JavaScript Error: illegal URL method.....

hablablow · Dec 14, 2001

Hi,
i am trying to open a second popup from a parent popup when the user leaves it.
Works in IE but not in Netscape. The Js console returns this message:

JavaScript Error: illegal URL method 'news.htm'

Here is my code:

<SCRIPT LANGUAGE="JavaScript">

<!--
var exwin=null;
function News(theURL,winName,features, myWidth, myHeight, isCenter) { //v3.0
if(window.screen)if(isCenter)if(isCenter=="true&quot

{
var myLeft = (screen.width-myWidth)/2+255;
var myTop = (screen.height-myHeight)/2;
features+=(features!='')?',':'';
features+=',left='+myLeft+',top='+myTop;
}
if(exwin!=null)exwin.close();
window.open(theURL,winName,features+((features!='')?',':'')+'width='+myWidth+',height='+myHeight);
}

//-->

</SCRIPT>
</HEAD>
<BODY LEFTMARGIN="0" TOPMARGIN="0" MARGINWIDTH="0" MARGINHEIGHT="0"
ONLOAD="setTimeout('window.close()',40000)"
ONUNLOAD="javascript:News('news.htm','news','','207','300','true')">

(...)

If you do the news function in onload it works just fine.
But doesn't work in onunload ?
Any help is welcomed !
Thanks for your incomming messages.
Hablablow.

Bentley22 · Dec 14, 2001

Try this instead:

Add this function:

Code:

function workaround()
{
window.close();
News(&quot;news.htm&quot;,&quot;news&quot;,&quot;&quot;,&quot;207&quot;,&quot;300&quot;,&quot;true&quot;);
}

Then the body tag:

Code:

<BODY LEFTMARGIN=&quot;0&quot; TOPMARGIN=&quot;0&quot; MARGINWIDTH=&quot;0&quot; MARGINHEIGHT=&quot;0&quot; ONLOAD=&quot;setTimeout('workaround()',1000)&quot;>

*Note, I changed the time for checking reasons, you'll want to change it back "The surest sign that intelligent life exists elsewhere in the universe is that it has never tried to contact us"
Bill Watterson, Calvin & Hobbes

hablablow · Dec 14, 2001

Thanks Bentley22 for your answer but this doesn't work either.

I will try to be more precise.
I load a page index.htm : this page launches, with onload, a popup A.
Now the code above is in this popup A.
2 possibiblities:
- When the windows closes itself after the delay it opens directly another popup B
- If the user closes the window the classic way before the end of delay then the popup B appears also

That is why i use the onunload function that tells the browser: when the popup A is closed then immediatly open the popup B ---- at a given position ---- ( see details of my function "news" )
In all cases this works in Ie but netscape Js console will always return:
JavaScript Error: illegal URL method 'news.htm'

I tryed some searches on the net about this message and i found a partial answer :
" NN4 treats a stand alone file name with window.open method as a local file specification. What a quirk. So using a whole URL string would work fine. "

I don't understand it. So maybie this is a little clearer ?
Not for me...

Any help is welcomed !
Thanks for your incomming messages.
Hablablow.

Bentley22 · Dec 14, 2001

Have you tried using the full url to the file? "The surest sign that intelligent life exists elsewhere in the universe is that it has never tried to contact us"
Bill Watterson, Calvin & Hobbes

hablablow · Dec 14, 2001

Sorry but what should be the full url as all the htm docs are in the same folder ?

Bentley22 · Dec 14, 2001

Ex: "

http://www.yoursite.com/yourfolder/news.htm"

Its the absolute full URL to the file. "The surest sign that intelligent life exists elsewhere in the universe is that it has never tried to contact us"
Bill Watterson, Calvin & Hobbes

hablablow · Dec 14, 2001

It works..
Thanks for your posts !
hablablow

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