Extensions for Dreamweaver
Extensions add functionality to Dreamweaver in the same way a plugin works in other applications. There are over 600 extensions for Dreamweaver at www.macromedia.com Most of these have been written by a third party but are indorsed by macromedia and they are available, mostly for free, through their site. Extensions let you do all sorts of things. For example, you will find extensions to let you:
Calculating fields not easy using JavaScript as values have to be converted from text into numbers.
First you will need the extension manager, if this is loaded it can be found in the commands menu.
For this excercise you will need the calculate form extension loaded.
Start a new page and insert a form, now insert 3 textfields and a button. Select the form and name it myform
Select the Submit button and find yaromat > Calculate form from the add behaviour menu.
This will display the following dialog
Make sure myform is selected as the Add textfield1 to the list, now press the + button, dropdown to select textfield2 now select textfield3 in the result dropdown and then click OK
You should now have a working calculator.
