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CHAPTER 16
Data Sources
The Macromedia Dreamweaver 8 Data Sources API functions let you add data sources, which
appear in the Plus (+) menu in the Bindings panel (for related information, see the function
appear in the Plus (+) menu in the Bindings panel (for related information, see the function
dreamweaver.dbi.getDataSources()
in the Dreamweaver API Reference).
Data source files are stored in the Configuration/DataSources/ServerModelName folder.
Dreamweaver currently supports the following server models: ASP.Net/C#, ASP.Net/
VisualBasic, ASP/JavaScript, ASP/VBScript, Macromedia ColdFusion, JSP, and PHP/
MySQL. Within each server model subfolder are HTML and EDML files that are associated
with the data sources for that server model.
Dreamweaver currently supports the following server models: ASP.Net/C#, ASP.Net/
VisualBasic, ASP/JavaScript, ASP/VBScript, Macromedia ColdFusion, JSP, and PHP/
MySQL. Within each server model subfolder are HTML and EDML files that are associated
with the data sources for that server model.
The following table lists the files you use to create a data source:
Path
File
Description
Configuration/DataSources/
ServerModelName
ServerModelName
datasourcename
.htm
Specifies the name of
the data source and
where to find the
supporting JavaScript
files.
the data source and
where to find the
supporting JavaScript
files.
Configuration/DataSources/
ServerModelName
ServerModelName
datasourcename
.edml
Defines the code that
Dreamweaver inserts
into the document to
represent the data
source value.
Dreamweaver inserts
into the document to
represent the data
source value.
Configuration/DataSources/
ServerModelName
ServerModelName
datasourcename
.js
Contains the
JavaScript functions to
add, insert, and delete
the necessary code into
a document.
JavaScript functions to
add, insert, and delete
the necessary code into
a document.