Hello Thanks for all the comments so far on this topic. Hope to hear more. I have been looking this morning gain at the Extending Dreamweaver docs. [on Win32 its typically at C:\Program Files\Macromedia\Dreamweaver 3\Extending\ExtendingHelp.htm ] It seems to me that by using the XML-based TAGSPEC, and then the Dreamweaver Javascript DOM, it should be possible to open index_html or anything.dtml in a fully controlled manner. It looks like this can avoid any dependancy on Win32. SOME EXAMPLES: DWfile.read() The following code reads the file mydata.txt and, if successful, displays an alert box with the contents of the file. var fileURL = "file:///c|/temp/mydata.txt"; var str = DWfile.read( fileURL); if (str){ alert( fileURL + " contains: " + str); } .......................... In Dreamweaver 3, extensions are no longer limited to working within the local file system. Dreamweaver now provides a mechansim for getting information from and sending information to a web server via hypertext transfer protocol (HTTP). This chapter describes the HTTP API and how to use it. MMHttp.getFile() The following code gets an HTML file, saves all the files in the Configuration/Temp folder, and then opens the local copy of the HTML file in a browser: var httpReply = MMHttp.getFile("http://www.dreamcentral.com/people/profiles/scott.html", false); if (httpReply.statusCode == 200){ var saveLoc = httpReply.data; dw.browseDocument(saveLoc); ............................ There's lots more, but these seem like the 2 essential ones [+ their .write() counterparts] The potential advantages I see for Zope are: - PROFILE [improving Zope's general visibility and acceptance for new projects] Having a set of Zope Dreamweaver Extensions in itself would help promote it. - WORKFLOW [making Zopesite development with Dreaweaver much friendlier for designers/programmers etc.] - DESIGN [ better integration with Macromedia's graphic toolset will make it easier to for professional designers to develop more professional looing ZopeSites] - FEATURES [There are many features available now in Dreamweaver3+ which can be leveraged to prototype and build higher level Zope templates design and interface] So my questions are what Javascript 'ZopeWeaver' extensions would you really like to see? - Jason ___________________________________________________________ Jason CUNLIFFE = NOMADICS['Interactive Art and Technology']