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Creating a tag definition (VTML) file
When a user selects a registered tag using the Tag Chooser or a tag editor, Dreamweaver
searches for a corresponding VTML file for the tag definition.
To create a tag definition file:
1.
In a text editor, create a file with the following contents:
<TAG NAME="cfweather" endtag="no">
<TAGFORMAT NLBEFORETAG="1" NLAFTERTAG="1"/>
<TAGDIALOG FILE="cfweather.htm"/>
<ATTRIBUTES>
<ATTRIB NAME="zip" TYPE="TEXT"/>
<ATTRIB NAME="tempaturescale" TYPE="ENUMERATED">
<ATTRIBOPTION VALUE="Celsius"/>
<ATTRIBOPTION VALUE="Fahrenheit"/>
</ATTRIB>
</ATTRIBUTES>
</TAG>
2.
Save the cfweather.vtm file in the Configuration/Taglibraries/CFML folder.
Using the tag definition file, Dreamweaver can perform code hinting, code completion,
and tag formatting functionality for the
Creating a tag editor UI
To create the cfweather tag editor user interface:
1.
Save the cfweather.htm file in the Configuration/Taglibraries/CFML folder:
<!DOCTYPE HTML SYSTEM "-//Macromedia//DWExtension layout-engine 5.0//
dialog">
<html>
<head>
<title>CFWEATHER</title>
<script src="../../Shared/Common/Scripts/dwscripts.js"></script>
<script src="../../Shared/Common/Scripts/ListControlClass.js"></script>
<script src="../../Shared/Common/Scripts/tagDialogsCmn.js"></script>
<script>
/************************* GLOBAL VARS **************************/
var TEMPATURESCALELIST;
initializeUI())
var theUIObjects;
functions
/****************************************************************/
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Tag Libraries and Editors
cfweather
// tempaurelist control (initialized in
// array of UI objects used by common API
tag.
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