Often this results in a better-looking graphic in both places.
Of course, you can create your own custom graphics for your objects and include those files with the associated
HTML and GIF button files.
You can count on several other useful graphical objects, all found in the Program
Files\Adobe\Dreamweaver CS3\Configuration\Shared\MM\Images folder. In addition to the
plus and minus buttons used in the Dreamweaver dialog boxes for behaviors and parameters, you can find
GIF files for standard up and down arrows, a transparent 1-pixel image to use for spacing, and more.
Using AP elements and Flash movies in objects
Standard HTML layout options are fairly limiting. You can, however, use AP elements in your custom
Object dialog boxes. With the expansive possibilities of AP elements, you can build a Wizard-type object
that leads users through a series of complex steps with instructions on every screen. You can also use AP
elements to describe the effects of the user??™s choices.
For an excellent example of the use of AP elements to create a Dreamweaver extension, look at the Drag AP
element behavior, discussed in Chapter 12 in the book. This behavior uses five different AP elements to
reveal new options as the user makes certain choices; an error layer even informs the user of a precondition
to using the object.
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