What do these window.external calls mean?

javascript external

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Solution 1

Have a look here... http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ie/ms535246(v=vs.85).aspx for info. I presume your site uses .NET?

Perhaps this will help too (possible duplicate): What is the use of window.external?

Solution 2

Have a look here: http://help.dottoro.com/ljisswge.php. It is (in IE) a reference to the 'external' object (you don't say) or (in Firefox) to the 'sidebar' object.

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Updated on June 23, 2022

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samoz almost 2 years
I recently came across a JavaScript file in our source tree with lots of calls like
```
window.external.getParameter()
window.external.createGUID()
window.external.readStringFromRegistry()
```
and so on and I'm really confused about it.

Are these somehow native calls to the Windows API? And where can I find more information about all the available window.external namespace functions?