Dialog Boxes

I'm trying to decide whether to convert from Visual Basic to Dreamweaver for content (and ultimately, website development). Does DW have a dialog box feature or some capability to open a Microsoft Word or Excel file? (the actual file, not just the resident data)
Until I develop a website, I'd like to use DW as a shell to manage files in presentations, including Microsoft, Flash, XML etc... Does this make sense or am I barking up the wrong tree?
New to all of this,
Mike

Probably stating the obvious here, but anyway...
Each of the file formats you've mentioned will require specific software installation and browser plugins in order to view them from the Web. Well, I'm not sure if MS Office, per se, has any plugins for browsers. Users will typically get a Save As dialog box when clicking on a file without a corresponding browser plugin.
The Flash plugin has a very large installed base, so unless version is an issue, that should work well. PDF is well known, too, but users can and do configure PDF browser plugins how they like. That is, some users read PDFs in the browser and some read PDFs in the external PDF reader (typically Adobe Reader).
AFAIK, RTF files will be displayed in an external application, but I think all typical desktop/laptop OSen come with an RTF capable program installed.
MS Office is a generic title for several different suites of programs that create several different file formats. These files will very likely require the visitor to install an appropriate MS Office (do they need Access and Outlook?) suite - or Open Office.
The above requirements will still apply whether you use AIR, Director, Flash, a Web page, or VB to link to those files. But yes, you can create a Web page with links to those file formats.
Mark A. Boyd
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