Investment Studio > Objects > Browser > Document
The Browser object's document panel is actually an embedded Internet Explorer window. It therefore inherits Internet Explorer's standard behaviour and can display any document type supported by Internet Explorer. It also inherits Internet Explorer's pop-up menus (note in particular that the Favorites referred to in those menus are the Internet Explorer favorites, not the Browser object's favorites!).
| Since Internet Explorer can embed other applications (automation servers), those applications can be embedded in Investment Studio using the Browser object. Example: if Excel is installed on your system, typing the URL to an XLS (Excel spreadsheet) file in the Browser object's URL box and hitting Enter (or clicking the "go" button) will cause Excel to be embedded in the Browser's document panel, and the XLS file to be loaded in the embedded instance of Excel. |
A note about secondary windows: many web sites try to open secondary Internet Explorer windows, e.g. to display pop-up ads. The Browser object allows this only if the New windows item is checked in its pop-up menu:
Web page scripts which depend on the ability to open secondary windows may fail with an error message if this item is not checked.