input button

[yuchieh]

I have an input button in the form
<input TYPE=&quot;Button&quot; name=&quot;download&quot; ONCLICK=&quot;location='downloadref.cfm?UpdateItem=#getreflist.controlNumber#'&quot; VALUE=&quot;Download Reference&quot;>

When the button is clicked, go to the other page, using cfobject, ActivePDF to show a downloadable PDF form. The form shows fine. I would like to have the PDF form be opened in a new window. So I used the following ..

<SCRIPT LANGUAGE=&quot;JavaScript&quot;>
function popWindow(file,window,params)
{destWindow=open(file,window,params);
if (destWindow.opener == null) destWindow.opener = self;
destWindow.focus();
}
</SCRIPT>

<input TYPE=&quot;Button&quot; name=&quot;download&quot; ONCLICK=&quot;javascriptopWindow('downloadref.cfm?UpdateItem=#getreflist.controlNumber#','destWindow');&quot; VALUE=&quot;Download Reference&quot;>

Then I got file download window and asked to choose &quot;save&quot; or &quot;open&quot;. either one, I would get an error.

The above onclick coding works fine in <a href=&quot;&quot;>. So my question is how to open a new window using input button.

Thanks

 

[csteinhilber]

Could you simply use a target attribute for the form instead? It would be easier than fighting with javascript.

<form action=&quot;downloadref.cfm&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; method=&quot;GET&quot;>
  <input type=&quot;hidden&quot; name=&quot;UpdateItem&quot; value=&quot;#getreflist.controlNumber#&quot;>
  <input type=&quot;submit&quot; name=&quot;download&quot; value=&quot;Download Reference&quot;>
</form>

-Carl

 

[yuchieh]

There are othre submit buttons on this page, which is much more complicated than what I posted. So, I have to use input button for this one.

 

[csteinhilber]

Not really.
You simply wrap each submit button in it's own form. You can have as many individual forms on a page as you care to.

<table>
<CFOUTPUT query=&quot;getreflist&quot;>
   <tr>
     <td>#getreflist.reference_title#</td>
     <td>
       <form action=&quot;downloadref.cfm&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; method=&quot;GET&quot;>
         <input type=&quot;hidden&quot; name=&quot;UpdateItem&quot; value=&quot;#getreflist.controlNumber#&quot;>
         <input type=&quot;submit&quot; name=&quot;download&quot; value=&quot;Download Reference&quot;>
       </form>
     </td>
   </tr>
</CFQUERY>
</table>

So you'd have one form for each reference.


-Carl