Custom Buttons launch URL in new window

How can one get the Custom Buttons in a final chm help file
to launch the URL in a new window. When a supplimentary web page is
launched inside the chm using a custom button on the navigation
pane, it doesn't fit properly. Is there any way to launch the URL
in a new window?
Can I include some kind of HTML coding in the URL itself? If
so, what syntax?
The only options Robohelp gives you is entering the label and
URL

Deet,
It sounds like you're posting a RoboHelp HTML Help question
in the RoboHelp for Word Forum by mistake.
However, the answer is "No." The Custom Buttons can't open in
a new window like the links in topics do.
If you want a button to open in a new window, you have to use
a third-party product to make your own custom button. For more
information, see Pete Lees' response to a similar question in this
RoboHelp for HTMLHelp Forum thread:
http://www.macromedia.com/cfusion/webforums/forum/messageview.cfm?catid=449&threadid=10838 64
Regards,
Cindy

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