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jhermiz

3564 Posts

Posted - 2005-01-17 : 13:53:57

Wow Lots of JS questions today,

I have a reports page that opens a listing of reports. When the report is selected and an ok button is clicked I generate a url behind the code to open a specific report in a window. I pass the url and some attributes to a OpenReports() function to get the window to open:


    Private Sub OpenReports(ByVal strURL As String, ByVal strName As String, ByVal strAtt As String)
        Response.Write("<script language='JavaScript'>")
        Response.Write("x=window.open('" & strURL & "', '" & strName & "','" & strAtt & "');")
        Response.Write("</script>")
    End Sub

The window opens fine, however users have to minimize the page just to see it. Not sure why it gets stuck underneath it all, would like it to pop up on top of the reports window (the main window).

I didn't notice the issue until I started working with one monitor, been working with dual lcd's so the popup would open right next to the window.

Anyone with any suggestions ?

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MichaelP
Jedi Yak

2489 Posts

Posted - 2005-01-17 : 14:26:12

Maybe a x.focus() needs to be called?

Michael

<Yoda>Use the Search page you must. Find the answer you will.</Yoda>

jhermiz

3564 Posts

Posted - 2005-01-17 : 14:38:11

quote:
Originally posted by MichaelP

Maybe a x.focus() needs to be called?

Michael

<Yoda>Use the Search page you must. Find the answer you will.</Yoda>

Are you ever wrong

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MichaelP
Jedi Yak

2489 Posts

Posted - 2005-01-17 : 15:22:25

<Yoda>Wise beyond my years, I am.</Yoda>

Michael

<Yoda>Use the Search page you must. Find the answer you will.</Yoda>

jhermiz

3564 Posts

Posted - 2005-01-17 : 15:36:23

quote:
Originally posted by MichaelP

<Yoda>Wise beyond my years, I am.</Yoda>

Michael

<Yoda>Use the Search page you must. Find the answer you will.</Yoda>

Hahahaha the yoda is great

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DustinMichaels
Constraint Violating Yak Guru

464 Posts

Posted - 2005-01-17 : 18:04:53

Is there anyway you could get the writing of javascript out of your .NET code? I would imagine it would be a maintenance nightmare to keep it in your .NET code. I would recommend putting it in an external JavaScript file if possible.

Dustin Michaels

MichaelP
Jedi Yak

2489 Posts

Posted - 2005-01-17 : 19:08:47

You could maybe create some sort of Web User Control or Custom Control to do this sort of thing for you to make it more maintainable.

Michael

<Yoda>Use the Search page you must. Find the answer you will.</Yoda>

jhermiz

3564 Posts

Posted - 2005-01-18 : 00:37:30

well its only 3 lines of js, not a big deal, I really am still having a problem with this...its a container for reporting services and even with the .focus I still get it sent behind the app.

I have to look at this some more tomorrow...it works on a regular pop up fine, but this container (pop up with report) still dont work :(

Darn

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chadmat
The Chadinator

1974 Posts

Posted - 2005-01-18 : 11:14:46

You might consider using RegisterClientScriptBlock and then calling the function on click of the button.

-Chad

http://www.clrsoft.com

Software built for the Common Language Runtime.

jhermiz

3564 Posts

Posted - 2005-01-18 : 13:08:57

quote:
Originally posted by chadmat

You might consider using RegisterClientScriptBlock and then calling the function on click of the button.

-Chad

http://www.clrsoft.com

Software built for the Common Language Runtime.

Come again ?

It's kind of odd cause at first it tries to go to the top of the screen but seconds later it goes behind the actual application. Err..In order for you to see it I have recorded the behavior.

