Invalid pointer????

[Greenster]

Hi, I have this code which works intermittantly and I am confused. When giving a url to the windown.open command is there a limited length?? Or do I have some other problem?

I get the error "Invalid pointer" some of the time and other times its pops up the window perfectly.

Here is my code:


function pop_up_data(form){
var url = 'show_reverse_class.php?encode="' + form.encoded.value + '"&showing=' + form.showing.value;
var name = 'Window';
var win = window.open(url, name,"width=550,height=550,status=0,toolbar=0,menubar=0,location=0,resizeable=1,scrollbars=yes"
win.focus();
}

Any help would be most appreciatted

Thanks {Greenster}

 

[trollacious]

Don't use double quotes " in the url.

 

[Greenster]

I have removed the double quotes and I get the exact same error???

function pop_up_data(form){
var url = 'show_reverse_class.php?encode=' + form.encoded.value + '&showing=' + form.showing.value;
var name = 'Window';
var win = window.open(url, name,"width=550,height=550,status=0,toolbar=0,menubar=0,location=0,resizeable=1,scrollbars=yes"
win.focus();
} {Greenster}

 

[Greenster]

Maybe I should add that form.encoded.value is a base64_encoded string, maybe characters in this string are breaking the url???? {Greenster}

 

[trollacious]

If there are spaces or other non-alphanumeric characters in the URL, you'll have problems, too. If that's possible, use:

var url = 'show_reverse_class.php?encode=' +escape(form.encoded.value) + '&showing=' + escape(form.showing.value);


It's also not a good practice to call a form form, or element names by their types.

 

[Greenster]

Thanks trollacious, unfortunately I am still having problems - I don't know much javascript and was trying to find a simple way round a certain problem, since I have a deadline of tomorrow I think I will have to find an alternative method!!!

But thanks again for your help - much apreciatted

{Greenster}

 

[trollacious]

Have you checked the PHP file for problems? I've not seen an invalid pointer error in Javascript before, though am sure I haven't seen everything JS can do.

 

[xutopia]

I would remove the line :

win.focus();

Since you make it popup it should appear in front anyway. See if that doesn't fix your problem. Gary

http://www.xutopia.com

Haran