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The Data Sources API

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The Data Sources API 

The functions in the Data Sources API let you find, add, edit, and delete data sources and also 
generate and inspect dynamic data objects.

addDynamicSource()

Availability

Dreamweaver UltraDev 1.

Description

This function adds a dynamic data source. Because there is one implementation of this 
function in each data source file, Dreamweaver calls the appropriate implementation of the 

addDynamicSource()

 function when you select a data source from the Plus (+) menu. 

For example, for recordsets or commands, Dreamweaver calls the 

dw.serverBehaviorInspector.popupServerBehavior()

 function, which inserts a new 

server behavior into the document. For request, session, and application variables, 
Dreamweaver displays an HTML/JavaScript dialog box to collect the name of the variable; 
the behavior stores the variable name for future use.

After the 

addDynamicSource()

 function returns, Dreamweaver erases the contents of the 

data source tree and calls the 

findDynamicSources()

 and 

generateDynamicSourceBindings()

 functions to repopulate the data source tree.

Returns

Dreamweaver expects nothing.

deleteDynamicSource()

Availability

Dreamweaver UltraDev 1.

Description

Dreamweaver calls this function when a user selects a data source in the tree and clicks the 
Minus (-) button.