Tools-Guide-CS5

JAVASCRIPTTOOLSGUIDEADOBE®CREATIVESUITE®5©2010AdobeSystemsIncorporated.Allrightsreserved.Adobe®CreativeSuite®5JavaScriptToolsGuideforWindows®andMacintosh®.NOTICE:AllinformationcontainedhereinisthepropertyofAdobeSystemsIncorporated.Nopartofthispublication(whetherinhardcopyorelectronicform)maybereproducedortransmitted,inanyformorbyanymeans,electronic,mechanical,photocopying,recording,orotherwise,withoutthepriorwrittenconsentofAdobeSystemsIncorporated.Thesoftwaredescribedinthisdocumentisfurnishedunderlicenseandmayonlybeusedorcopiedinaccordancewiththetermsofsuchlicense.ThispublicationandtheinformationhereinisfurnishedASIS,issubjecttochangewithoutnotice,andshouldnotbeconstruedasacommitmentbyAdobeSystemsIncorporated.AdobeSystemsIncorporatedassumesnoresponsibilityorliabilityforanyerrorsorinaccuracies,makesnowarrantyofanykind(express,implied,orstatutory)withrespecttothispublication,andexpresslydisclaimsanyandallwarrantiesofmerchantability,fitnessforparticularpurposes,andnoninfringementofthirdpartyrights.Anyreferencestocompanynamesinsampletemplatesarefordemonstrationpurposesonlyandarenotintendedtorefertoanyactualorganization.Adobe,theAdobelogo,Acrobat,AfterEffects,CreativeSuite,Dreamweaver,Fireworks,Flash,Flex,FlexBuilder,Illustrator,InCopy,InDesign,andPhotoshopareeitherregisteredtrademarksortrademarksofAdobeSystemsIncorporatedintheUnitedStatesand/orothercountries.Apple,Mac,Macintosh,andMacOSaretrademarksofAppleComputer,Inc.,registeredintheUnitedStatesandothercountries.Microsoft,andWindowsareeitherregisteredtrademarksortrademarksofMicrosoftCorporationintheUnitedStatesandothercountries.JavaScriptandallJava-relatedmarksaretrademarksorregisteredtrademarksofSunMicrosystems,Inc.intheUnitedStatesandothercountries.UNIXisaregisteredtrademarkofTheOpenGroup.Allothertrademarksarethepropertyoftheirrespectiveowners.Ifthisguideisdistributedwithsoftwarethatincludesanenduseragreement,thisguide,aswellasthesoftwaredescribedinit,isfurnishedunderlicenseandmaybeusedorcopiedonlyinaccordancewiththetermsofsuchlicense.Exceptaspermittedbyanysuchlicense,nopartofthisguidemaybereproduced,storedinaretrievalsystem,ortransmitted,inanyformorbyanymeans,electronic,mechanical,recording,orotherwise,withoutthepriorwrittenpermissionofAdobeSystemsIncorporated.Pleasenotethatthecontentinthisguideisprotectedundercopyrightlawevenifitisnotdistributedwithsoftwarethatincludesanenduserlicenseagreement.Thecontentofthisguideisfurnishedforinformationaluseonly,issubjecttochangewithoutnotice,andshouldnotbeconstruedasacommitmentbyAdobeSystemsIncorporated.AdobeSystemsIncorporatedassumesnoresponsibilityorliabilityforanyerrorsorinaccuraciesthatmayappearintheinformationalcontentcontainedinthisguide.AdobeSystemsIncorporated,345ParkAvenue,SanJose,California95110,USA.3Contents1Introduction..............................................................9ExtendScriptoverview.......................................................................9Examplecode........................................................................9Developmentanddebuggingtools..................................................10Cross-platformfile-systemaccess....................................................10User-interfacedevelopmenttools...................................................10Interapplicationcommunicationandmessaging.....................................10Externalcommunication............................................................11Externalshared-libraryintegration...................................................11Additionalutilitiesandfeatures.....................................................11Scriptingforspecificapplications............................................................12Startupscripts......................................................................12JavaScriptvariables.................................................................122TheExtendScriptToolkit.................................................13ConfiguringtheToolkitwindow.............................................................13Panelmenus........................................................................14Documentwindows................................................................15Workspaces.........................................................................16Dialogs.............................................................................16Selectingscripts.............................................................................17TheScriptspanelandfavoritescriptlocations........................................17TheScriptEditor............................................................................18Navigationaids.....................................................................19Codingaids.........................................................................22Searchingintext....................................................................24Syntaxmarking.....................................................................26DebuggingintheToolkit............