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Components
For example, the following WebServicesClass node has web methods as its children:
this.name = "TrafficLocatorWebService";
this.image = "Components/Common/WebServices/WebServices.gif";
this.hasChildren = true;
this.toolTipText = "TrafficLocatorWebService";
this.isCodeViewDraggable = true;
// the following allows of enabling/disabling of the button that appears
// above the Component Tree
this.allowDelete = true;
this.isDesignViewDraggable = false;
Components panel API functions
This section describes the API functions for populating the Components panel.
getComponentChildren()
Availability
Dreamweaver MX.
Description
This function returns a list of child
ComponentRec objects for the active parent ComponentRec object. To load the
root-level tree items, this function needs to read its metadata from its persistent store.
Arguments
{parentComponentRec}
The parentComponentRec argument is the componentRec object of the parent. If it is omitted, Dreamweaver expects
a list of ComponentRec objects for the root node.
Returns
An array of
ComponentRec objects.
Example
See
function getComponentChildren(componentRec) in the WebServices.js file in the
Configuration/Components/Common/WebServices folder.
toolTipText Tooltip text of the tree node item Optional
isCodeViewDraggable Determines whether the item can be dragged and
dropped into the Code view. Optional
isDesignViewDraggable Determines whether the item can be dragged and
dropped into the Design view. Optional
Property name Description Required/Optional