How can i write my own extensions for DW CS5?

Report · May 02, 2010

I was looking for some IDE to code the DW CS5 and FW CS5 API with intellisence feature. I tried flash CS5 but nothing for writing DW/FW CS5 API.

Has adobe made any IDE for writing extensions for DW/FW CS5?

Report · May 03, 2010

I was looking for some IDE to code the DW CS5 and FW CS5 API with intellisence feature. I tried flash CS5 but nothing for writing DW/FW CS5 API.
Has adobe made any IDE for writing extensions for DW/FW CS5?

No, there is no DW-specific IDE. You can find useful documents here:

http://help.adobe.com/en_US/Dreamweaver/10.0_API_Ref/index.html

http://help.adobe.com/en_US/Dreamweaver/10.0_Extending/index.html

Note that the updated documents for version 11 (CS5) have not yet been released.

Also, search the Dreamweaver Configuration folder for a *lot* of good code exmaples.

Hope this helps,

Randy Edmunds

Dreamweaver Development

Adobe Systems, Inc.

Report · May 03, 2010

Thanks Randy Edmunds.

I read all pages you gave me, but there is nothing to start the better way of coding.

Well, Very Sad, Adobe.

Then, Notepad is next option for me to write codes for custom extention, It's damn hard for me to use Notepad as Code Editor.

Report · Jun 21, 2010

I am regretting writing a Dreamweaver extension. There is no documentation and no support. Now I am stuck with it. Should have written a VisualStudio extension instead.

Girish Nair

Report · Jun 22, 2010

Girish,

I am regretting writing a Dreamweaver extension. There is no documentation and no support.

You can find the documentation for CS4 here:

http://help.adobe.com/en_US/Dreamweaver/10.0_API_Ref/index.html

http://help.adobe.com/en_US/Dreamweaver/10.0_Extending/index.html

All of this information is still supported for CS5. The CS5 docs will be posted in a few weeks.

Please post any questions that you have to this forum and we'll try to get them answered for you.

Hope this helps,

Randy Edmunds

Dreamweaver Development

Adobe Systems, Inc.

Report · Jun 22, 2010

Thanks Randy. I don't have a problem waiting for the CS5 extension docs. However, lack of official response in this forum is concerning. For extension developers like myself this is our only recourse. We can't run our business hoping that someone will eventually reply to our posts. Our customers are already demanding that our extensions work with CS5 because they can't purchase CS4 anymore. We need better commitment and more accountability from Adobe. Please see my post http://forums.adobe.com/thread/656654?tstart=0

Thanks,

Girish Nair

Report · Jun 22, 2010

Girish,

I don't have a problem waiting for the CS5 extension docs. However, lack of official response in this forum is concerning. For extension developers like myself this is our only recourse. We can't run our business hoping that someone will eventually reply to our posts. Our customers are already demanding that our extensions work with CS5 because they can't purchase CS4 anymore. We need better commitment and more accountability from Adobe. Please see my post http://forums.adobe.com/thread/656654?tstart=0

Yes, this is a *user* forum, so we do not *officially* respond to these posts. With that said, DW Engineers know that writing extensions is not easy, and that extension authors are important to DW, so we try our best to answer the questions that are not handled by others on this forum. Thank you for your persistence.

I saw your post, but the DW Team no longer develops the Extension Manager, so I cannot answer your question. That code is now written by a separate team. I passed on that thread and I will get you a response.

Regards,

Randy

Report · Jun 24, 2010

http://help.adobe.com/en_US/Dreamweaver/10.0_API_Ref/index.html
http://help.adobe.com/en_US/Dreamweaver/10.0_Extending/index.html
All of this information is still supported for CS5. The CS5 docs will be posted in a few weeks.

Randy,

You say that the API is still supported in CS5, but from what I can tell, there is at least one part that is broken. It says here that Dreamweaver will find DLLs in the \configuration\Source Control folder and add them to the list of remote options, which works in CS3 and CS4, but not in CS5. It appears that Dreamweaver is not checking the names of the DLLs because it will not add new options when DLLs are added to the folder. Also, if the RDS.dll file is moved and there is another DLL in the folder, it will use the functions from the other DLL, but it is still listed as RDS in the list and in the site definitions file. Is there something that I'm missing here or is this a bug?

Thanks!

Grace

Report · Jun 24, 2010

Grace,

You say that the API is still supported in CS5, but from what I can tell, there is at least one part that is broken. It says here that Dreamweaver will find DLLs in the \configuration\Source Control folder and add them to the list of remote options, which works in CS3 and CS4, but not in CS5. It appears that Dreamweaver is not checking the names of the DLLs because it will not add new options when DLLs are added to the folder. Also, if the RDS.dll file is moved and there is another DLL in the folder, it will use the functions from the other DLL, but it is still listed as RDS in the list and in the site definitions file. Is there something that I'm missing here or is this a bug?

Yes, that is a bug. I'll let you know if I find any information about workarounds or fixes.

Regards,

Randy

Report · Jul 08, 2010

Randy,

Is there any update on this? I am encountering the same problem (source control api plugin not being recognized/shown in UI, even though the dll is getting loaded), which is obstructing porting my extension to CS5.

Thanks,

Scott

Report · Jul 09, 2010

This is not a solution, but a partial workaround. If you put the DLL in the right place, and have a site created in CS4 and exported to CS5, you should be able to use most of the functionality (you just can't configure the site in the GUI). You can make changes to the site definition by exporting the site, manually editing the .ste file and then importing it.

Report · Sep 07, 2010

Is this issue going to be fixed? It is preventing the deployment of my extension to CS5 (which customers are asking for, since they can't get previous versions anymore). The work around suggested isn't really teniable, since is impractical for me to set up sites files in CS4 for all of our customers. A reply from Adobe would be appreciated.

Report · Sep 13, 2010

Scott,

Is this issue going to be fixed? It is preventing the deployment of my extension to CS5 (which customers are asking for, since they can't get previous versions anymore). The work around suggested isn't really teniable, since is impractical for me to set up sites files in CS4 for all of our customers. A reply from Adobe would be appreciated.

Unfortunately, I am not aware of a fix for this any time soon. Please report the problem here:

https://www.adobe.com/cfusion/mmform/index.cfm?name=wishform

Be sure to state not only the problem, but how it impacts you.

Regards,

Randy