Calling perl from javascript 2

[iralh]

Hi,

I am using javascript to open a new (smaller) window. I would like to get the data for the page form perl but haven't had any luck getting the link to work. I tried something simple like <a href=&quot;javascript:newWindow('path to perl script')>blah balh</a> but it is a no go. Any ideas?

thanks,
ira

 

[toolkit]

ira,

newWindow

is not a javascript function. What you need is:

window.open( url, name, features, replace );

Where:
[ul][li][tt]url[/tt] is an optional string that specifies the URL to be displayed in the new window. In your case, this should be something like [tt]'cgi/myPerl.cgi'[/tt][/li]
[li][tt]name[/tt] is an optional string that specifies a name for the new window. This can be used in subsequent [tt]target[/tt] settings for other links.[/li]
[li][tt]features[/tt] is an optional string that specifies what features the new window should have.[/ld]
[li][tt]replace[/tt] is an optional boolean that specifies if the new URL should add or replace the current entry in the browsing history.[/li]
[/ul]
Hope this helps, cheers Neil s-)

 

[iralh]

thanks neil,

the window.open function worked. I did write the newWindow() function but it didn't work. The only problem I'm having is that when the new window opens the parent window gets wiped and only has [object] printed in the upper left corner. Any ideas?

thanks again,
Ira

 

[toolkit]

I'm guessing you are doing something like:

<some property of parent window> = window.open(....);

The window.open function returns a new Window object (which will be printed as

[object]

if you did

alert( window.open( ... ) )

. If you are erroneuosly assigning this object to some property of the parent window, then you might be repalcing the contents of that window. How about showing us the line of code you are using to open the new window?
Cheers, Neil

 

[iralh]

Neil,

Your right in that I want to open the new window form a link in the parent.

At the moment the link is setup as follows:

<a href=&quot;javascript:window.open('

http://pl.2cc.com/scripts/we4.0/rat...ight=320,scrollbars=yes,location=yes');&quot;

class=&quot;nav&quot;>See on-site rates</a>

Thanks again,
Ira

 

[Rieekan]

Try changing your code to the following:

<a href=&quot;javascript:void(null);&quot; onClick=&quot;window.open('

http://pl.2cc.com/scripts/we4.0/rat...ight=320,scrollbars=yes,location=yes');&quot;

class=&quot;nav&quot;>See on-site rates</a>

 

[iralh]

Beautiful.....

Thanks for the help.

Ira