Macromedia dreamweaver 8-extending dreamweaver User Manual

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C-Level Extensibility

To build the shared library on the Macintosh using Metrowerks CodeWarrior 9
or greater:

Open Sample.mcp.

Build the project (Project > Make) to generate a Mach-O Bundle.

When the build operation finishes, the Sample.bundle file appears in the folder that
contains Sample.mcp.

To build the shared library on the Macintosh using Apple Xcode 1.5 or greater:

Open Sample.xcode.

Build the project (Build > Build) to generate a Mach-O Bundle.

When the build operation finishes, the Sample.bundle file appears in the build folder that
is next to the Sample.xcode file.

To call the computeSum() function from the Insert Horizontal Rule object:

Create a folder called JSExtensions in the Configuration folder within the Dreamweaver
application folder.

Copy Sample.dll (Windows) or Sample.bundle (Macintosh) to the JSExtensions folder.

In a text editor, open the HR.htm file in the Configuration/Objects/Common folder.

Add the line

alert(Sample.computeSum(2,2));

to the

objectTag()

function, as shown

in the following example:

function objectTag() {

// Return the html tag that should be inserted
alert(Sample.computeSum(2,2));
return "<HR>";

}

Save the file and restart Dreamweaver.

To execute the

computeSum()

function, select Insert > HTML > Horizontal Rule.

A dialog box that contains the number 4 (the result of computing the sum of 2 plus 2)
appears.

The Mach-O Bundle that is generated can only be used in Macromedia
Dreamweaver 8. Earlier versions of Dreamweaver do not recognize it.