New Browser Window

[elmo]

HI,
This is realy a stupid problem but I cannot find a solution, please help.
I have a asp.net page that displays after a user has logged on to the
system. On this page is a couple of options and depending which option, a
different asp page opens when a BUTTON IS CLICKED. I would like to know how
to progrm the button so that a new browser window opens and not close the
previous one. In the old HTML it was easy, I just used _blank and there you
go. I am using VB on my asp page.

Thanks
Elmo

 

[Steven Cheng[MSFT]]

Hi Elmo,

welcome to ASPNET newsgroup.
As for the question you mentioned, is the button on your ASP.NET page a
normal html button element or an ASP.NET Button Server Control. For open
a new browser window, generally we can use the jscript function
window.open( ) to open a new page and this is often used for a html button
or link's click event. For example:

<input type="button" value="open new window"
onclick="window.open('http://www.asp.net')" />

#be care that such opened window maybe blocked by some popup blockers such
as the one in WIN XP SP2.

If the button is a asp.net button Server control, since the button's click
event is a serverside event, we may need to dynamically inject clientside
jscript code in the Button_click server side event. and the
Page.RegisterStartupScript function may help on this. For example:

private void btnServerOpen_Click(object sender, System.EventArgs e)
{
Page.RegisterStartupScript("open_new","<script
language='jscript'>window.open('http://www.asp.net');</script>");
}

If there're anything unclear or other questions, please feel free to post
here. Hope helps.

Thanks,'

Steven Cheng
Microsoft Online Support

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| HI,
| This is realy a stupid problem but I cannot find a solution, please help.
| I have a asp.net page that displays after a user has logged on to the
| system. On this page is a couple of options and depending which option, a
| different asp page opens when a BUTTON IS CLICKED. I would like to know
how
| to progrm the button so that a new browser window opens and not close the
| previous one. In the old HTML it was easy, I just used _blank and there
you
| go. I am using VB on my asp page.
|
| Thanks
| Elmo
|
|
|

 

[Steve C. Orr [MVP, MCSD]]

You can open windows with the javascript window.open method. This includes
options for sizing the window and making various toolbars and menus
visible/invisible.
Here's more info:
http://SteveOrr.net/articles/ClientSideSuite.aspx
http://msdn.microsoft.com/workshop/author/dhtml/reference/methods/open_0.asp

Some popup blockers may foil your plans however, so consider alternate
designs.

 

[Guest]

I just read this message in regards to popup blockers. So are you saying that
possibly, if I'm using WinXP-SP2, and the RegisterStartupScript opens a brand
new ASP.Net page, the popup blocker thats inherent in XP won't allow it?

Whats the alternative? I need some code on my first page to execute, and
then when its done executing, I need to open a new page. I tried adding an
Onclick attribute but that runs first.

 

[Bruce Barker]

there is no alternative. the openwindow must be tied to the onclick event,
foe the popup blocker to allow it. you can move the postback logic to the
popup window. you could change the form target to a new window (must be done
in client code to trick asp.net).


-- bruce (sqlwork.com)