
MXI tag descriptions
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MXI tag descriptions
The tags used in the extension installation file are described below. Attribute names enclosed in
curly braces (
{ }
) are optional. The tags are listed according to their position with the MXI file
hierarchy. For example, the macromedia-extension tag is the main tag within the file, and is the
first tag described.
menuitem
Describes the menu item to be inserted into the
application’s menu structure during installation of an
extension.
No
format
Describes the data format to be inserted into the
Dreamweaver Format menu during installation of
the extension.
No
separator
Specifies that a separator be inserted into a menu at the
location indicated by the containing
menu-insert
tag.
No
comment
Provides a comment about an item being inserted into the
menu structure. The Extension Manager inserts this
comment (in the form of an XML comment tag) into the
menus.xml file as it installs the extension.
No
shortcut-remove
Indicates that the specified keyboard shortcut should be
removed from the menus.xml file.
No
shortcut-insert
Indicates that a keyboard shortcut should be added to the
menus.xml file.
No
shortcut
Specifies a keyboard shortcut to be added to the
menus.xml file.
No
taglibrary-changes
Describes changes to be made to the TagLibraries.vtm
file.
Yes
toolbar-changes
Inserts the specified tag library at the end of the file.
Yes
extensions-changes
Container tag that describes any changes to the
Extensions.txt file, such as adding or removing
extensions that you can open in Dreamweaver.
Yes
Tags and their compatible
products
Container tag that allows you to specify tokens. Tokens
let you specify the destination folder of one or more files
from your extension during installation or provide a
dialog box for the user to choose a destination folder for
certain files.
Yes
token
Defines a custom token for an extension.
Custom tokens let you specify the destination folder of
one or more files from an extension during installation,
or provide a dialog box for the user to choose a
destination folder.
No
Tag
Description
Contains Child Tags?