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Chapter 4: The Design Notes API Adobe® Dreamweaver® CS3, Fireworks, and Flash give web designers and developers a way to store and retrieve extra information about documents-information such as review comments, change notes, or the source file for a GIF or JPEG-in files that are called Design Notes. MMNotes is a C shared library that lets extensions authors read and write Design Notes files. As with the DWfile shared library, MMNotes has a JavaScript API that lets you call the functions in the library from objects, commands, behaviors, floating panels, Property inspectors, and data translators. MMNotes also has a C API that lets other applications read and write Design Notes files. The MMNotes shared library can be used independently, even if Dreamweaver is not installed. For more information about using the Design Notes feature from within Dreamweaver, see Using Dreamweaver. How Design Notes work Each Design Notes file stores information for a single document. If one or more documents in a folder has an associated Design Notes file, Dreamweaver creates a _notes subfolder where Design Notes files can be stored. The _notes folder and the Design Notes files that it contains are not visible in the Site panel, but they appear in the Finder (Macintosh) or Windows Explorer. A Design Notes filename comprises the main filename plus the .mno extension. For example, the Design Notes file that is associated with avocado8.gif is avocado8.gif.mno. Design Notes files are XML files that store information in a series of key/value pairs. The key describes the type of information that is being stored, and the value represents the information. Keys are limited to 64 characters. The following example shows the Design Notes file for foghorn.gif.mno:

Section	Page
Contents	3
Chapter 1: Introduction	6
Background	7
Extending Dreamweaver	7
Additional resources for extension writers	7
New functions in Dreamweaver CS3	7
Removed functions	9
Errata	10
Conventions used in this guide	10
Chapter 2: The file I/O API	11
Accessing configuration folders	11
The file I/O API	11
Chapter 3: The HTTP API	20
How the HTTP API works	20
The HTTP API	21
Chapter 4: The Design Notes API	27
How Design Notes work	27
The Design Notes JavaScript API	28
The Design Notes C API	32
Chapter 5: Fireworks integration	39
The FWLaunch API	39
Chapter 6: Flash integration	46
How Flash elements work	46
Inserting Flash elements	46
The Flash Objects API	47
Chapter 7: The database API	51
How database API functions work	51
Database connection functions	52
Database access functions	64
Chapter 8: The database connectivity API	76
How to develop a new connection type	76
The Connection API	78
The generated include file	80
The definition file for your connection type	82
Chapter 9: The JavaBeans API	84
The JavaBeans API	84
Chapter 10: The source control integration API	89
How source control integration with Dreamweaver works	90
Adding source control system functionality	90
The source control integration API required functions	90
The source control integration API optional functions	96
Enablers	104
Chapter 11: Application	109
External application functions	109
Global application functions	117
Bridge communication functions	122
Chapter 12: Workspace	124
History functions	124
Insert object functions	132
Keyboard functions	135
Menu functions	141
Results window functions	143
Toggle functions	154
Toolbar functions	173
Window functions	178
Code collapse functions	188
Code view toolbar functions	194
Chapter 13: Site	198
Report functions	198
Site functions	199
Chapter 14: Document	232
Conversion functions	232
Command functions	233
File manipulation functions	235
Global document functions	249
Path functions	258
Selection functions	260
String manipulation functions	267
Translation functions	270
XSLT functions	272
Chapter 15: Page content	275
Assets panel functions	275
Behavior functions	285
Clipboard functions	293
Library and template functions	298
Snippets panel functions	303
Spry widget editing functions	306
Inserting Spry widgets functions	308
Browser compatibility check functions	311
Chapter 16: Dynamic documents	319
Server components functions	319
Data source functions	320
Extension Data Manager functions	321
Live data functions	324
Server behavior functions	328
Server model functions	330
Chapter 17: Design	337
CSS layout functions	337
Frame and frameset functions	356
Layer and image map functions	358
Layout environment functions	360
Layout view functions	365
Zoom functions	374
Guide functions and properties	377
Table editing functions	384
Chapter 18: Code	393
Code functions	393
Find and replace functions	397
General editing functions	402
Print function	417
Quick Tag Editor functions	418
Code view functions	420
Tag editor and tag library functions	436
Chapter 19: Enablers	440
Enabler functions	440

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Chapter 4: The Design Notes API

Adobe® Dreamweaver® CS3, Fireworks, and Flash give web designers and developers a way to

store and retrieve extra information about documents—information such as review comments,

change notes, or the source file for a GIF or JPEG—in files that are called Design Notes.

MMNotes is a C shared library that lets extensions authors read and write Design Notes files. As

with the DWfile shared library, MMNotes has a JavaScript API that lets you call the functions in

the library from objects, commands, behaviors, floating panels, Property inspectors, and

data translators.

MMNotes also has a C API that lets other applications read and write Design Notes files. The

MMNotes shared library can be used independently, even if Dreamweaver is not installed.

For more information about using the Design Notes feature from within Dreamweaver, see

Using Dreamweaver

How Design Notes work

Each Design Notes file stores information for a single document. If one or more documents in a

folder has an associated Design Notes file, Dreamweaver creates a _notes subfolder where Design

Notes files can be stored. The _notes folder and the Design Notes files that it contains are not

visible in the Site panel, but they appear in the Finder (Macintosh) or Windows Explorer. A

Design Notes filename comprises the main filename plus the .mno extension. For example, the

Design Notes file that is associated with avocado8.gif is avocado8.gif.mno.

Design Notes files are XML files that store information in a series of key/value pairs. The key

describes the type of information that is being stored, and the value represents the information.

Keys are limited to 64 characters.

The following example shows the Design Notes file for foghorn.gif.mno: