Objects are
accessed from the Insert bar as well as through the menus.
Objects are terrific timesaving devices, essentially enabling you to drop in significant blocks of HTML code
at the click of a mouse. Likewise, Dreamweaver behaviors enable even novice Web designers to insert complex
JavaScript functions designed to propel pages to the cutting edge. Dreamweaver ships with a full array
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of standard behaviors??”but that??™s only the tip of the behavior iceberg. Because behaviors are also customizable
and can be built by anyone with a working knowledge of JavaScript, many Dreamweaver designers
have created custom behaviors and made them publicly available.
You can find a large assortment of custom objects, behaviors, and commands on the DVD that
accompanies this book.
Server Behavior Builder
Server behaviors are key to Dreamweaver??™s success as a Web application authoring tool. Although
Dreamweaver provides a full palette of server behaviors for handling many of the required tasks, the needs
of Web developers are too diverse and numerous. Dreamweaver cannot supply a server behavior for every
occasion. Enter Dreamweaver??™s Server Behavior Builder, shown in Figure 2-18, a terrific tool for creating
custom server behaviors.
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