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Creating behavior actions using JavaScript

In this tutorial, you'll build a behavior action that checks which browser is running and that goes to a different URL for Netscape Navigator and Microsoft Internet Explorer. You'll create the new behavior action from scratch and install it in Dreamweaver.

A JavaScript interpreter and specific API functions are built into Dreamweaver to make behaviors and other extensibility options possible. For more information on the JavaScript restrictions and required functions, see the Extending Dreamweaver documentation.

Write a useful function in JavaScript
Create the action file and add the behavior function
Create an interface using an HTML form
Write the applyBehavior() function
Write the inspectBehavior() function
Test the behavior action in Dreamweaver
The source code for the tutorial action file
Tips for debugging behavior actions
Learning from the actions that ship with Dreamweaver


Ken Sundermeyer

8 March 1999

actions, behaviors, Behavior inspector, debugging actions, debugging behaviors, inspectBehavior(), applyBehavior(), canAcceptBehavior(), behaviorFunction()

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