How can I stop JS to open a new window??

kamedar · Jan 3, 2002

I have downloaded the following JavaScript. It´s a kind of search engine for my personal homepage. Now my problem is, that if i want to see the search results the javascript opens always a NEW window. But i would like that the results will be shown in the SAME window, so that the search mask will be overwritten.
Can anybody help me???

<html>
<HEAD>
<SCRIPT LANGUAGE="JavaScript">
var item = new Array();

/* Here is where all the magic happens.
Just enter as many additional pages that
that you want to search, then fill in the
additional listings for each page.

/
// "Page Name","path","Page Title","Many,Key,Words","Descriptive Comments"

c=0; item[c]=new Array("index.htm","","DemoSite","index,main,start,home,front","Demonstration search engine data about an imagined but probable internet site.&quot

;
c++; item[c]=new Array("content.htm","","Content","News","Contact details and general information about the creator of the site and what the site is about.&quot

;
c++; item[c]=new Array("agenda/agenda.htm","","Agenda","links,more,where,similar,friends","Links to my favourite sites which I find interesting. Other friends sites which have similar interests to my own.&quot

;

page="<html><head><title>Search Results</title></head><body bgcolor='white'><center><table border=0 cellspacing=10 width=80%>";

function search(frm) {
win = window.open("","","scrollbars&quot

;
win.document.write(page);
txt = frm.srchval.value.split(" &quot

;
fnd = new Array(); total=0;
for (i = 0; i < item.length; i++) {
fnd = 0; order = new Array(0, 4, 2, 3);
for (j = 0; j < order.length; j++)
for (k = 0; k < txt.length; k++)
if (item[order[j]].toLowerCase().indexOf(txt[k]) > -1 && txt[k] != "&quot
fnd += (j+1);
}
for (i = 0; i < fnd.length; i++) {
n = 0; w = -1;
for (j = 0;j < fnd.length; j++)
if (fnd[j] > n) { n = fnd[j]; w = j; };
if (w > -1) total += show(w, win, n);
fnd[w] = 0;
}
win.document.write("</table><br>Total found: "+total+"<br></body></html>"
win.document.close();
}
function show(which,wind,num) {
link = item[which][1] + item[which][0];
line = "<tr><td><a href='"+link+"'>"+item[which][2]+"</a> Score: "+num+"<br>";
line += item[which][4] + "<br>"+link+"</td></tr>";
wind.document.write(line);
return 1;
}
// End -->
</script>
</HEAD>

<body bgcolor="#FFFFFF" text="#000000">
<center>

<form method=get action="javascript:void(0)" onsubmit="search(this); return false;">
<tr><td><input type=text name=srchval value=""><input type=submit value="Search"></td></tr>
</form>

</center>

</body>
</html>

twist · Jan 3, 2002

try this one. it writes it in the same window.

<html>
<HEAD>
<SCRIPT LANGUAGE="JavaScript">
var item = new Array();

// "Page Name","path","Page Title","Many,Key,Words","Descriptive Comments"

c=0; item[c]=new Array("index.htm","","DemoSite","index,main,start,home,front","Demonstration search engine data about an imagined but probable internet site.&quot

;
c++; item[c]=new Array("content.htm","","Content","News","Contact details and general information about the creator of the site and what the site is about.&quot

;
c++; item[c]=new Array("agenda/agenda.htm","","Agenda","links,more,where,similar,friends","Links to my favourite sites which I find interesting. Other friends sites which have similar interests to my own.&quot

;

var page="<html><head><title>Search Results</title></head><body bgcolor='white'><center><table border=0 cellspacing=10 width=80%>";

function search(frm) {
win = window
txt = frm.srchval.value.split(" &quot

;
fnd = new Array(); total=0;
for (i = 0; i < item.length; i++) {
fnd = 0; order = new Array(0, 4, 2, 3);
for (j = 0; j < order.length; j++)
for (k = 0; k < txt.length; k++)
if (item[order[j]].toLowerCase().indexOf(txt[k]) > -1 && txt[k] != "&quot
fnd += (j+1);
}
for (i = 0; i < fnd.length; i++) {
n = 0; w = -1;
for (j = 0;j < fnd.length; j++)
if (fnd[j] > n) { n = fnd[j]; w = j; };
if (w > -1) total += show(w, win, n);
fnd[w] = 0;
}
page += "</table><br>Total found: "+total+"<br></body></html>";
document.write(page)
}
function show(which,wind,num) {
link = item[which][1] + item[which][0];
line = "<tr><td><a href='"+link+"'>"+item[which][2]+"</a> Score: "+num+"<br>";
line += item[which][4] + "<br>"+link+"</td></tr>";
page += line;
return 1;
}
// End -->
</script>
</HEAD>

<body bgcolor="#FFFFFF" text="#000000">
<center>

<form method=get action="javascript:void(0)" onsubmit="search(this); return false;">
<tr><td><input type=text name=srchval value=""><input type=submit value="Search"></td></tr>
</form>

</center>

</body>
</html>

baad · Jan 3, 2002

if i understood it correctly, the same window is targeted by second parameter of open function:
window.open("","target_window",prefs)
& if you'd write to a window with the same name (target_window here) then you'd write to the same window (browser instance) Victor

kamedar · Jan 5, 2002

thanks a lot for your support. sorry to bother you again, but unfortunatly both of your solutions didnt work properly. i have now a solution which only works in the internet explorer, but not in the netscape... can you maybe tell me why and where the problem is?

<!-- Begin
var item = new Array();

c=0; item[c]=new Array("index.htm","","DemoSite","index,main,start,home,front","Demonstration search engine data about an imagined but probable internet site.&quot

;
c++; item[c]=new Array("content.htm","","Content","News","Contact details and general information about the creator of the site and what the site is about.&quot

;

page="<html><head><title>Search Results</title></head><body bgcolor='#CCCCCC'><center><table border=0 cellspacing=10 width=80%>";

function search(frm) {
win = window
txt = frm.srchval.value.split(" &quot

;
fnd = new Array(); total=0;
for (i = 0; i < item.length; i++) {
fnd = 0; order = new Array(0, 4, 2, 3);
for (j = 0; j < order.length; j++)
for (k = 0; k < txt.length; k++)
if (item[order[j]].toLowerCase().indexOf(txt[k]) > -1 && txt[k] != "&quot
fnd += (j+1);
}
for (i = 0; i < fnd.length; i++) {
n = 0; w = -1;
for (j = 0;j < fnd.length; j++)
if (fnd[j] > n) { n = fnd[j]; w = j; };
if (w > -1) total += show(w, win, n);
fnd[w] = 0;
}
win.document.write("</table><br>Total found: "+total+"<br></body></html>"
win.document.close();
}
function show(which,wind,num) {
link = item[which][1] + item[which][0];
line = "<tr><td><a href='"+link+"'>"+item[which][2]+"</a> Score: "+num+"<br>";
line += item[which][4] + "<br>"+link+"</td></tr>";
wind.document.write(page+line);
return 1;
}
// End -->

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