You will notice the app go to the reports tab, select the report, click ok and you will see the popup appear for a second then it goes behind the application. You will then see the mouse open it from the bottom of the screen, I then run another report to show this again and minimize the screen to show you the pop up.

http://www.jakrauseinc.com/jhermiz/myproblem.avi

Let me know :(

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chadmat
The Chadinator

1974 Posts

Posted - 2005-01-18 : 14:35:19

My comment was directed as a way to keep from doing response.writes to write out your Javascript. RegisterClientScriptBlock is a method off of the Page object, and is the proper way to output client script in .Net (Particularly in User Controls). You can get away with doing it as a response.write, but you may run into problems in the future if you do a lot of client script this way. Look it up in the help file, or MSDN.

-Chad

http://www.clrsoft.com

Software built for the Common Language Runtime.

chadmat
The Chadinator

1974 Posts

Posted - 2005-01-18 : 14:38:14

oh, you could try window.showModalDialog rather than window.open. See if that works for you.

-Chad

http://www.clrsoft.com

Software built for the Common Language Runtime.

MichaelP
Jedi Yak

2489 Posts

Posted - 2005-01-18 : 14:44:37

Ahhhh ok.
That video makes all the difference in the world.
What I think that you need to do is on the screen that lists the projects, do a pop_window_name.focus() in the window.onload event.
You'll need to put some error handling in there for when the window doesn't exists.

Michael

<Yoda>Use the Search page you must. Find the answer you will.</Yoda>

jhermiz

3564 Posts

Posted - 2005-01-18 : 14:44:42

I tried this:

Private Sub OpenReports(ByVal strURL As String, ByVal strName As String, ByVal strAtt As String)
Response.Write("<script language='JavaScript'>")
Response.Write("x=window.showModalDialog('" & strURL & "', '" & strName & "','" & strAtt & "');")
Response.Write("x.focus();")
Response.Write("</script>")
End Sub

Looks to go on top however, the size is a small square...even though I passed this to it:

strAtt = "resizable=yes,width=1100,height=900,top=50,left=50,status=no,location=no" 'Window Attributes
OpenReports(strUrl, strName, strAtt)

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jhermiz

3564 Posts

Posted - 2005-01-18 : 14:47:41

quote:
Originally posted by MichaelP

Ahhhh ok.
That video makes all the difference in the world.
What I think that you need to do is on the screen that lists the projects, do a pop_window_name.focus() in the window.onload event.
You'll need to put some error handling in there for when the window doesn't exists.

Michael

<Yoda>Use the Search page you must. Find the answer you will.</Yoda>

window.onload.event of what ??? of the popup ?

That is called via:

strAtt = "resizable=yes,width=1100,height=900,top=50,left=50,status=no,location=no" 'Window Attributes
OpenReports(strUrl, strName, strAtt)

strurl can have:


....
 strUrl = "reportsframe.asp?reportType=Report&reportParam="         'Main Page, must be the same

        'start off with project type reports
        If Me.rbDR.Checked = True Then
            strUrl = strUrl & Me.rbDR.Text & "&reportClient=" & Me.ddlClients.SelectedValue  'Parameters that need to be passed to run report
            'management reports
            'miscellaneous reports
            strName = Me.rbDR.ID
....

And reportsframe is a .asp page with the following:


