37. Creating and Manipulating an Add-in User Interface

Planning an Add-in

In Chapter 36, “Expression Web 4 Add-in Basics,” you learned the details of the Expression Web add-in manifest. You learned how to create panels, menu items, and toolbar items. In this chapter, you’ll put that knowledge to use and create an add-in with all of those elements.

In this chapter, you’ll create an add-in that shows you various properties about the document currently open in Expression Web. Information is displayed in a panel, but the add-in also creates a menu option on the Tools menu that opens an options dialog for setting options for the add-in.

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