Commands - selecting document body/region

Question

DW CS3 - Background is that I have a bunch of .htm files for
which I want to add a template. I did the following:
1) Commands > Start Recording.
2) Modify > Templates > Add Template to Page.
3) I selected the template from the list and clicked Select.
4) In the Inconsistant Region Names, I selected Document
Body, then in the dropdown for where to move the content, I chose
the correct I selected the correct region and clicked OK.
5) File > Save.
6) Commands > Stop Recording.
The problem comes when I play it back on the next .htm file.
The recording goes ok until #4 where it stops. And I have to do the
rest, from selecting the Document Body on to the end.
Question - What makes it stop and how do I get it to select
the Document Body etc? I found the way to save the recording
permanently, ie name it, so that I can edit it by hand if needed as
I suspect.
Here is the pertinent part of the code that is there at
present (where it stops and won't go on to select the Document
Body):
<TITLE>AddChandlerTemplate</TITLE>
<!--
// This command was recorded by Dreamweaver MX
function runCommand()
// Apply Template: /Templates/bookchandler.dwt
dw.getDocumentDOM().applyTemplate('/Templates/bookchandler.dwt');
// -->
So, since I don't know javascript, what would the missing
commands be and where do I put it? The part where it stops has a
window title bar called Inconsistent Region Names. Under Editable
Regions, it "outlines" down to Document Body and says it's
unresolved and in the "Move content to new region" dropdown, I
choose StartHere which is the main editable region in the template
(StartHere being what I called the editable region). I've tried
clicking the User for All button but that doesn't seem to have an
affect.
Would some kind soul take pity and tell me what code should
get edited into the Command, and exactly where to put it?
I've got about 500 of these to do and don't relish doing the
balance of the macro by hand.
Thanks.

Answer 1

This whole plan is a bad one. Applying a template to a page
with existing
content is going to be trouble. The best way to do it is to
spawn a new
child page, copy/paste from the existing one, and save the
new one over the
old one.
> Question - What makes it stop and how do I get it to
select the Document
> Body
> etc? I found the way to save the recording permanently,
ie name it, so
> that I
> can edit it by hand if needed as I suspect.
A mouse action stops the recording. It cannot record mouse
stuff.
> I've got about 500 of these to do
Using templates on 500 files is madness, you know? But
alternatives are
going to require manual intervention as well....
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"kd6kfa" <[email protected]> wrote in
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> DW CS3 - Background is that I have a bunch of .htm files
for which I want
> to
> add a template. I did the following:
> 1) Commands > Start Recording.
> 2) Modify > Templates > Add Template to Page.
> 3) I selected the template from the list and clicked
Select.
> 4) In the Inconsistant Region Names, I selected Document
Body, then in the
> dropdown for where to move the content, I chose the
correct I selected the
> correct region and clicked OK.
> 5) File > Save.
> 6) Commands > Stop Recording.
>
> The problem comes when I play it back on the next .htm
file. The recording
> goes ok until #4 where it stops. And I have to do the
rest, from selecting
> the
> Document Body on to the end.
>
> Question - What makes it stop and how do I get it to
select the Document
> Body
> etc? I found the way to save the recording permanently,
ie name it, so
> that I
> can edit it by hand if needed as I suspect.
>
> Here is the pertinent part of the code that is there at
present (where it
> stops and won't go on to select the Document Body):
>
> <TITLE>AddChandlerTemplate</TITLE>
> <!--
> // This command was recorded by Dreamweaver MX
> function runCommand()
> {
> // Apply Template: /Templates/bookchandler.dwt
>
>
dw.getDocumentDOM().applyTemplate('/Templates/bookchandler.dwt');
> }
> // -->
>
> So, since I don't know javascript, what would the
missing commands be and
> where do I put it? The part where it stops has a window
title bar called
> Inconsistent Region Names. Under Editable Regions, it
"outlines" down to
> Document Body and says it's unresolved and in the "Move
content to new
> region"
> dropdown, I choose StartHere which is the main editable
region in the
> template
> (StartHere being what I called the editable region).
I've tried clicking
> the
> User for All button but that doesn't seem to have an
affect.
>
> Would some kind soul take pity and tell me what code
should get edited
> into
> the Command, and exactly where to put it?
>
>
> I've got about 500 of these to do and don't relish doing
the balance of
> the
> macro by hand.
>
> Thanks.
>