Reusing same windows with HTTPS links

[Jon]

I have links that open https secondary windows using:

window.open(url , windowName);

The windowName is always the same but I keep getting new windows. Is
it possible for each of the links to open in the same window?

Thanks,

Jon

[Kien]

Re: Reusing same windows with HTTPS links

Hi,
window.open() will always open new ones.
Try windowName.loca tion=url

Kien

jon@jkworld.com (Jon) wrote in message news:<90fa470d. 0401051140.6e19 0a1@posting.goo gle.com>...[color=blue]
> I have links that open https secondary windows using:
>
> window.open(url , windowName);
>
> The windowName is always the same but I keep getting new windows. Is
> it possible for each of the links to open in the same window?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Jon[/color]

[Lasse Reichstein Nielsen]

Re: Reusing same windows with HTTPS links


caoxuankien@hot mail.com (Kien) writes:
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> jon@jkworld.com (Jon) wrote in message news:<90fa470d. 0401051140.6e19 0a1@posting.goo gle.com>...[/color]
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>> I have links that open https secondary windows using:
>>
>> window.open(url , windowName);
>>
>> The windowName is always the same but I keep getting new windows. Is
>> it possible for each of the links to open in the same window?[/color][/color]

They should. Can you show us the page that fails?

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> window.open() will always open new ones.[/color]

Not if the windowName is the same, and is a valid window name.
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> Try windowName.loca tion=url[/color]

That will rarely work. If "windowName " is the name of the window that
is opened, it doesn't become a global variable. If it is the name of a
sub-frame, it will only be a global variable in some browsers.

If you man to write

var windowName = window.open(... )
and then
windowName.loca tion = url
then it will probably work (if window.open does :)

/L
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[Jon]

Re: Reusing same windows with HTTPS links

Here is my code:

in the .jsp file:
<a target="NEWWIND OW"
href="javascrip t:formNewWindow ('<%=ers.getURL ()%>')"
class="sbLinkBl ue">View Detail</a>

in newWindow.js file
function formNewWindow(u rl)
{
var windowName ='NEWWINDOW';
window.open(url ,windowName);
}

Every time View Detail is clicked on the same page or different pages,
a new window is created. The link always begins with https. I tested
the above with http and it works fine.

Jon

Lasse Reichstein Nielsen <lrn@hotpop.com > wrote in message news:<isjpga74. fsf@hotpop.com> ...[color=blue]
> caoxuankien@hot mail.com (Kien) writes:
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> > jon@jkworld.com (Jon) wrote in message news:<90fa470d. 0401051140.6e19 0a1@posting.goo gle.com>...[/color]
>[color=green][color=darkred]
> >> I have links that open https secondary windows using:
> >>
> >> window.open(url , windowName);
> >>
> >> The windowName is always the same but I keep getting new windows. Is
> >> it possible for each of the links to open in the same window?[/color][/color]
>
> They should. Can you show us the page that fails?
>
> [top post fixed]
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> > window.open() will always open new ones.[/color]
>
> Not if the windowName is the same, and is a valid window name.
>[color=green]
> > Try windowName.loca tion=url[/color]
>
> That will rarely work. If "windowName " is the name of the window that
> is opened, it doesn't become a global variable. If it is the name of a
> sub-frame, it will only be a global variable in some browsers.
>
> If you man to write
>
> var windowName = window.open(... )
> and then
> windowName.loca tion = url
> then it will probably work (if window.open does :)
>
> /L[/color]

[Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn]

Re: Reusing same windows with HTTPS links

Jon wrote:
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> in newWindow.js file
> function formNewWindow(u rl)
> {
> var windowName ='NEWWINDOW';
> window.open(url ,windowName);
> }
>
> Every time View Detail is clicked on the same page or different pages,
> a new window is created. The link always begins with https.[/color]

The URI of the link, not the link itself.
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> I tested the above with http and it works fine.[/color]

Of course it works, but

window.open(url , "NEWWINDOW" );

works as well as

window.open(url , "foobar");

does. There is no additional variable necessary and the value of
the second argument, if different from "_blank", should not matter
if it is the same on every call. That the behavior depends on the
protocol used in the first argument's value could only be a
browser-dependent feature to prevent going around the Same Origin
Policy.
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> [Top post][/color]

Do not do that.


PointedEars