Background; Extending Dreamweaver; Additional Resources For Extension Writers; New Functions In Dreamweaver 8 - MACROMEDIA DREAMWEAVER 8-DREAMWEAVER API Reference

Background

This book assumes that you are familiar with Dreamweaver, HTML, XML, JavaScript
programming and, if applicable, C programming. If you are writing extensions for building
web applications, you should also be familiar with server-side scripting on at least one
platform, such as Active Server Pages (ASP), ASP.net, PHP: Hypertext Preprocessor (PHP),
ColdFusion, or Java Server Pages (JSP).

Extending Dreamweaver

To learn about the Dreamweaver framework and the API that enables you to build
Dreamweaver extensions, see Extending Dreamweaver. Extending Dreamweaver describes the
API functions that Dreamweaver calls to implement the objects, menus, floating panels,
server behaviors, and so on, that comprise the various features of Dreamweaver. You can use
those APIs to add objects, menus, floating panels, or other features to the product. Extending
Dreamweaver also explains how to customize Dreamweaver by editing and adding tags to
various HTML and XML files to add menu items or document types, and so on.

Additional resources for extension writers

To communicate with other developers who are involved in writing extensions, you might
want to join the Dreamweaver extensibility newsgroup. You can access the website for this
newsgroup at www.macromedia.com/go/extending_newsgrp/.

New functions in Dreamweaver 8

The following new functions have been added to the Dreamweaver 8 JavaScript API. The
headings designate the chapters and sections that contain the new functions:
Application
The following Global application functions have been added to the Application chapter.
Global application
dreamweaver.showPasteSpecialDialog()
dreamweaver.showPreferencesDialog()
8 Introduction
on page 158
on page 159 (added new argument)