How do I make my PopUp window stay on top?

mb22 · Apr 29, 2004

During opening of Page1.aspx (i.e. durign the PAge Load event) .. if an error occurs I open a popup window PopUp.aspx from the Try-Catch Error block.. but this window does not STAY ON TOP. How do I make it stay on top of Page1.apsx all the time. I don't know if it is bacause .. after Catch block runs ... xeecution returns to FINALLY block which is like back to Page1.aspx.

How can I make Popup.aspx stay up!

Private Sub Page_Load
..
...

Try
..opendb
.. retrive record

catch
Dim strClientCall As String
strClientCall = "<script language=javascript> "
strClientCall &= " var popup = window.open(" & "'genericerror.aspx" & "','_new','left=225,width=575,height=625'" & ");"
strClientCall &= " if(popup) popup.focus(); "
strClientCall &= "</script>"
Response.Write(strClientCall)

Finally
If Not myDataReader Is Nothing Then
myDataReader.Close()
End If

cDAL.CloseDRConnection()
cDAL = Nothing
end try

justinbcti · Apr 29, 2004

I don't know anything about ASPX, but if you want you can use javasdript to keep the page on top. Do something like this:

<html>
<head>
<title>Test Page</title>
</head>
<body onblur="self.focus()">
<p>Some content here</p>
</body>
</html>

This works in IE and will keep the window on top of the page that opened it. It will not keep the window on top of other browser windows already open.

Patten · Apr 29, 2004

Hi justinbcti,

this keeps indeed the window on top of the page that opened it. However I can go to the page that opened it by clicking the button in the taskbar of windows. I would like to avoid this: so a user has to do the appropiate actions in the window opened on top of the page before he can go back to the original page: any ideas how to accomplish this?

LFI · Apr 30, 2004

In the "parent" window, around where you have the window.open(...) script, try:

Code:

<script>
var popupWin;
var timeoutObject;

function myFunct()
{
 popupWin = window.open(...); //whatever
 keepItOpen();
}

function keepItOpen()
{
 if(!popupWin.closed)
 {
  popupWin.focus();
  timeoutObject = setTimeout("keepItOpen()",100);
 }
 else
  clearTimeout(timeoutObject);
}
</script>

This works for me in IE6. It keeps the popup over the opening window and other browser windows, but not over other application windows.

'hope it helps.

--Dave

kaht · Apr 30, 2004

It sounds like showModalDialog would be your best bet here. I'm pretty sure it's only an option for IE, so if you're looking for cross platformability you'll have to code it yourself.

http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/d...r/dhtml/reference/methods/showmodaldialog.asp

-kaht

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How do I make my PopUp window stay on top?

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