User Guide

External application functions 147
dreamweaver.openWithBrowseDialog()
Availability
Dreamweaver 3.
Description
Opens the Select External Editor dialog box to let the user select the application with which to
open the specified file.
Arguments
fileURL
• The fileURL argument is the path to the file to open, which is expressed as a file:// URL.
Returns
Nothing.
dreamweaver.openWithExternalTextEditor()
Availability
Dreamweaver 3.
Description
Opens the current document in the external text editor that is specified in the External Editors
entry in the Preferences dialog box.
Arguments
None.
Returns
Nothing.
dreamweaver.openWithImageEditor()
Availability
Dreamweaver 3.
Description
Opens the named file with the specified image editor.
Note: This function invokes a special Macromedia Fireworks MX 2004 integration mechanism that
returns information to the active document if Fireworks is specified as the image editor. To prevent
errors if no document is active, this function should never be called from the Site panel.
Arguments
fileURL
, appURL
• The fileURL argument is the path to the file to open, which is expressed as a file:// URL.
• The appURL argument is the path to the application with which to open the file, which is
expressed as a file:// URL.
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