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The extensive JavaScript API lets you perform a diverse set of smaller tasks, many of which are tasks that a user would
perform when creating or editing Dreamweaver documents. These API functions are grouped by the parts of the
Dreamweaver UI that they affect. For example, the JavaScript API includes Workspace functions, Document
functions, Design functions, and so on. These functions let you perform tasks such as opening a new document,
getting or setting a font size, finding the occurrence of a search string in HTML code, making a toolbar visible, and
much more.

Background

This book assumes that you are familiar with Dreamweaver, HTML, XML, JavaScript programming and, if appli-
cable, C programming. If you are writing extensions for building web applications, you should also be familiar with
server-side scripting on at least one platform, such as Active Server Pages (ASP), ASP.net, PHP: Hypertext Prepro-
cessor (PHP), ColdFusion, or Java Server Pages (JSP).

Extending Dreamweaver

To learn about the Dreamweaver framework and the API that enables you to build Dreamweaver extensions, see
Extending Dreamweaver. Extending Dreamweaver describes the API functions that Dreamweaver calls to implement
the objects, menus, floating panels, server behaviors, and so on, that comprise the various features of Dreamweaver.
You can use those APIs to add objects, menus, floating panels, or other features to the product. Extending Dream-
weaver also explains how to customize Dreamweaver by editing and adding tags to various HTML and XML files to
add menu items or document types, and so on.

Additional resources for extension writers

To communicate with other developers who are involved in writing extensions, to join the Dreamweaver extensi-
bility newsgroup. You can access the website for this newsgroup at
weaver/extend/form/.

New functions in Dreamweaver CS3

The following new functions are added to the Dreamweaver CS3 JavaScript API. The headings designate the chapters
and sections that contain the new functions:
Application
The following functions are added to the Application chapter.
External application functions
• "dom.insertFiles()" on page 111
• "dreamweaver.activateApp()" on page 111
• "dreamweaver.printDocument()" on page 111
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