The Objects Api Functions - Adobe 38040334 - Dreamweaver CS3 User Manual

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The objects API functions

This section describes the functions in the objects API. You must define either the
function. For details about these functions, see "insertObject()" on page 117. The remaining functions
objectTag()
are optional.
canInsertObject()
Availability
Dreamweaver MX.
Description
This function determines whether to display the Object dialog box.
Arguments
None.
Returns
Dreamweaver expects a Boolean value.
Example
The following code tells Dreamweaver to check to see that the document contains a particular string before allowing
the user to insert the selected object:
function canInsertObject(){
var docStr = dw.getDocumentDOM().documentElement.outerHTML;
var patt = /hava/;
var found = ( docStr.search(patt) != -1 );
var insertionIsValid = true;
if (!found){
insertionIsValid = false;
alert("the document must contain a 'hava' string to use this object.");}
return insertionIsValid;}
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insertObject()
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