pop-up windows and pop-up stoppers - question

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I need pop-up code that _will_ be stopped by a pop-up stopper.

I have a website that uses Jimco's Spawn add-in (thank you for that).
There is one problem I am having with it: If a pop-up stopper is active,
rather than suppressing the pop-up, the target opens in the same/original
MSIE window. I need to have _nothing_ happen -- which is what I experience
at every website that has pop-ups unless I disable my stopper.

I make a point of noting that a pop-up will appear wherever I have such a
link -- and it is also in my FAQ. And, I use PayPal for my shopping cart,
which _must_ have pop-up stoppers disabled to work. If with my pages the
target opens in the original window then the user will click "close" in the
non-spawned window and I will lose him/her.

I looked at PayPal's code and cannot figure out how it works versus
Jimco's. My newbie hunch is that it is done server side.

Here is the main page that I am trying get to work, as described:
http://www.kneedefender.com/html2/how_to.htm

As for looking at a Paypal link and how its pop-up works, you can look at
http://www.kneedefender.com/html2/buy.htm

Anyway, is there a way to do pop-ups at client side that will not pop-up if
the stopper is active? Thanks.
 
Add a new window target to your link so the link opens in a new window when JavaScript is turned off or blocked
href="misc/KD_orng_pg.htm" target="_blank"

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| I need pop-up code that _will_ be stopped by a pop-up stopper.
|
| I have a website that uses Jimco's Spawn add-in (thank you for that).
| There is one problem I am having with it: If a pop-up stopper is active,
| rather than suppressing the pop-up, the target opens in the same/original
| MSIE window. I need to have _nothing_ happen -- which is what I experience
| at every website that has pop-ups unless I disable my stopper.
|
| I make a point of noting that a pop-up will appear wherever I have such a
| link -- and it is also in my FAQ. And, I use PayPal for my shopping cart,
| which _must_ have pop-up stoppers disabled to work. If with my pages the
| target opens in the original window then the user will click "close" in the
| non-spawned window and I will lose him/her.
|
| I looked at PayPal's code and cannot figure out how it works versus
| Jimco's. My newbie hunch is that it is done server side.
|
| Here is the main page that I am trying get to work, as described:
| http://www.kneedefender.com/html2/how_to.htm
|
| As for looking at a Paypal link and how its pop-up works, you can look at
| http://www.kneedefender.com/html2/buy.htm
|
| Anyway, is there a way to do pop-ups at client side that will not pop-up if
| the stopper is active? Thanks.
|
|
 
Add a new window target to your link so the link opens in a new window when JavaScript is turned off or blocked
href="misc/KD_orng_pg.htm" target="_blank"
Click to expand...

Wow. Works like a charm. I think this would be a nice feature for the
Jimco spawn ap. Thanks for the concise and effective help.
 
It isn't necessary to add it to Spawn. You can do this easily in FrontPage
by setting the "Target Frame" property of a hyperlink.

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HTH,

Kevin Spencer
Microsoft MVP
..Net Developer
http://www.takempis.com
Big Things are made up of
Lots of Little Things.
 
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