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Not sure if this is the right place to ask this... and I realize it is
rather strange.
I have a web page with several links that each execute a "window.open()"
when clicked to open a new browser window.
The window.open() opens a .asp page with ASP code that creates a Crystal
Reports (RAS 9) object to load a report and also contains an <object> tag
that loads the Crystal Reports viewer. The ASP code was supplied by
Crystal.
That all works - except if you click a second link while the browser window
from a previous click is still opened. In that case, the second browser
window loads the same report as is displayed in the first browser window.
It appears that the objects are re-used and they are sharing the same IE
"session".
Example: From a page "Menu", the link "Report 1" is clicked and a new
browser window is opened and loads "Report 1" and displays it. User leaves
that window opened and clicks back into the "Menu" page and the link "Report
2" is clicked. A new browser window is opened, but instead of loading
"Report 2", it redisplays "Report 1" - due to the other window being opened.
(If I had closed the "Report 1" window, clicking "Report 2" would have
correctly loaded "Report 2".)
If I manually open another browser and click one of the links, it works as
expected - I can have multiple windows open with different reports - the
browser does not re-use the object from the already opened session.
So I suppose what I am looking for is a way to get the functionality of
window.open(), but have it open an entirely new browser "session" so it does
not "see" any existing sessions and try to reuse their objects.
rather strange.
I have a web page with several links that each execute a "window.open()"
when clicked to open a new browser window.
The window.open() opens a .asp page with ASP code that creates a Crystal
Reports (RAS 9) object to load a report and also contains an <object> tag
that loads the Crystal Reports viewer. The ASP code was supplied by
Crystal.
That all works - except if you click a second link while the browser window
from a previous click is still opened. In that case, the second browser
window loads the same report as is displayed in the first browser window.
It appears that the objects are re-used and they are sharing the same IE
"session".
Example: From a page "Menu", the link "Report 1" is clicked and a new
browser window is opened and loads "Report 1" and displays it. User leaves
that window opened and clicks back into the "Menu" page and the link "Report
2" is clicked. A new browser window is opened, but instead of loading
"Report 2", it redisplays "Report 1" - due to the other window being opened.
(If I had closed the "Report 1" window, clicking "Report 2" would have
correctly loaded "Report 2".)
If I manually open another browser and click one of the links, it works as
expected - I can have multiple windows open with different reports - the
browser does not re-use the object from the already opened session.
So I suppose what I am looking for is a way to get the functionality of
window.open(), but have it open an entirely new browser "session" so it does
not "see" any existing sessions and try to reuse their objects.