Display two windows simultaneously

[Charlix]

I have a 'help manual' that I call from an asp page with the following code:

<a href="html\HelpManual.chm" > Help Manual</a>

This puts the Help Manual in a separate window above the asp page. When I click the ‘x’ in the upper right hand side of the window the window closes and the asp page shows.

However, if I use the following code to show a particular page in the instruction manual, the original asp page is replaced by the help page.

<a href="html\HelpPage.htm" > Help Page</a>

Now if I close the help page by clicking the ‘x’ in the upper right hand side of the window the original asp page is gone.

How do I get a window that simply resides on top of another window, without replacing it?

Charix

 

[bhuninghake]

Hope this helps.

<a href="#" onClick=window.open("html\HelpManual.chm","","menubar=0,resizable=1,scrollbars=1,status=0,titlebar=0,toolbar=0")>Help Manual</a>

 

[Genimuse]

Or you can avoid the Javascript (but get a standard new window) with a simple addition of the "target" property:

<a href="html\HelpPage.htm" target="_blank">Help Page</a>

If you want the new pages to always open in the same window, rather than specifying "_blank" (which will always open a brand new window), you can give the window a name of your choosing, which will be reused if the user clicks on another link with the same target, like this:

<a href="html\HelpPage.htm" target="MyWindow">Help Page</a>

 

[Charlix]

Thanks Genimuse, your code snipet worked perfectly.