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EXTENDING DREAMWEAVER CS4
Extending Dreamweaver
Configuration folders and extensions
The folders and files that are stored in the Dreamweaver Configuration folder contain the extensions that come with
Dreamweaver. When you write an extension, you must save the files in the proper folder for Dreamweaver to recognize
them. For example, if you create a Property inspector extension, you save the files in the Configuration/Inspectors
the Extension Manager automatically saves the extension files to the proper folders.
You can use the files in the Dreamweaver Configuration folder as examples, but these files are generally more complex
than the average extension that is available on the Adobe Exchange website. For more information on the contents of
each subfolder within the Configuration folder, see the Configuration_ReadMe.htm file.
The Configuration/Shared folder does not correspond to a specific extension type. It is the central repository for utility
functions, classes, and images that are used by more than one extension. The files in the
Configuration/Shared/Common folder are designed to be useful to a broad range of extensions. These files are useful
as examples of JavaScript techniques and as utilities. Look here first for the functions that perform specific tasks, such
as creating a valid Document Object Model (DOM) reference to an object, testing whether the current selection is
inside a particular tag, escaping special characters in strings, and more. If you create common files, you should create
a separate subfolder in the Configuration/Shared/Common folder, which is shown in the following figure, and store
them there.
Configuration/Shared/Common/Scripts folder structure
For more information about the Shared folder, see “