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December 21, 2010
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MMString: My greatest problem to personalize DreamWeaver

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Hi people.

I am trying to make some personalizations to DreamWeaver, but it is being a nightmare, because the 'Extending Dreamweaver' manual is completely outdated and lacks a lot of information. It would be unpractical to list all its problems here, so I will limit myself to greater one for me : the use of MMString. Maybe I will accomplish my goals resolving it.

Many personalizations of DreamWeaver involve changes to a 'mmstring:..xxx..' attribute that, the 'Extending Dreamweaver' manual explains, at pages 80-81, are placeholders for texts displayed at the screen (tooltips, menu names, menu item names, etc), that allow easier translations to different languages. The texts to be displayed should be in a xml file, at the Dreamweaver Configuration/Strings folder. But simply there isn't such folder (that should be, for the original DreamWeaver texts displayed). Even so, I made a try: I created this folder and a .xml file inside it, with one personalized text for one menuitem, but, as expected, it didn't work. I also tried to locate the real file where the original DreamWeaver texts displayed are, using 'Google Desktop' and the search feature of Windows, without success.

So, I ask: Can anyone tell me where is the file that stores the texts displayed by DreamWeaver, that replace the placeholders created with the MMString:...xxx... attributes ?

Thanks a lot.

Marcos

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Randy Edmunds
Adobe Employee
Randy Edmunds
Adobe Employee
December 24, 2010

Marcos,

Many personalizations of DreamWeaver involve changes to a 'mmstring:..xxx..' attribute that, the 'Extending Dreamweaver' manual explains, at pages 80-81, are placeholders for texts displayed at the screen (tooltips, menu names, menu item names, etc), that allow easier translations to different languages. The texts to be displayed should be in a xml file, at the Dreamweaver Configuration/Strings folder. But simply there isn't such folder (that should be, for the original DreamWeaver texts displayed). Even so, I made a try: I created this folder and a .xml file inside it, with one personalized text for one menuitem, but, as expected, it didn't work. I also tried to locate the real file where the original DreamWeaver texts displayed are, using 'Google Desktop' and the search feature of Windows, without success.

DW places strings in XML files so that there can be a single reference in the HTML, but a different XML file for each language. You don't need to do that if you are only supporting 1 language. You can simply provide the literal string. For example, instead of this:

  <label for="option1"><MMString:loadString id="ice/repeatingRegionAdjacent/cmd/option/insertNew" /></label>

Just use something like:

  <label for="option1">My Label</label>

Also, instead of this:

  <div MMString:name="TagLibraries/ASPNet/AdRotator/div/name/OnDataBinding">

Just use something like:

  <div name="MyName">

If you don't use any MMString references in your document, then you can simplify this:

  <html xmlns:MMString="http://www.macromedia.com/schemes/data/string/">

to simply be:

  <html>

If you want to provide multi-language support, then you will need to manually add the Configuration/Strings folder for your XML file(s). The reason it doesn't exist anymore is because DW now uses a more efficient internal format, but the old format is still supported for extensions. The format is:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<strings>
    <string id="[string-id]" value="[string-value]" />

    <!-- specify additional strings here...  -->
</strings>

HTH,

Randy

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Anonymous
December 31, 2010

Hi Randy,

Thanks for your answer, but my doubts remain.

As I wrote in my original question, I tried to personalize the text of one menuitem. It was the very 1st one : 'File => New'. I made 2 trys:

1) At the menus.xml file, in the Dreamweaver Configuration/Menus folder, I replaced

        <menuitem mmstring:name="menus/DWMenu_File_New" key="Cmd+N" command="dw.newDocument()" enabled="true" domRequired="false" id="DWMenu_File_New" />

with

     <menuitem name="_Novo" key="Cmd+N" command="dw.newDocument()" enabled="true" domRequired="false" id="DWMenu_File_New" />.

This is very similar to what you wrote at:

"instead of this:

  <div MMString:name="TagLibraries/ASPNet/AdRotator/div/name/OnDataBinding">

Just use something like:

  <div name="MyName">

But it doesn't work. The first menuitem remained being displayed as 'New', not as 'Novo'.

2) I created the strings folder at the Dreamweaver Configuration folder and, inside it, the MCR_DreamWeaver_Strings.xml file. At this file, I wrote :

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>

<strings> 
<!-- Menus --> 
<string id="menus/DWMenu_File_New" value="_Novo"/> 
</strings>

I believe this is exactly what you wrote at the end of your answer. But it also doesn't work. The first menuitem remained being displayed as 'New', not as 'Novo'.

Could you give me a solution for this specific personalization, the display of the menu commands ?

Thanks.

Marcos

Randy Edmunds
Adobe Employee
Randy Edmunds
Adobe Employee
January 1, 2011

Marcos,

2) I created the strings folder at the Dreamweaver Configuration folder

and, inside it, the MCR_DreamWeaver_Strings.xml file. At this file, I

wrote :

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>

<strings>

<!-- Menus -->

<string id="menus/DWMenu_File_New" value="_Novo"/>

</strings>

I believe this is exactly what you wrote at the end of your answer. But

it also doesn't work. The first menuitem remained being displayed as

'New', not as 'Novo'.

The id "menus/DWMenu_File_New" is already being used, so make sure you use a unique id.

Also, make sure that you are editing the correct menus.xml file. Which operating systems and version are you using?

If you are using WinXP, then do not edit the one in the Program files folder. You should be editing the one here:

C:\Documents and Settings\[name]\Application Data\Adobe\Dreamweaver CS5\[lang]\Configuration\Menus

Also not that the "Application Data" folder is hidden by default, so you may need to un-hide system folders.

HTH,

Randy

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