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I know this is a dead horse I'm beating but why is it so impossible to ask
for functionality in the HTML tag to open a window/page more controllable?
why is:
<a href="somepage.aspx?value1=xyz" target="_blank">click here</a>
can't be:
<a href="somepage.aspx?value1=xyz" pagewidth="500px or %" page height="500px
or %" target="_blank">click here</a>

then what about in the code behind using:
response.redirect("somepage.aspx?value1=xyz", "width=500", "height=500")

to better control browser window opening, etc. Why is this asking for too
much?

I have a button that I add form the code behind the attributes.add function
for a JavaScript 'window.showModalDialog' but I also need to add some more
code (save data) before the opening of the new window. How can I do this once
the button is click and the 'on_click' fires, the window is opened.

using in code behind:
btnxyz.Attributes.Add("onclick",
"window.showModalDialog('page.aspx','dialogWidth:5 00px; scroll:no; help:0;
resizable:no; center:yes; edge:sunken; status:no')")

Can I turn on the AutoPostBack to "Submit" the form then will the
"On_Click"fire?

Sorry if so confusing. Thanx.

I usually just do a quick javascript to open a window..something like this:

response.write ("<script
language=javascript>window.open('mypage.aspx?parm1 =hello', '_blank',
'height=250,width=500,titlebar=yes,top=75,left=125 ,scrollbars=no,status=no,resizable=yes');</script>")

Most likelyit not the answer you want, but it works for most cases If you
wanted to be picky, you could register the script instead of just
response.write-ing it.

"Chris" <> wrote in message
news:323C8C3C-429C-416E-9B76-...
>I know this is a dead horse I'm beating but why is it so impossible to ask
> for functionality in the HTML tag to open a window/page more controllable?
> why is:
> <a href="somepage.aspx?value1=xyz" target="_blank">click here</a>
> can't be:
> <a href="somepage.aspx?value1=xyz" pagewidth="500px or %" page
> height="500px
> or %" target="_blank">click here</a>
>
> then what about in the code behind using:
> response.redirect("somepage.aspx?value1=xyz", "width=500", "height=500")
>
> to better control browser window opening, etc. Why is this asking for too
> much?
>
> I have a button that I add form the code behind the attributes.add
> function
> for a JavaScript 'window.showModalDialog' but I also need to add some more
> code (save data) before the opening of the new window. How can I do this
> once
> the button is click and the 'on_click' fires, the window is opened.
>
> using in code behind:
> btnxyz.Attributes.Add("onclick",
> "window.showModalDialog('page.aspx','dialogWidth:5 00px; scroll:no; help:0;
> resizable:no; center:yes; edge:sunken; status:no')")
>
> Can I turn on the AutoPostBack to "Submit" the form then will the
> "On_Click"fire?
>
> Sorry if so confusing. Thanx.
>

Thanx, I'm using that now but was hoping someday to get more control
programmically over the opening process. Not to mention the growing "pop-up"
disable issues and the new standards for making pop-ups less accepted and
allowed.
I also need to make some data base calls and saves prior to the button's
open method. That I'm still playing around with and need help on.

"Rob T" wrote:

> I usually just do a quick javascript to open a window..something like this:
>
> response.write ("<script
> language=javascript>window.open('mypage.aspx?parm1 =hello', '_blank',
> 'height=250,width=500,titlebar=yes,top=75,left=125 ,scrollbars=no,status=no,resizable=yes');</script>")
>
> Most likelyit not the answer you want, but it works for most cases If you
> wanted to be picky, you could register the script instead of just
> response.write-ing it.
>
> "Chris" <> wrote in message
> news:323C8C3C-429C-416E-9B76-...
> >I know this is a dead horse I'm beating but why is it so impossible to ask
> > for functionality in the HTML tag to open a window/page more controllable?
> > why is:
> > <a href="somepage.aspx?value1=xyz" target="_blank">click here</a>
> > can't be:
> > <a href="somepage.aspx?value1=xyz" pagewidth="500px or %" page
> > height="500px
> > or %" target="_blank">click here</a>
> >
> > then what about in the code behind using:
> > response.redirect("somepage.aspx?value1=xyz", "width=500", "height=500")
> >
> > to better control browser window opening, etc. Why is this asking for too
> > much?
> >
> > I have a button that I add form the code behind the attributes.add
> > function
> > for a JavaScript 'window.showModalDialog' but I also need to add some more
> > code (save data) before the opening of the new window. How can I do this
> > once
> > the button is click and the 'on_click' fires, the window is opened.
> >
> > using in code behind:
> > btnxyz.Attributes.Add("onclick",
> > "window.showModalDialog('page.aspx','dialogWidth:5 00px; scroll:no; help:0;
> > resizable:no; center:yes; edge:sunken; status:no')")
> >
> > Can I turn on the AutoPostBack to "Submit" the form then will the
> > "On_Click"fire?
> >
> > Sorry if so confusing. Thanx.
> >
>
>
>