Create Windows From Button

[calebthegeek]

[newbie]

Hi Caleb !

Here is what I made to create windows on the fly.
It works under IE and Firefox.

First, I added 2 DIVs in the main HTMl code:
* one with id "mainWindow" (where all new windows are displayed)
* one with id "ajaxHTML" having style="display:none"

I get the HTML code of the window using AJAX.

The AJAX answer is then processed that way :

var ajaxHTML=document.getElementById("ajaxHTML");
var mainWindow=document.getElementById("mainWindow");

ajaxHTML.innerHTML =responseText;
if (document.all) {
var currentDiv= ajaxHTML.childNodes[0];
} else {
var currentDiv= ajaxHTML.childNodes[1];
}
mainWindow.appendChild(currentDiv);

You can then call initWindows...

By the way, I created a delete function :

function deleteWindow()
{ switchElement(false,document.getElementById('dhtml_goodies_id' + this.id.replace(/[^\d]/g,'')));
activeWindow.parentNode.removeChild(activeWindow);
}

An "individual" init of the new created window would be better if you need to use cookies !

Herve

[Batalf]

[calebthegeek]

[calebthegeek]

Just so you know I love the new function - I just tested it! One thing I noticed is the window is frozen in Firefox It works just fine in IE though.


Thanks,
Caleb[/b]

[Batalf]

Yes, I just saw it my self. There was an error with the script in Firefox. I have now fixed that problem.

[calebthegeek]

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[kingharrison]

How exactly do I write out the new generate window code? And is there a way to dynamically generate a new tab with a click on a link inside a window?

[calebthegeek]

I will do my best to help but can you please clarify what you are trying to do (an example would be great)?

Thanks!
caleb

[kingharrison]

Thanks caleb. Ill give you the whole story. My company makes a software product on the iSeries servers. We have a green screen environment and I am trying to create an AJAX interface to it. I have written in php and have had success with access and updating, but I still dont like how the php pages have to be interacted with. What I am hoping to do is create a page with a main menu. You click a link on that page and window pops up displaying the php program with a list of items that you selected. Within that list you can select an individual item and it opens a new tab within that window with the selected php reference and opens a new php program. Ideally youd be able to select links and open more tabs infinitely (never happen, but lets just say you need to be able to go 7 deep). Our stuff on the iSeries side is very modularized and easy to implement in black boxes. if you PM me I can send pictures to represent what I am talking about. Thanks man.