The Dreamweaver JavaScript API > External application functions > dreamweaver.browseDocument() |
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Availability
Dreamweaver 2.0, enhanced in 3.0 and 4.0.
Description
Opens the specified URL in the specified browser.
Arguments
fileName
, {browser}
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fileName is the name of the file to be opened, expressed as an absolute URL. |
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browser , added in Dreamweaver 3, specifies which browser to use. This argument can be the name of a browser as defined in the Preview in Browser preferences or either 'primary' or 'secondary' . If omitted, the URL is opened in the user's primary browser. |
Returns
Nothing.
Enabler
None.
Example
The following function uses dreamweaver.browseDocument()
to open the Hotwired home page in a browser:
function goToHotwired(){ dreamweaver.browseDocument('http://www.hotwired.com/'); }
In Dreamweaver 4, you can expand this operation to open the document in Internet Explorer using the following code:
function goToHotwired(){ var prevBrowsers = dw.getBrowserList(); var theBrowser = ""; for (var i=1; i < prevBrowsers.length; i+2){ if (prevBrowsers[i].indexOf('Iexplore.exe') != -1){ theBrowser = prevBrowsers[i]; break; } } dw.browseDocument('http://www.hotwired.com/',theBrowser); }
For more information on dw.getBrowserList()
, see dreamweaver.getBrowserList().
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