How to use ShowModalDialog() inside this function

bnymk · Apr 13, 2004

Hello All;

I'm trying to use the showModalDialog() feature inside my code (below) but am not being successful. Could someone point me out the the error that I'm making????

Thanks.

function firstNonCounterProcessingWindow(){
if(win&& win.open && !win.closed) win.close();
win = window.showModalDialog("", "win", "dialogWidth:450;dialogHeight:110;dialogLeft:275;dialogTop:275");
with(win.document){
write("<HTML><HEAD><TITLE>Processing Request....</TITLE></HEAD><BODY bgcolor='#fff8dc' onblur='this.focus();'> " +
"<CENTER><h3>Please wait while your request is being processed.</h3> " +
"</CENTER></BODY></HTML>");
close();//close the output stream after finished writing content to the window
}
}

function firstCounterProcessingWindow(counter, message){
win = window.showModalDialog("", "win", "dialogWidth:450;dialogHeight:110;dialogLeft:275;dialogTop:275");
with(win.document) {
open("text/html", "Replace");//replace the text of the existing processing window with new contents
write("<HTML><HEAD><TITLE>Processing Request.....</TITLE></HEAD><BODY bgcolor='#fff8dc' onblur='this.focus();'><CENTER> " +
"<h3>Please wait while your request is being processed.</h3> " +
"<table><tr><td style='font-family:arial; size:8pt'><span id='textCount' ></span>Request status:" + counter + "% completed.</td></tr></table> " +
"<table><tr><td style='font-family:arial; size:8pt'><span id='textMessage'></span>" + message + "</td></tr></table> " +
"</center></body></html>");
close();//close the output stream after finished writing content to the window
}
}

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jemminger · Apr 13, 2004

i'm not sure you can write to a modal dialog...it's meant to be passed the url of a document to display.

furthermore, showModalDialog() does not return a reference to the dialog window, but rather returns a value from it.

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bnymk · Apr 14, 2004

Thanks for responding.....I guess I can't use the showModalDialog() in this case.

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adam0101 · Apr 14, 2004

If you use the following function:

Code:

function showCustomModalDialog(msg,opts)
  return window.showModalDialog("customModal.html",msg,opts);
}

and create a page called customModal.html with the following content:

Code:

<script>
document.write(window.dialogArguments);
document.close();
</script>

then you should be able to do what you want using this:

Code:

var msg="<HTML><HEAD><TITLE>Processing Request....</TITLE></HEAD><BODY bgcolor='#fff8dc'> " +
            "<CENTER><h3>Please wait while your request is being processed.</h3> " +
            "</CENTER></BODY></HTML>";
var opts="dialogWidth:450px;dialogHeight:110px;dialogLeft:275px;dialogTop:275px;resizeable:yes;status:no;";
var returnValue=showCustomModalDialog(msg,opts);

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How to use ShowModalDialog() inside this function

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