Configuration folders and extensions

The folders and files that are stored in the Adobe Dreamweaver Configuration folder contain the extensions that come with Adobe Dreamweaver. When you write an extension, you must save the files in the proper folder for Adobe Dreamweaver to recognize them. For example, if you create a Property inspector extension, you save the files in the Configuration/Inspectors folder. If you download and install an extension from the Adobe Exchange website (www.macromedia.com/exchange), the Extension Manager automatically saves the extension files to the proper folders.

You can use the files in the Adobe Dreamweaver Configuration folder as examples, but these files are generally more complex than the average extension that is available on the Adobe Exchange website. For more information on the contents of each subfolder within the Configuration folder, see the Configuration_ReadMe.htm file.

The Configuration/Shared folder does not correspond to a specific extension type. It is the central repository for utility functions, classes, and images that are used by more than one extension. The files in the Configuration/Shared/Common folder are designed to be useful to a broad range of extensions. These files are useful as examples of JavaScript techniques and as utilities. Look here first for the functions that perform specific tasks, such as creating a valid Document Object Model (DOM) reference to an object, testing whether the current selection is inside a particular tag, escaping special characters in strings, and more. If you create common files, you should create a separate subfolder in the Configuration/Shared/Common folder, which is shown in the following figure, and store them there.

Configuration/Shared/Common/Scripts folder structure

For more information about the Shared folder, see The Shared Folder.