Creating Tag Definitions - MACROMEDIA COLDFUSION STUDIO 4.5-USING COLDFUSION STUDIO Use Manual

Element tag
The E tag defines elements within a category. These elements populate the right pane
in the Tag Chooser and the Expression Builder.
The following table describes the
Element Tag <E .../>
CAPTION
TYPE
VALUE
DESC
HELPFILE

Creating Tag Definitions

Interfaces such as Tag Insight and Tag Inspector require tag-specific information to
operate properly. For instance, the Tag Inspector needs to know the attributes of the
tag being entered, the type of each of those attributes, and, in special instances, the
enumerated values of an attribute. Individual tag definition files store this information.
These tag definitions are stored in \Extensions\TagDefs\. For instance, all the
information about the
\Extensions\TagDefs\HTML\Applet.vtm. The definition files are organized in
language directories to prevent possible name conflicts between various markup
languages.
Note
The following features use tag definition files:
The caption of the element.
Used only for elements in Expression Builder which describe a function.
Launches Function Insight.
Tag Chooser — This value represents the tag string pasted when the tag is
selected. If a visual editor exists for the tag, an incomplete tag string should be
used to invoke the editor. For example,
editor for MYTAG stored in
Expression Builder — This value represents the syntax of the expression
element to be pasted into the expression text box.
The contents of the HTML Help for the element. Notice that the HELPFILE
attribute can be used to specify the Help as a separate file.
The relative path to the HTML Help for the element.
(
HELPFILE = "Docs/MyTag.htm"
APPLET
Whenever you make changes to a VTM file or create a new one, save the
file, then press Ctrl+Alt+Shift+C to apply the changes.
Tag Inspector
Tag Tips
Tag Insight
Tag Editor
tag.
E
VALUE="MATED"
.
mytag.vtm
)
tag is stored in
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invokes the visual tag