[Javascript] window.open in links

Wed Apr 10 19:50:57 CDT 2002

thanks a lot Laurent, my problem is solved! now i realized the open 
method is returning a pointer to the window that is interpreted by the 
browser as a URL

-- 
Saludos,

Manuel Socarrás Reyes <msocarras at terra.es>
Barcelona. Spain

Muchacho, Laurent (TWIi London) wrote:

>Hi Manuel 
>
>just write void in front and it will be ok 
>
><A 
>href="JavaScript:void
>window.open('basket.htm','myWindow','width=400,height=300');">open 
>window</A>
>
>Laurent 
>
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Manuel Socarras Reyes [mailto:msocarras at terra.es]
>Sent: 10 April 2002 14:33
>To: javascript at LaTech.edu
>Subject: [Javascript] window.open in links
>
>
>hi:
>
>i have a problem opening a window from a link:
>
><A 
>href="JavaScript:window.open('basket.htm','myWindow','width=400,height=300')
>;">open 
>window</A>
>
>after clicking in the link, the new window opens & the one with the link 
>shows a new page with [object Window] in it.
>
>Mac
>------
>NN 6.2
>
>PC
>----
>NN 4.77
>NN 6.1
>IE 6.0
>
>where only works fine is in Mac, IE 5.0.
>
> i know that a solution is calling a function but i'd like to know the 
>origin of the problem
>
><SCRIPT>
>    function openWindow() {
>        window.open("basket.htm","","width=400,height=300");
>    }
></SCRIPT>
></HEAD>
>
><BODY bgcolor="#FFFFFF">
><A href="JavaScript:openWindow()">open window</A>
>