User manual MACROMEDIA USING HOMESITE+ FOR DREAMWEAVER MX

[. . . ] Using HomeSite+ for Dreamweaver MX HomeSite+ for Dreamweaver MX for Windows 98, Windows ME, Windows NT 4. 0, Windows 2000, and Windows XP Macromedia® Incorporated Copyright Notice Copyright 2002 Macromedia, Inc. Macromedia, the Macromedia logo, ColdFusion, Dreamweaver, Flash, HomeSite, JRun, Quick Tag Editor, Roundtrip, and what the web can be are trademarks or registered trademarks of Macromedia, Inc. Microsoft, Windows, Windows NT, Windows 98, Windows ME, Windows XP and , Windows 2000 are registered trademarks of Microsoft Corporation. Other brand names may be trademarks or registered trademarks of others. This manual, as well as the software described in it, is furnished under license and may be used or copied only in accordance with the terms of such license. [. . . ] The following are two ways to manually override these defaults while working in the Editor: · Enter the namespace and a colon (:) in the tag before the tag name; for example, enter <java:servlet>. · Use Tag Chooser to insert the tag from whatever directory you want. For more information, see "Selecting a tag from Tag Chooser" on page 53. Setting namespace precedence This section explains how to set the order in which the program searches namespace directories for a tag definition. To set the priority of namespaces: 1 In the Options > Settings > Tag Definitions Library pane, click Up and Down as necessary to set the list in the appropriate order. The namespace at the top of the list receives the highest priority. 126 Chapter 7 Using Web Development Languages 2 3 If you do not want to search a namespace at all, clear the Enabled option for it. If you want the current document's type to receive the highest priority regardless of the precedence set in this pane, select Current document's namespace receives highest priority. For information about how a document's namespace is determined, see "How a language is detected" on page 99. 4 If you need the namespace to be treated as an XML application; for example, to disallow minimized boolean attributes such as <dl compact> (instead of <dl compact="compact">), then select the XML Based check box for the namespace. Click Apply. 5 You can click Reset to Defaults at any time to reset the list to its default values. Editing tag definitions You can change a tag's definition from Tag Inspector, but the preferred method for changing a tag definition is to edit the VTM file directly, using VTML tag editors. For more information about creating or modifying tag editors, see "Creating a tag definition file" on page 202. To edit a tag definition using a VTML tag editor: 1 2 Open the VTM file from the appropriate language folder in \Extensions\TagDefs. Right-click a tag, and select Edit Tag to change its attributes and values. This method supports tag editors, Tag Inspector, Tag Insight, and Tag Tips (F2 in tag). It also ensures that these display properly on computers that are set for Large Fonts. To edit a tag definition using Tag Inspector: 1 Click Edit Tag Definitions to open the Tag Definitions Library dialog box. When you select a tag, the attributes and other components defined in its VTM file appear in the tabbed pane. Make changes in the tag definition fields and click Done to save the changes. 2 3 This method has limitations, and it might cause the tag editor for the tag to not work properly. Be sure to back up the VTM file before making changes. Working with tag definitions 127 To create a tag definition, do one of the following: · Modify an existing VTM file and save it as the new tag. · Use the skeleton tag definition file, \Extensions\TagDefs\TagDefTemplate. vtm, as a starting point for creating your own tag. To add online Help for the tag, create an HTML file containing the Help text and save it with the tag name in the appropriate language folder in \Extensions\Docs. 128 Chapter 7 Using Web Development Languages Chapter 8 Accessing Data Sources This chapter describes how to use the visual tools in HomeSite+ for Dreamweaver MX to accelerate development of data-driven ColdFusion applications. Contents · Introduction to database tools. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130 · Working with data sources . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130 · Using SQL Builder for database queries. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132 130 Chapter 8 Accessing Data Sources Introduction to database tools Visual database tools support application development that uses local, network, and remote data sources. When you configure a server, access to data sources becomes transparent. The HomeSite+ for Dreamweaver MX database tools support: · Developing a database remotely · Browsing a data source schema and data · Building SQL statements in a visual editor Working with data sources This section describes how to configure, connect to, and view ColdFusion data sources. It assumes that ColdFusion Server is installed and running properly. Configuring a ColdFusion data source A set of ODBC drivers and sample data is installed with ColdFusion Server. Native database drivers are installed with the Enterprise version; OLE-DB drivers are installed with the Professional and Enterprise versions. To add a data source to ColdFusion Server: 1 2 3 In the ColdFusion Administrator, under Data Sources, select the ODBC or native drivers page. [. . . ] WDDX Web Distributed Data Exchange, an open source XML-based technology that enables the exchange of complex data between Web programming languages, creating what some refer to as 'Web syndicate networks'. WDDX consists of a language-independent representation of data based on an XML 1. 0 DTD, and a set of modules for a wide variety of languages that use WDDX. WDDX can be used with HTTP SMTP POP FTP and other Internet protocols that support transferring textual , , , data. It is designed to replace HTML, and it works on most existing HTML browsers. [. . . ]