreamweaver/Configuration/commands/folder1/lpm_install.html" />
</files>

<configuration-changes>
<menu-insert insertAfter="DWMenu_Insert_Media" skipSeparator="true">
<menu id="menu1" name="_menu1"></menu>
</menu-insert>
<menu-insert appendTo="menu1">
<menuitem id="LandingPageManager1_1"
file="commands/folder1/lpm_install.html"
command="dw.runCommand('folder1/lpm_install.html');" name="Install Now!" />
</menu-insert>
</configuration-changes>

</macromedia-extension>

[ndutzie]

Hi Al-sparber

The extension basically copies some files to the user's local site folder.

Basically I put a menu in the insert, and when clicked, it is suppose to run
an html file with a javascript to copy the files needed to user's local site
folder (using dwfile.copy()).

I've been watching what happens, and found that in dreamweaver CS3 and MX2004,
the menu does not execute the html file. In other words, it does not work
because dreamweaver doesn't execute that html (that contains the javascript)
file.

Do you have any idea what causes this?