Extending Fireworks Overview

To extend Adobe® Fireworks® CS4, you must write JavaScript code. You can use JavaScript to write your own objects and commands that affect Fireworks documents and the elements within them. To accomplish these tasks, you must be proficient in JavaScript and in Fireworks.

This guide introduces the Fireworks Object Model, explains how to write cross-product extensions (extensions written in, or for, other Adobe applications), and discusses the JavaScript Auto Shape construction. The final chapter is a reference to the Fireworks JavaScript application programming interface (API)—the custom JavaScript functions that are built into Fireworks.

• Prerequisites
• Installing an extension
• What’s new in Extending Fireworks CS4
• Conventions used in this guide
• Additional resources for extension writers