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Packaging Extensions with Extension Manager CS5
required
Indicates whether the specified Adobe product is required for the extension to
function properly. If the extension will function without the indicated product, even if it won’t
function as well without it, specify
"false"
or omit the
required
attribute. If you don’t specify
required = "true"
for any
product
tag, the product specified in the first
product
tag listed is
assumed to be required.
For example,
<product name = "Dreamweaver" version = "11" required = "true" />
indicates that Dreamweaver is necessary to use this extension.
maxversion
Specifies the latest product version that an extension can be installed in. For
example, if a Dreamweaver extension can be installed with CS5 only, you would specify
<product name="Dreamweaver" version="11" maxversion="11"/>
familyname
Combines Photoshop products together. For example, to combine the standard
and Extended versions, specify
<product version="11" familyname="Photoshop"
primary="true" />
platform
Indicates on which platform the extension can be installed. Valid values are "
mac
" or
"
win
". If set to "
mac
", the extension can only be installed for the product on Mac OS. If set to
"
win
", the extension can only be installed for the product onWindows. If not set, the extension
can be installed for the product on both platforms.
bit
Indicates whether the extension’s target product is a 32-bit product or 64-bit product. Valid
values are "
32
" or "
64
". If set to "
32
", the extension can only be installed for the 32-bit product. If
set to "
64
", the extension can only be installed for the 64-bit application. If not set, the extension
can be installed for both the 32-bit and the 64-bit versions of the application.
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Container
This tag must be contained in a
products
tag.
Example
<product name = "Dreamweaver" version = "11" primary = "true" />
author
Description
Name of the author of the extension.
Attributes
name, {author_resid}
name
The author’s name. This attribute uses a
VARCHAR
data type with a limit of
255 characters.
author_resid
References string resource with value of 'author_resid' in resource file and
displays that string in “Author” field of the user interface. For more information, see
Creating
multilingual extension packages (version 2.1 and later)
on
page
54
.
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