Translators, for example, normally rely on new C libraries to display content in Dreamweaver that could not
be shown otherwise. Companies can use the C-Level Extensibility feature to integrate Dreamweaver into
their existing workflow and maximize productivity.
Automation Enhancements
Web site design is the dream job; Web site production is the reality. After a design has been finalized, its
execution can become repetitive and burdensome. Dreamweaver offers a number of ways to automate the
production work, keeping the look of the Web pages consistent??”with minimum work required.
Rapid application development with Application objects
Although it??™s true that almost every active Web site has one or more unique situations that require some
custom coding, it??™s equally true that the same type of Web application is used repeatedly. It??™s hard to find an
e-commerce??“enabled site that doesn??™t use some variation of the master-detail Web application in which a
search returns a list of matches (the master page), each of which links to a page with more information (the
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detail page). Likewise, every intranet administration application requires the capability to add, edit, and
remove records. To speed the development of these types of applications, Dreamweaver includes a series of
Application objects, some of which reduce a 20-step operation to a single dialog box, like the one shown in
Figure 2-19.
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