The following command asks Fireworks to prompt the user for her name, and then returns the name to Dreamweaver.
<html><head><title>Prompt in Fireworks</title><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1"><script>
function commandButtons(){
return new Array("Prompt", "promptInFireworks()", "Cancel", "readyToCancel()", "Close","window.close()");
}
var gCancelClicked = false;
var gProgressTrackerCookie = null;
function readyToCancel() {
gCancelClicked = true;
}
function promptInFireworks() {
var isFireworks3 = FWLaunch.validateFireworks(3.0);
if (!isFireworks3) {
alert("You must have Fireworks 3.0 or later to use this command");
return;
}
// Tell Fireworks to execute the prompt() method.
gProgressTrackerCookie = FWLaunch.execJsInFireworks("prompt('Please enter your name:')");
// null means it wasn't launched, a number means an error code
if (gProgressTrackerCookie == null || typeof(gProgressTrackerCookie) == "number") {
window.close();
alert("an error occurred");
gProgressTrackerCookie = null;
} else {
// bring Fireworks to the front
FWLaunch.bringFWToFront();
// start the checking to see if Fireworks is done yet
checkOneMoreTime();
}
}
function checkOneMoreTime() {
// Call checkJsResponse() every 1/2 second to see if Fireworks is done yet
window.setTimeout("checkJsResponse();", 500);
}
function checkJsResponse() {
var response = null;
// The user clicked the cancel button, close the window
if (gCancelClicked) {
window.close();
alert("cancel clicked");
} else {
// We're still going, ask Fireworks how it's doing
if (gProgressTrackerCookie != null)
response = FWLaunch.getJsResponse(gProgressTrackerCookie);
if (response == null) {
// still waiting for a response, call us again in 1/2 a second
checkOneMoreTime();
} else if (typeof(response) == "number") {
// if the response was a number, it means an error occurred
// the user cancelled in Fireworks
window.close();
alert("an error occurred.");
} else {
// got a valid response! This return value might not always be a
// useful one, since not all functions in Fireworks return a string,
// but we know this one does, so we can show the user what we got.
window.close();
FWLaunch.bringDWToFront(); // bring Dreamweaver to the front
alert("Nice to meet you, " + response + "!");
}
}
}
</script></head><body><form><table width="313" nowrap><tr><td>This command asks Fireworks to execute the prompt() function.
When you click Prompt, Fireworks comes forward and asks you to
enter a value into a dialog box. That value is then returned to
Dreamweaver and displayed in an alert.</td></tr></table></form></body></html>