activate 2nd IExplorer instance

[JohnMaas]

Hi,

Does any body know how to activate a 2nd Iexplorer instance from a CF application ??

Thankx

 

[DeZiner]

I think you would have to go client side and use JavaScript window.open()

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[imstillatwork]

or just the target attribute in <a href> for opening a new windows on the click of a link.

 

[DugsDMan]

You could use this to open a new instance, each time a user clicks the link:

<a href=&quot;mynewpage.cfm&quot; target=&quot;_new&quot;>link</a>

To open one instance and &quot;re-use&quot; that window, use this:

<a href=&quot;mynewpage.cfm&quot; target=&quot;_MyNewWindow&quot;>link</a>

When you use the second one, if no &quot;MyNewWindow&quot; instance exists, a new window will open and go to the page you specify. If the window has already been opened, it will use this window and take it to the new page. However, this will not force that window to receive focus. You can do this by using JavaScript in the head of the webpage you are calling. I haven't done this yet, but have been looking into. Here's some code I scavanged that makes sure the page stays on top:

<SCRIPT LANGUAGE=&quot;JavaScript&quot;>
 <!--
 var ident=null;
 var identCount = 0;
 
 function startFocusRetain()
{{
    focus();
    ident=self.setTimeout('resetIdent()', 2000);
}}

 function resetIdent()
{{
    if (identCount++<5 )
    {
       ident = null;
       startFocusRetain();
    }  
     else
     {
        close();
     }
}}
 //-->
 </SCRIPT>

You can also change _MyNewWindow to anything that makes sense in your application.

Hope this helps!

 

[imstillatwork]

thats what i mean. didn't feel the need to explain plain old html though. but yeah, thats the simplest way.