InDesign CS4 / CS5 missing JavaScript Socket() object?

Question

If I do
var mySocketObject = new Socket();
socket.open("mywebsite.com:80", "BINARY")
in Photoshop, it creates a socket object called mySocketObject, which is not null and opens the socket correctly.
If I do the same thing in InDesign CS5, the same command fails.
I know this works in InDesign CS3, so what does one need to do to make Socket() work in InDesign CS4/5?

Answer 1

Adobe's own Javascript Tools Guide is your friend for snippets like these.
This is from the CS4 guide, but it should work for CS5 as well:
reply = "";
conn = new Socket; // access Adobe’s home page
if (conn.open ("www.adobe.com:80"))
// send a HTTP GET request
conn.write ("GET /index.html HTTP/1.0\n\n");
// and read the server’s reply
reply = conn.read(999999);
conn.close();