User Guide

Additional resources for extension writers 7
Conventions used in this guide
The following typographical conventions are used in this guide:
• Code font indicates code fragments and API literals, including class names, method names,
function names, type names, scripts, SQL statements, and HTML and XML tag and
attribute names.
• Italic code font indicates replaceable items in code.
• The continuation symbol (¬) indicates that a long line of code has been broken across two or
more lines to fit on the page. When copying the lines of code, eliminate the continuation
symbol and type the code as one line.
• Curly braces ({ }) around a function argument indicate that the argument is optional.
The following naming conventions are used in this guide:
• You refers to the developer who is responsible for writing extensions.
• The user refers to the person using Fireworks.
• The visitor refers to the person who views the graphic that the user created.
Additional resources for extension writers
To communicate with other developers who are writing extensions, you can visit the Fireworks
Online Forums. The Fireworks Online Forums are available through www.macromedia.com/
support/fireworks/ts/documents/fwnewsgroup.htm.