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CHAPTER 10
Application
The application functions perform operations related to Macromedia Dreamweaver 8’s
interaction with other applications or Dreamweaver operations independent of individual
documents (setting preferences, exiting Dreamweaver, and other functions).
External application functions
External application functions handle operations that are related to the Macromedia Flash
application 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 URL.
NOTE
Some browsers cannot locate the file if the URL contains an anchor, such as
"Configuration/ExtensionHelp/browseHelp.htm#helpyou".
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