Adobe Extending Dreamweaver CS4 - Manual (Page 301)

295 EXTENDING DREAMWEAVER CS4
Data sources
var paramObj = new Object();
paramObj.bindingName = bindingName;
var retStr = extPart.getInsertString("", "MyDatasource_DataRef", paramObj);
// We need to strip the cfoutput tags if we are inserting into a CFOUTPUT tag
// or binding to the attributes of a ColdFusion tag. So, we use the
// dwscripts.canStripCfOutputTags() function from dwscriptsServer.js
if (dwscripts.canStripCfOutputTags(dropObject, true))
{
retStr = dwscripts.stripCFOutputTags(retStr, true);
}
return retStr;
}
function inspectDynamicDataRef(expression)
{
var retArray = new Array();
if(expression.length)
{
var params = extPart.findInString("MyDatasource_DataRef", expression);
if (params)
{
retArray[0] = params.sourceName;
retArray[1] = params.bindingName;
}
}
return retArray;
}
function deleteDynamicSource(sourceName, bindingName)
{
var siteURL = dw.getSiteRoot();
if (siteURL.length)
{
//For localized object name
if (sourceName != "MyDatasource")
{
sourceName = "MyDatasource";
}
dwscripts.deleteListValueFromNote(siteURL, sourceName, bindingName);
}
}
3 Save the file as MyDatasource.js in the Configuration/DataSources/ColdFusion folder.
Creating the supporting command files for user input
The addDynamicSource() function contains the command dw.popupCommand("MyDatasource_Variable") ,
which opens a dialog box for the user to enter a specific variable name. However, you must create the dialog box for
MyDatasource Variable.