Integrating Contribute With Adobe Creative Suite 3 Applications - Adobe 65015459 - Contribute CS4 User Manual

Integrating Contribute with Adobe Creative Suite 3
applications
You can run custom startup scripts during the installation of other Adobe Creative Suite 3 applications to enable
access from the relevant suite product to Adobe Contribute. When these scripts are run, Adobe Contribute-related
menus, options, and toolbar icons are created in the Creative Suite 3 applications. Also, relevant Creative Suite 3
product-related menus, options, and toolbar icons are created in Adobe Contribute.
Performing Adobe Contribute-related operations in Creative Suite 3 applications
The Cross DOM is a small API that provides a set of functions that are common across Adobe Creative Suite 3 appli-
cations. These include functions to open files, execute scripts, and print files. You can use the Cross DOM API for
startup scripts to perform any of the following operations across the Adobe Creative Suite 3 applications:
• Open a new web page or blog entry in Adobe Contribute from another Creative Suite 3 application using the Open
function in the Cross-DOM API. Also, you can open files in Adobe Contribute from another Creative Suite 3
application using the Cross-DOM API in a startup script.
• Open files from the following Creative Suite 3 applications in Adobe Contribute by using the Open function in
the Cross-DOM API: Adobe Bridge, Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Illustrator, Adobe InDesign, Adobe Acrobat,
Adobe Flash, Adobe Dreamweaver, and Adobe Fireworks.
• Open video and audio files from the following Creative Suite 3 applications using the Open function in the Cross-
DOM API: Adobe After Effects, Adobe Premiere Pro, Adobe Audition, and Adobe Encore. If the file can be viewed
in the embedded browser, it is opened in the embedded browser.
• Edit files in one of the following Creative Suite 3 applications, and call the Reveal function to switch to Adobe
Contribute: Adobe Bridge, Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Illustrator, Adobe InDesign, Adobe Acrobat, Adobe Flash,
Adobe Dreamweaver, Adobe Fireworks, Adobe After Effects, Adobe Premiere Pro, Adobe Audition, and Adobe
Encore.
• Print files from the following Creative Suite 3 applications in Adobe Contribute using the PDF printer and the
Print function in the Cross-DOM API: Adobe Bridge, Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Illustrator, Adobe InDesign,
Adobe Acrobat, Adobe Flash, Adobe Dreamweaver, and Adobe Fireworks.
• Print files from the following Creative Suite 3 applications using the Print function in the Cross-DOM API: Adobe
After Effects, Adobe Premiere Pro, Adobe Audition, and Adobe Encore. (Although video files are rarely printed,
printing these files lets you verify whether the corresponding applications respond to BridgeTalk messages.)
• Close Adobe Contribute from other Creative Suite 3 applications using the Close function in the Cross-DOM API.
• Quit Adobe Contribute from the following Creative Suite 3 applications using the Quit function in Cross DOM
API: Adobe Bridge, Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Illustrator, Adobe InDesign, Adobe Acrobat, Adobe Flash, Adobe
Dreamweaver, Adobe Fireworks, Adobe After Effects, Adobe Premiere Pro, Adobe Audition, and Adobe Encore.
Note: Adobe Bridge scripts using the BridgeTalk protocol enable communication between Adobe Contribute and the
Adobe Creative Suite 3 applications. The BridgeTalk message object is used to send message packets between the appli-
cations.
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