Open workflow features

You need not be confined by someone elses workflow. Using Fireworks MX, you can
integrate
graphic production into your development process with an open, efficient workflow that
recognizes and supports the file formats, applications, and standards you use.
JavaScript commands with SWF interface take JavaScript command creation to a higher level.
Developers can create and execute complex commands to extend and automate Fireworks
MX by
combining Fireworks JavaScript extensibility API with interfaces developed in Flash MX using
components and ActionScript. For more information, see Extending Fireworks MX, available
as a
PDF on the installation CD and at
http://www.macromedia.com/support/fireworks/extend.html.
Macromedia Exchange support means that userseven those who are not interested in creating
JavaScript commandscan download user-created commands from the Exchange. The
commands appear in the Fireworks MX workspace as easy-to-use panels or dialog boxes.
Fireworks MX ships with several user-created commands in the Commands menu, as well as
a
user-created Align panel in the Window menu.
Slice table layout controls let you define and optimize slice table layouts by dragging slice guides.
Fireworks automatically resizes attached slices, adding and deleting slices as needed. For
more
information, see Moving slice guides to edit slices on page 271.
The Reconstitute Tables feature instantly builds a new Fireworks PNG source file when you
point to any HTML file containing tables with image slices. Macromedia Fireworks and
Dreamweaver behaviors such as image rollovers and pop-up menus are imported and
attached to
the appropriate slices.
This comes in handy when you are working on existing website projects and the only
available
files are the posted HTML pages. You can bring the HTML files into Fireworks and create PNG
source files from them. For more information, see Creating Fireworks PNG files from HTML
files on page 76.
Roundtrip Photoshop 6 text allows you to open a Photoshop 6 or 7 file with editable text intact,
so the graphic can be edited and then exported back to the Photoshop format, while
maintaining
the correct text appearance and editability. For more information, see About importing text
from
Photoshop on page 393.
Roundtrip with Microsoft FrontPage is available with a click of the Quick Export button. Launch
and Edit tables work on the original file in Fireworks; the tables are updated in FrontPage
without
losing code changes that have been made in FrontPage. For more information, see
Exporting
Fireworks HTML to FrontPage on page 390.
Macromedia Sitespring integration puts best practices in production and client management in
the Fireworks MX workspace. Simply choose Window > Sitespring to open the Sitespring
window. For more information, consult the Sitespring documentation.