Creating a popup from an existing popup 1

[siituser]

Hi there,

I'm working on an intranet site (so I'm less concerned with the whole use of pop-up thing). One form entry system spawns a pop-up window to work in. I need to spawn another pop-up for a calendar selection. When I try to open a new window, the page just loads in the exisiting window. Is it possible to open a new window from an existing pop-up?

Code:
<SCRIPT LANGUAGE="JavaScript">
var newwin;
function launchwin(winurl,winname,winfeatures)
{
//This launches a new window and then
//focuses it if window.focus() is supported.
newwin = window.open(winurl,winname,winfeatures);
if(javascript_version > 1.0)
{
//delay a bit here because IE4 encounters errors
//when trying to focus a recently opened window
setTimeout('newwin.focus();',100);
}
}
</SCRIPT>

Link: javascript:launchwin('newpopup.htm' , 'newwindow', 'height=300,width=325,screenX=10,screenY=10,left=100,top=90,scrollbars=1');

Thanks in advance

 

[cLFlaVA]

Is this the code of your main window?



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[siituser]

yes - I was trying to reuse it on the newly spawned page. I also tried renaming the script name but that didn't seem to work either.

 

[cLFlaVA]

I was able to open a new popup window from an existing popup window easily by calling the window.open() function.

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[siituser]

Talk about trying to over complicate things! That worked...

But my existing window loaded with [object] on the screen. What else would I place there to keep the existing page there?

Thanks for your prompt reponse.

 

[cLFlaVA]

Need code to help. What code is producing the [object] on the screen. You're most likely trying to write something to the document incorrectly.

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[siituser]

I removed the <script> from a previous post above and changed the link to javascript:window.open('newpage.htm' , 'calendar', 'height=300,width=325,screenX=10,screenY=10,left=100,top=90,scrollbars=1');

 

[cLFlaVA]

It's still unclear what you mean. You shouldn't ever remove <script></script tags from around JavaScript. Additionally, you don't need "javascript:" in the beginning of a call to a line of code.

The code you just posted does not cause [object] to be printed to the page...

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[siituser]

Sorry for being unclear

I removed the complete script code from the header.
I had a "function launchwin" there.

My link is now
<a href="javascript:window.open('newpage.htm' , 'calendar', 'height=300,width=325,screenX=10,screenY=10,left=100,top=90,scrollbars=1');">
<img src="myimage">
</a>

The new window opens correctly but my existing page loads a new screen that says [object] - the header bar is dipslaying the URL from the <a href>

 

[cLFlaVA]

Do this:

<a href="newpage.htm" onclick="window.open(this.href, 'calendar', 'height=300,width=325,screenX=10,screenY=10,left=100,top=90,scrollbars=1'); return false;">
<img src="myimage">
</a>


Any better?

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[siituser]

Thanks a bunch! I'll remember this for next time!

 

[cLFlaVA]

Note: in case javascript is disabled on a browser, this will allow the url to still open - in the main window.

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