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I am using the javascript:openWindow() function and can open a document from IE 5. However, I cannot Right click and download the file directly.
I get an error that states Internet Explorer cannot download filename from openWindow. No such interface supported.
This does not happen with Netscape.
Does anyone have a solution to this problem?
Thanks.
Bonnie,
take a look on the code below. I believe it makes IE behave the way you want. The trick is "return(false)" in the onClick argument and href attribute presense.
<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN">
<html>
<head>
<title>Untitled</title>
<script language="JavaScript" type="text/javascript">
<!--
function openWnd(url, w, h)
{
if (navigator.appName.indexOf("Explorer") >= 0) {
var wndHandle=window.open(url,"msWin"," width="+w.toString()+", height="+h.toString()+", scrollbars=yes, toolbar=yes, menubar=yes, history=yes, resizable");
}
else {
var wndHandle=window.open(url,"s","height="+h.toString()+",width="+w.toString()+",resizable,scrollbars=yes, toolbar=yes, menubar=yes, history=yes");
}
}
//-->
</script>
</head>
<body>
<a onClick="openWnd('http://www.microsoft.com',500,500); return(false);" href="http://www.microsoft.com">Microsoft.com</a>
</body>
</html>
Let me know if it helped.
;)