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CHAPTER 1
Introduction
The Dreamweaver API Reference describes two application programming interfaces (APIs) that let
you perform various supporting tasks when developing Macromedia Dreamweaver MX 2004
extensions and adding program code to your Dreamweaver web pages. These two APIs are the
utility API and the JavaScript API. The utility API contains subsets of related functions that let
you perform specific types of tasks. The utility API includes the following API subsets:
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The File I/O API, which lets you read and write files on the local file system
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The HTTP API, which lets you send and receive information from a web server
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The Design Notes API, which lets you store and retrieve notes about Dreamweaver documents
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The Fireworks Integration API, which lets you communicate with Macromedia Fireworks
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Flash Integration, which contains information about adding Flash elements to the
Dreamweaver user interface (UI) and details on the Flash Objects API (which lets you build
objects that create Macromedia Flash content)
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The Database API, which lets you access information stored in databases and manage
database connections
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The Database Connectivity API, which lets you create a new connection type and
corresponding dialog boxes for new or existing server models
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The JavaBeans API, which retrieves class names, methods, properties, and events for JavaBeans
that you have defined
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The Source Control Integration API, which lets you write shared libraries to extend the
Dreamweaver Check In/Check Out feature
The extensive JavaScript API lets you perform a diverse set of smaller tasks, many of which are
tasks that a user would perform when creating or editing Dreamweaver documents. These API
functions are grouped by the parts of the Dreamweaver UI that they affect. For example, the
JavaScript API includes Workspace functions, Document functions, Design functions, and so on.
These functions let you perform tasks such as opening a new document, getting or setting a font
size, finding the occurrence of a search string in HTML code, making a toolbar visible, and
much more.
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