problem launching window.open(javascript:setCursorPosition(1527,'HAT SFORM'))

[billster]

Hi,

I am trying to launch a new browser with the same url location as the
current browser, and at the same time run some javascript.

This works with <a href=javascript:setCursorPosition(1527,'HATSFORM') >test</a>
, which runs the javascript in the current url location, but when I
try window.open(javascript:setCursorPosition(1527,'HAT SFORM'), it
opens a new browser with the string
"javascript:setCursorPosition(1527,'HATSFORM') " in the url location of
the browser, which obviously fails.

So I need the window.open to open up a new browser with the same
relative url and then execute the javascript string. Any ideas?

BTW, this also fails when I try <a
href=javascript:setCursorPosition(1527,'HATSFORM')
target=_NEW>test</a> for the same reason that the relative url
location is not kept for the new browser.

Thanks in advance
Bill

[Mike]

> This works with <a
href=javascript:setCursorPosition(1527,'HATSFORM') >test</a>

I'm guessing that this method simply moves the current window to the correct
location on the page.

, which runs the javascript in the current url location, but when I
try window.open(javascript:setCursorPosition(1527,'HAT SFORM'), it
opens a new browser with the string
"javascript:setCursorPosition(1527,'HATSFORM') " in the url location of
the browser, which obviously fails.

Yeah, window.open requires a URL to be passed. I think what you need to
something like this:

var newwindow = window.open(window.location.href);
newwindow.setCursorPosition(1527,'HATSFORM');
The idea is to open a new window with the same URL as the current window and
then call the setCursorPosition() method with the correct parameters in the
new window. This is assuming that the method will exist in the new window.

Hope this helps
Mike