Adobe Dreamweaver API Reference CS5 - Manual (Page 111)

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Last updated 8/27/2013
Chapter 11: Application
The application functions perform operations related to the Adobe® Dreamweaver® interaction with other applications
or Dreamweaver operations independent of individual documents. For example, setting preferences, exiting
Dreamweaver, and so on.
External application functions
External application functions handle operations that are related to applications, such as Adobe® Flash®, and to the
browsers and external editors that are defined in the Preview in Browser and External Editors preferences. These
functions let you get information about these external applications and open files with them.
dreamweaver.browseDocument()
Availability
Dreamweaver 2; enhanced in 3 and 4.
Description
Opens the specified URL in the specified browser.
Arguments
fileName , {browser}
• The fileName argument is the name of the file to open, which is expressed as an absolute.
• The browser argument specifies a browser. This argument can be the name of a browser, as defined in the Preview
in Browser preferences, or either primary or secondary . If the argument is omitted, the URL opens in the primary
browser of the user.
Note: Some browsers cannot locate the file if the URL contains an anchor, such as
"Configuration/ExtensionHelp/browseHelp.htm#helpyou.”
Returns
Nothing.
Example
The following function uses the
dreamweaver.browseDocument() function to open the Adobe Home page in a
browser:
function goToadobe(){
dreamweaver.browseDocument('http://www.adobe.com/');
}
In Dreamweaver 4, you can expand this operation to open the document in Microsoft Internet Explorer using the
following code: