> Does anyone here know the API specs? Anyone played with it?
Docs available here:
http://www.macromedia.com/support/documentation/en/fireworks/
There are two major stages in the growth of this API. The first occurred a
few years ago, when Fireworks introduced an internal _javascript_ Document
Object Model, captured in the History Panel. (Example: Perform a few GUI
actions, open History, copy-to-clipboard... you've got _javascript_ which can
then be used to automated the tool.)
In the current MX 2004 version, Fireworks also introduced the ability to
run as a "headless agent", a background process without any windowing to
perform graphic manipulations for applications such as Dreamweaver MX 2004.
I haven't hit the docs on this area yet and don't know offhand the interapp
communication mechanism.
I'm not sure if the core question is "Can Fireworks live on a server, read
an XML file, and create an on-demand chart?" If so, then in most cases no,
it's tested for design-time use rather than serve-time use... different
environments. But I may have pulled out the wrong core question...?
jd
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