[thelist] How do you validate an A link with a "target"?
Luther, Ron
Ron.Luther at COMPAQ.com
Mon Apr 22 16:57:01 CDT 2002
Hi Martin,
Thanks for the shortened link idea. I will give that a whirl!
Why do I care? Hmmm. Good Question. Mostly pride I guess. I usually work on an Intranet - and I usually don't get an opportunity to play with either HTML or ASP. I generally build/repair enterprise reports using a tool called Brio. This project is for an Extranet, so this time I don't know what browsers the end users may actually end up using. Also ... my name will be associated with the project, so I would really like the end-code to validate. [I'd also like to get WAI conformance, but I'm not sure I'll have time to do that.] I'm hoping "valid" code will have fewer ongoing maintenance issues than the "non-valid" code I was handed as an example to work from. I'm also, [in a small way], tweaking the noses of the folks who designed this system.
As to the popup windows ... as Miriam said "it depends". This particular application is a series of customer reports. {It's not for the general public - it's for a very specialized "corporate" audience.} The sales order number field in each report will be a hyperlink to a different application on a different system ... and that will open in a new window. Because of that, and because this system [with these popups] has been rolled out to some customers in Europe already [I'm extending things and using global data and a different technology - they used Business Objects, I'm using ASP] ... I really don't feel too bad about keeping the popups. In *this* context, I really don't believe they are that offensive. [Of course - I'll never be allowed to talk directly to the customer to find out --- but that's my call on it.]
Thanks again!
RonL.
(It's not blindingly fast yet - but it's mostly working. I had to wimp out on one of the files and settle for "Transitional" validation ... but the rest validate as "strict" or [dare I say it] "frameset".)
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