HTML Guardian Encryption Add-On for Macromedia DreamWeaver provides a convenient way to insert HTML comment tags needed to perform some encryption tasks with HTML Guardian directly from DreamWeaver's interface, as well as to encrypt the currently edited file and test the encrypted html files in a browser.

Of course you can manually add the required comment tags to your code, but if you use the DreamWeaver add-on you can do this with a single click and also avoid typing errors.
The add-on does not provide any extra functionality, it just simplifies some tasks for Dreamweaver users.

Installing the Add-On will create a new group named HTMLG in DreamWeaver's 'Objects' floating panel.

Icon	Action
	Will insert HTML Guardian Start Partial Encryption marker <!--htmlgstart --> at the cursor position.
	Will insert HTML Guardian Stop Partial Encryption marker <!--htmlgstop --> at the cursor position.
	Will insert HTML Guardian Start Exclude from Encryption marker <!--htmlgskipstart --> at the cursor position.
	Will insert HTML Guardian Stop Exclude from Encryption marker <!--htmlgskipstop --> at the cursor position.
	Will insert Start / Stop Partial Encryption markers <!--htmlgstart --> ... <!--htmlgstop --> around the currently selected code.
	Will insert Start / Stop Exclude from Encryption markers <!--htmlgskipstart --> ... <!--htmlgskipstop --> around the currently selected code.
	Will insert Disable Image Guardian[for the current file] tag <!--ig_disabled --> at the cursor position.
	Will insert Protect Specified Images tag <!--ig_include:untitled.jpg --> at the cursor position.
	Will insert Do Not Protect Specified Images tag <!--ig_exclude:untitled.jpg --> at the cursor position.
	Will insert Mark this file as ASP include tag <!--hgaspinclude --> at the cursor position.
	Will insert Start ASP[Standard] partial encryption tag <!--hgasp_s --> at the cursor position.
	Will insert Stop ASP[Standard] partial encryption tag <!--hgasp_e --> at the cursor position.
	Will encrypt the currently edited file. For .htm & .html files, the encrypted file will be opened in a browser for testing. Please read the section about encryption and testing below.

You can encrypt [and test in a browser] the currently edited file by clicking the button.
Encryption and testing settings are defined in the HG_test.htm file located in the [Objects folder]\HTMLG\ folder.
In most cases you do not have to modify HG_test.htm, but sometimes it is necessary. If HTML Guardian is not installed in C:\Program Files\HTML Guardian\ folder, open HG_test.htm in DreamWeaver or in any text editor and find the following line in it:
hg_path = "C:\\Program Files\\HTML Guardian\\htmlg.exe"
Modify the path to htmlg.exe so that it matches the actual path to it on your system. Do not modify the double slashes \\ .

Clicking the button will send a command to HTML Guardian to encrypt the currently edited file. File will be encrypted and saved under the tmp07ASDFW6 name + the original file extension in the folder where the original file resides (e.g the encrypted version of C:\test.htm will be saved as C:\tmp07ASDFW6.htm ; C:\Test\Scripts\test.js will be saved as C:\Test\Scripts\tmp07ASDFW6.js etc.)
You can change this name by editing the tFile = cFileDir + 'tmp07ASDFW6' + cFileExt line in HG_test.htm file.
If the file is a .htm / .html file, after the encryption the encrypted file will be automatically launched in the primary browser (as defined in DreamWeaver) for testing. To define your primary testing browser in DreamWeaver, click Edit-->Preferences-->Preview in Browser.
Note that you can encrypt html files and test them in a browser, but all non-html files (.asp, .js, .vbs, .shtml, .php etc.) will only be encrypted and not launched in a browser for testing.


Setting the additional protection options:
By default, files will be encrypted with the 'Disable right click' protection option only.
If you want to change this, locate the following line in HG_test.htm:
hg_options = ",r"
Modify it to add the protection options you need. Read the Command Line Reference in HTML Guardian's Help file for details, or the comments inside HG_test.htm.

Customizing the encryption add-on:
DreamWeaver provides an easy way to customize almost anything in the user's interface, and in most cases just some javascript knowledge is required.
You can use the files in the [Objects folder]\HTMLG\ folder as a sample to create your own scripts, commands etc. and further enhance the integration of HTML Guardian with DreamWeaver MX. For example, you can use the HG_test.htm file with some modifications to create additional buttons that send different commands to HTML Guardian - like to encrypt html files with different sets of protection options, test encrypted files through a local or remote http server, test encrypted files in different browsers, upload modified(after certain date) encrypted files to your server through ftp, change the default name of the encrypted file etc.
Each line of code in HG_test.htm is commented, so it will be easy for you to modify it to match your needs.

Sharing:
If you think your custom commands can be useful for other HTML Guardian users and you don't mind to share them, please email them (the .htm file + the button .gif) to support@protware.com. They will be added in the next version of the DreamWeaver encryption add-on, with your copyright notice in the file and credits to you in this document (of course we retain the right to include only commands approved by us).
For more complicated commands, please provide some installation and usage information.

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