Introduction - MACROMEDIA DREAMWEAVER 8-DREAMWEAVER API Reference

Introduction

The Dreamweaver API Reference describes two application programming interfaces (APIs) that
let you perform various supporting tasks when developing Macromedia Dreamweaver 8
extensions and adding program code to your Dreamweaver web pages. These two APIs are the
utility API and the JavaScript API. The utility API contains subsets of related functions that
let you perform specific types of tasks. The utility API includes the following API subsets:
The File I/O API, which lets you read and write files on the local file system
The HTTP API, which lets you send and receive information from a web server
The Design Notes API, which lets you store and retrieve notes about Dreamweaver
documents
The Fireworks Integration API, which lets you communicate with Macromedia Fireworks
Flash Integration, which contains information about adding Flash elements to the
Dreamweaver user interface (UI) and details on the Flash Objects API (which lets you
build objects that create Macromedia Flash content)
The Database API, which lets you access information stored in databases and manage
database connections
The Database Connectivity API, which lets you create a new connection type and
corresponding dialog boxes for new or existing server models
The JavaBeans API, which retrieves class names, methods, properties, and events for
JavaBeans that you have defined
The Source Control Integration API, which lets you write shared libraries to extend the
Dreamweaver Check In/Check Out feature
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.
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