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guitarzan

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The asp project I'm working on has several forms (not using frames). When the user submits the form, it gets submitted to itself, where I do my validation. If any fields are invalid, I redisplay the html with error messages at the top. If all fields are valid, I do a response.redirect to display whatever other screen I need.

The code I'm working on now is a report generator... if fields are invalid, I want to redisplay the same page (like above). But if all fields are valid, I want to display the output in a new broswer window. Can I do this with a response.redirect?

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with response.redirect, nope you cannot open a new window...

try using window.open() method of javascript...

-DNG
 
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ok let me tell you the reason also...

Code: 
It is not possible with response.redirect because frames and windows are client-side concepts. The server just don't knows about these concepts. so it wont be able to open either a new window or frame.

-DNG


 
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no. You would need to do this client-side - probably with a little javascript.

You could include a variable in the querystring in the redirect that instructs the page to open a new window and then close the old window but I think that is the best you will be able to do.
Code: 
Response.Redirect "myPage.asp?open=new"
%>
Code: 
<html>
<head>
<%
If Request.QueryString("open") = "new" Then
  Response.Write "<script type=""text/javascript"">window.open('newPage.asp','',''); window.close();</script>"
End If
%>
</head>

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