How to build an Extension?

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October 6, 2008
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Dear All,

can anyone recommend a guide or other resource on the net that explains how to build a dreamweaver extension (including configuration pop-ups, code insertion etc.)? I have found the Adobe help files of course but find them quite disjointed and unapproachable.

Any clues welcome

Thanks

chillifire

Extensions

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Newsgroup_User

Inspiring

Anyone know if is accessible from API or somehow in files panel, the
small icons, like when is SVN enabled in CS4?

Regards,
Lehel

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Veeresh Hiremath

Adobe Employee

Hi,

to start with, and to know how to build a dreamweaver extension refer

http://www.amazon.com/Dreamweaver-MX-Extensions-Laura-Gutman/dp/0735711828/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1223462756&sr=8-1

it would be even better if you download couple of extension and understand the stuff

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chillifireAuthor

Participant

Thanks for the tip.
One question though: The book is so old (2002) it is even out of print and can only be bought second hand. Is it still relevant and compatible with CS3 and even CS4beta (CS4 to be)?
Thanks
chillifire

PS: I can program the extension itself allright and have done so successfully. (i.e. a Spry Widget that checks whether a form field value will be unique in the underlying table without page refresh, a Spry contact form sending emails without page refresh). But the extensions require to be inserted and configured manually, as I have no idea yet how to get the configuration-pop ups and the code insertion working. Will this book teach me this?

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Veeresh Hiremath

Adobe Employee

though the book is old, it explains how to build the basic extension and some of the advanced topics are also covered, yes this book is compatible with CS3 and CS4 as the configuration of the product( DW ) does not change drastically. so most of the extensions which were written for the older version of DW still works fine with the latest release.

last but not the least, though you think that Adobe help files are disjointed, these will really help you once you get started.

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