Macromedia dreamweaver 8-extending dreamweaver User Manual

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Server Behaviors

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If the user edits an existing server behavior by double-clicking it, Dreamweaver displays 
the dialog box, executes the 

onLoad

 handler on the 

BODY

 tag, if one exists, and then calls 

the 

inspectServerBehavior()

 function. The 

inspectServerBehavior()

 function 

populates the form elements with the current parameter values. When the user clicks OK, 
Dreamweaver calls the 

applyServerBehavior()

 function again.

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If the user clicks the Minus (-) button, the 

deleteServerBehavior()

 function is called. 

The 

deleteServerBehavior()

 function removes the behavior from the document.

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When the user selects a server behavior and uses the Cut or Copy commands, 
Dreamweaver passes the object that represents the server behavior to its 

copyServerBehavior()

 function. The 

copyServerBehavior()

 function adds any other 

properties to the server behavior object that are needed to paste it later.

After the 

copyServerBehavior()

 function returns, Dreamweaver converts the server 

behavior object to a form that can be put on the Clipboard. When Dreamweaver converts 
the object, it deletes all the properties that reference objects; every property on the object 
that is not a number, Boolean value, or string is lost.

When the user uses the Paste command, Dreamweaver unpacks the contents of the 
Clipboard and generates a new server behavior object. The new object is identical to the 
original, except that it does not have properties that reference objects. Dreamweaver passes 
the new server behavior object to the 

pasteServerBehavior()

 function. The 

pasteServerBehavior()

 function adds the behavior to the user’s document. After the 

pasteServerBehavior()

 function returns, Dreamweaver calls the 

findServerBehaviors()

 function to get a new list of all the server behaviors in the user’s 

document.

Users can copy and paste behaviors from one document to another. The 

copyServerBehavior()

 and 

pasteServerBehavior()

 functions should rely only on 

properties on the behavior object to exchange information.