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SoC · September 14th, 2004, 03:50 AM

Hi,

This is a bit difficult to explain, so please bare with me.

I have a page that displays records from a database.

Some of these records also display a submit button. Clicking on this button will take users to another page that displays additional information about that particular record.

For example, record 1 has 5 columns of information. The 6th column holds a hidden field but also displays a submit button. Clicking on this submit button will submit the value of the hidden field to a second ASP page that then shows records based on the value from the hidden field.

I want this second page to pop up in front, but without showing any toolbars etc.

I'm not sure how to go about this.

I can set the size of the child page using resizeTo(x,y) on the child page. Can you do something similar on the child page to hide the toolbar? Or is there a way of setting this value from the parent page, remembering that the child has to be opened through a submit button?

thanks

s

ChrisScott · September 14th, 2004, 04:21 AM

Hi s,

AFAIK there is no way to hide the toolbar after the window has been opened.

You could call a function from the onsubmit event of the form & open the window styled as you want with the required form field parameter attached to the url...

Code:

<form name="myForm" id="myForm" onsubmit="return SubmitThis(this);" target="_blank" action="myUrl.asp" method="get">
    <input type="hidden" name="myHiddenField" id="myHiddenField" value="myHiddenValue" />
    <input type="submit" value="go" />
</form>

...

function SubmitThis(form){
    var w = window.open("myUrl.asp?myHiddenField=" + encodeURIComponent(form.myHiddenField.value), "myWin",
                        "width=500, height=500, toolbar=no");    
    return false;                            
}

HTH,

Chris

SoC · September 14th, 2004, 08:39 PM

Thanks ChrisScott, that worked really well - just what I was after.

You obviously know what you're talking about. Any career advice for a newbie? I'm doing an IT degree, but that's a bt of a slow process.

Any good books you know about, or online tutorials.

Thanks heaps

ChrisScott · September 15th, 2004, 01:15 PM

Hey s,

Career advice - hard to say, I was a builder by trade but changed tack due to a recession, then managed supermarkets for 8 years before getting into IT!!! An IT degree sounds like an excellent base to build on, but IMHO having your own web site and/or other programs to show potential employers would carry a lot of weight when you start looking for work.

As far as javascript goes, I've read the wrox beginning & professional books & found both very good.

I haven't spent much time with online tutorials, but find forums such as this one a great source of knowledge & spend quite a bit of time trawling the net for ideas & looking at how other people do things, these two sites are a couple of my favorites...

http://www.dynamicdrive.com
http://webfx.eae.net

Loads of luck,

Chris