how to create an extension

[sbsmithfl]

I'm looking for anyone with advice on how to create an extension for review by Adobe, and/or anyone that has been through the process and can give friendly advice.

I have a great idea for an extension, but don't know where to go from here.

many thanks,
stephen
tallahassee, FL

[Deaf_Web_Designer]

Which extension you are interested to develop for? Be more specific!

[Newsgroup_User]

Danilo Celic has prepared a list ( below ) of helpful links for those
interested in learning how to create extensions.

MX04:
Help > Extensions > Extending Dreamweaver
and
Help > Extensions > API Reference
and
Help > Extensions > Creating and Submitting

tutorials:
You can try Colm Gallaghers step by step tutorial on how to make a simple
Dreamweaver Object extension.
http://www.dwfaq.com/Tutorials/Extensions/simple_object.asp

http://www.dmxzone.com/showDetail.asp?TypeId=28&NewsId=5059
(20 page tutorial - commercial)

livedocs as well:
http://livedocs.macromedia.com/dreamweaver/mx2004/index.html

Dreamweaver MX 2004 SDK (includes MXI format for DWMX 2004):
http://www.macromedia.com/cfusion/exchange/index.cfm?view=sn121&extid...

MXI File Format for DWMX 2004:
http://download.macromedia.com/pub/dw_exchange/mxi_file_format.pdf

MXI File format for DWMX and earlier:
http://download.macromedia.com/pub/dw_exchange/mxi_file_format.pdf

Books (dedicated):
Building Dreamweaver 4 and Dreamweaver UltraDev 4 Extension
Tom Muck and Ray West
http://basic-ultradev.com/building_extensions/index.asp

Dreamweaver MX Extensions
Laura Gutman
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0735711828/qid=10686781...

Covers extending:
Dreamweaver MX The Complete Reference
Ray West and Tom Muck
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0072195142/basicultradev-20

Dreamweaver MX 2004 The Complete Reference
Ray West and Tom Muck
http://dwteam.com/tcr/

Beyond Dreamweaver
Joseph Lowrey
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0789727404/qid=10686785...

Plus, always good to see what others have done. Visit the Exchange and
look at as many as you can:
http://www.macromedia.com/exchange/

Lists of DW extension developer sites:
http://www.dwfaq.com/Resources/Extensions/default.asp
http://www.felixone.it/extensions/mext.asp

Danilo also writes for: http://www.communitymx.com/ He has a few
extension related articles there (commercial site).


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Regards,
..Trent Pastrana
www.fourlevel.com
"sbsmithfl" <webforumsuser@macromedia.com> wrote in message
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> I'm looking for anyone with advice on how to create an extension for
> review by
> Adobe, and/or anyone that has been through the process and can give
> friendly
> advice.
>
> I have a great idea for an extension, but don't know where to go from
> here.
>
> many thanks,
> stephen
> tallahassee, FL
>