Re: OT - javascript in ative desktop components

[Aaron Cushing]

> I have an Active Desktop Component which I created as a sort of launchpad
>
> for some web pages.  A couple of the links use javascript to load windows
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> with the specied size, content, and options (no menubar, toolbars, etc.).
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> When I make the link run the javascript program directly (<a
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> href="javascript:sendapage()">), it loads a new blank object with
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> "javascript:sendapage()" in the location field, then gives me an error
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> stating "Object Required".  The required object is in the component itself.
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> I then tried using an onClick event to run the javascript function.  That at
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> least executed the script, but it still loads another blank window, since
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> you need to put something in the href attribute.  Even typing href="" still
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> loads a window, with the contents of the folder on the server which contains
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> quick.html (the html file for the desktop component).  Is there some way
>
> around this?  I need to control the size of the windows being loaded, but I
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> can't have extra windows distracting the user.  The script executes
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> perfectly when the page is loaded normally (not as a desktop item).  The URL
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> to the page itself is <http://www.zapinc.com/home/quick.html>http://www.zapinc.com/home/quick.html.  The URL to the
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> active desktop CDF file is <http://www.zapinc.com/home/quick.cdf>http://www.zapinc.com/home/quick.cdf.  The link
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> in question is the next to last image on the bottom row (the pager with the
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> red arrow over it).


We had a very similar problem last week.

The way we handle this is to define a JavaScript function to call the new

page in a new window with whatever attributes you want to set up, then call

that function like this:

<a NAME="anchor"> </a>

<a href="#anchor" onClick=" functionName ">load the new window and page</a>


Pretty, simple, and nice to look at.


Aaron

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