pop up window opens and closes onClick, but link won't open

[amymcdo3]

Hi Everyone,

I have a popup window that opens when clicking a link. The pop up window asks a question and supplies two buttons, Yes and No. The buttons are images and when the user clicks the button, they will either be linked to another page via the Yes button or they will stay on the same page if they click the No button.

The popup window is supposed to close once the Yes or No button is clicked, and it does, however, it ignores the link that is attached to the Yes button.

I am using Dreamweaver to create the code for the popup window:

<a href="javascript:void(0)" class="link2" onClick="MM_openBrWindow('pop_EBM.htm','','width=345,height=160')">Enrollment Billing Manual - Independent Practitioners</a>

Then I have this code attached to the Yes button:

 <td height="40"><div align="right"><a href="ebm/Practitioners_Manual.pdf" target="_blank" onclick="window.close()"><img src="../images/btn_yes.gif" alt="Yes" width="50" height="20" border="0"></a></div></td>

Any suggestions on how I can get this to work?
Thanks alot for any help you can offer!
Amy

[Nahum Silva]

Hi emy I think that the problem is that you are trying to open the page in your pop up and not in the pages the show the pop up, I think you can achieve what are you looking if you try somenthing like parent.document and manipulate whatever you want... also you can display not a popup itself instead you can show a div layer for the same purpose... this way you can avoid all popup blocker and all tha stuff.. look into google for submodal popups can help you... see you around...

[pbmods]

Heya, Amy. Welcome to TSDN!

Please use CODE tags when posting source code. See the REPLY GUIDELINES on the right side of the page next time you post.

[amymcdo3]

Thanks for the reply, but I forgot to mention that it works in IE, but not Firefox or Netscape. Any suggestions as to what is causing it to not go to the link in Firefox and Netscape? I do have target_blank, so I am not trying to open the linked to page in the same window as the popup....

thanks!!

[pbmods]

Heya, Amy.

Modern browsers will execute JavaScript or else follow the href in an anchor tag, but not both.

Instead, try doing this:

<img src="../images/btn_yes.gif" alt="Yes" width="50" height="20" border="0" style="cursor:pointer;" onclick="window.open('ebm/Practitioners_Manual.pdf'); window.close();" />
 

[amymcdo3]

Hey Pbmods,

You are AWESOME! I have been trying to resolve this for 2 days and could not figure out how to make this work in Firefox. It works perfectly now!

THANKS!!!!
Amy

[pbmods]

Heya, Amy.

Glad to hear you got it working! Good luck with your project, and if you ever need anything, post back anytime :)

[amymcdo3]

Hi again,

I just checked this in Netscape 8 and Netscape 9, and it opens the link fine, but then the pop up will not close. It stays open and turns white.

Any suggestions?

Thanks!!!
Amy

[pbmods]

Heya, Amy.

Maybe try self.close()... . Did you originally open this window using JavaScript, by any chance? Netscape will only allow you to close() what you open().

[amymcdo3]

Hi,

I used the code that you gave me in box #5. Do I need to change it self.close now. I am worried that changing it, will make it not work in Firefox......

Thanks!!