getDynamicContent()

Availability

Adobe Dreamweaver MX.

Description

This function is required for pop-up menus and combo boxes. As with menus, this function returns an array of strings that populate the pop-up menu. Each string can optionally end with ";id=id". If an ID is specified, Adobe Dreamweaver passes the ID to the receiveArguments() function instead of the actual string to appear in the menu.

The name getDynamicContent() is a misnomer because this function should be used even if the list of entries in the menu is fixed. For example, the Text_Size.htm file in the Configuration/Menus/MM folder is not a dynamic menu; it is designed to be called from each one of a set of static menu items. By adding a getDynamicContent() function that simply returns the list of possible font sizes, however, the same command file can also be used for a toolbar pop-up menu. Toolbar items ignore underscores in the strings in a returned array so you can reuse menu command files. In the menu command file, Adobe Dreamweaver ignores the getDynamicContent() function because the menu item is not marked as dynamic.

Arguments

None.

Returns

Adobe Dreamweaver expects an array of strings with which to populate the menu.

Example

function getDynamicContent(){ var items = new Array; var filename = dw.getConfigurationPath() + "/Toolbars/MM/AddressList.xml"; var location = MMNotes.localURLToFilePath(filename); if (DWfile.exists(location)) { var addressData = DWfile.read(location); var addressDOM = dw.getDocumentDOM(dw.getConfigurationPath() + 
 '/Shared/ MM/Cache/empty.htm');  addressDOM.documentElement.outerHTML = addressData; var addressNodes = addressDOM.getElementsByTagName("url"); if (addressNodes.length) { for (var i=0; i < addressNodes.length ; i++ ) {  items[i] = addressNodes[i].address + ";id='" +
 addressNodes[i].address + "'"; } } } return items;