Visual Tool Markup Language, a user interface markup language

User interface markup language

A user interface markup language is a markup language that renders and describes graphical user interfaces and controls. Many of these markup languages are dialects of XML and are dependent upon a pre-existing scripting language engine, usually a JavaScript engine, for rendering of controls and...

 used by Macromedia HomeSite

Macromedia HomeSite

HomeSite was an HTML editor owned by Adobe Systems . Unlike WYSIWYG HTML editors such as Microsoft FrontPage and Adobe Dreamweaver, HomeSite was designed for direct editing, or "hand coding," of HTML and other website languages...

, ColdFusion Studio and JRun Studio.

VTML is used for tag editors and custom dialogs shipped with these applications and can be used to extend the user interface and to support additional tag-based languages.

It is documented in help files included with these applications or available online, notably in the "VTML Reference" and "Customizing the Development Environment" sections.

Wizard Markup Language (WIZML) is a sub-language of VTML that defines the logic used by user interface wizards and tag editors.

External links

• HomeSite Documentation
• Customizing the Development Environment, part of 'Using HomeSite' 5.0 livedocs
• Extending ColdFusion Studio, by Ben Forta
• VTML, by Marjolein Katsma
• VTML by Example (part 1), by Christian Schneider
• VTML by Example (part 2), by Christian Schneider
• WIZML by Example - ColdFusion Studio Wizards, by Christian Schneider