Using JavaScript in HomeSite 4.0, Part II: A Final Word

Using JavaScript in HomeSite 4.0, Part II

A Final Word

In this column we introduced part II of HomeSite 4.0's scripting capabilities. We taught you how to use JavaScript to modify HomeSite's toolbars and how to manipulate its projects. We explained to you how HomeSite deals differently with the active document and the rest of the open documents that are cached for performance boost. We describe in length the DocumentCache's and ActiveDocument's properties and methods. In the next column, we'll focus on the HTTPProvider and ZIPProvider Objects. We'll also present a comprehensive example in Part III. In this column you learned:

• How to manipulate HomeSite's toolbars:
  • Part I
  • Part II
• How to control HomeSite's projects:
  • Part I
  • Part II
• How to modify HomeSite's cached documents
• How to use the active document's properties
• How to use the active document's methods:
  • Part I
  • Part II
  • Part III
  • Part IV