<%@ Language=VBScript %>
<%
Response.write("<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC '-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Frameset//EN' 'http://www.w3.org/TR/html4/frameset.dtd'>")
Response.write("<HTML>")
Response.write("<HEAD>")
Response.write("<TITLE>IMS " & request("reportParam") & " " & request("reportType") & "</TITLE>")
Response.write("</HEAD>")
Response.write("<FRAMESET rows='35, 300' border='0'>")
Response.write("<FRAME src='imsreturn.asp?reportOrig=" & request("reportOrig") & "reportParam=" & request("reportParam") & "&reportType" & request("reportType") & "&reportClient=" & request("reportClient") & "&reportCommission=" & request("reportCommission") & "' name='imsoptions' target='imsoptions' noresize>")
If request("reportType") = "Report" then
	Response.write("<FRAME src='http://jakah-iis-2/ReportServer?%2fIMS-Reports%2f" & request("reportParam") & "&ClientID=" & request("reportClient") & "' name='reports' target='reports' noresize>")
Elseif request("reportType") = "OrigReport" then
	Response.write("<FRAME src='http://jakah-iis-2/ReportServer?%2fIMS-Reports%2f" & request("reportParam") & "&ClientID=" & request("reportClient") & "&Originator=" & request("reportOrig") & "' name='reports' target='reports' noresize>")
Elseif request("reportType") = "MeetingReport" then
	Response.write("<FRAME src='http://jakah-iis-2/ReportServer?%2fIMS-Reports%2f" & request("reportParam") & "&ClientID=" & request("reportClient") & "&CommissionID=" & request("reportCommission") & "' name='reports' target='reports' noresize>")
Elseif request("reportType") = "IssueReportID" then
	Response.write("<FRAME src='http://jakah-iis-2/ReportServer?%2fIMS-Reports%2f" & request("reportParam") & "&IssueID=" & request("reportIssueID") & "' name='reports' target='reports' noresize>")	
Elseif request("reportType") = "IssueReport" then
	Response.write("<FRAME src='http://jakah-iis-2/ReportServer?%2fIMS-Reports%2f" & request("reportParam") & "' name='reports' target='reports' noresize>")	
Elseif request("reportType") = "FeedbackReport" then
	Response.write("<FRAME src='http://jakah-iis-2/ReportServer?%2fIMS-Reports%2f" & request("reportParam") & "' name='reports' target='reports' noresize>")	
Elseif request("reportType") = "Subscription" then
	Response.write("<FRAME src='http://jakah-iis-2/Reports/Pages/SubscriptionProperties.aspx?CreateNew=True&IsDataDriven=False&ItemPath=%2fIMS-Reports%2f" & request("reportParam") & "&CancelUrl=http%3a%2f%2fjakah-iis-2%2fReports%2fPages%2fReport.aspx%3fItemPath%3d%252fIMS-Reports%252f" & request("reportParam") & "' name='reports' target='reports' noresize>")
Elseif request("reportType") = "NoParamReport" then
	Response.write("<FRAME src='http://jakah-iis-2/ReportServer?%2fIMS-Reports%2f" & request("reportParam") & "' name='reports' target='reports' noresize>")
End if
Response.write("</FRAMESET>")
Response.write("<NOFRAMES>")
Response.write("<P>This frameset document contains:")
Response.write("<UL>")
Response.write("<LI>")
Response.write("<A href='contents_of_frame1.html'>Some neat contents</A>")
Response.write("<LI>")
Response.write("<IMG src='contents_of_frame2.gif' alt='A neat image'>")
Response.write("<LI>")
Response.write("<A href='contents_of_frame3.html'>Some other neat contents</A>")
Response.write("</UL>")
Response.write("</NOFRAMES>")
Response.write("</FRAMESET>")
Response.write("</HTML>")
%>

Cant believe we are going live friday and I dont have this :(

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MichaelP
Jedi Yak

2489 Posts

Posted - 2005-01-18 : 15:13:35

Hmm, ths showModalDialog should have done thr trick as well. The page that calls the showModalDialog upon the click of the OK button, is the OK button causing a post-back?

Michael

<Yoda>Use the Search page you must. Find the answer you will.</Yoda>

jhermiz

3564 Posts

Posted - 2005-01-18 : 15:42:13

quote:
Originally posted by MichaelP

Hmm, ths showModalDialog should have done thr trick as well. The page that calls the showModalDialog upon the click of the OK button, is the OK button causing a post-back?

Michael

<Yoda>Use the Search page you must. Find the answer you will.</Yoda>

The showmodal does work but look at the result even though I pass in a size to the attribute (see the reply I made to chad).

Yes it looks like it posts back...

http://www.jakrauseinc.com/jhermiz/myprob2.avi

However I would rather not want a modal dialog because I want to allow users to run various reports in different windows. With the modal "feature" I cannot allow that.

Argh..this is killing me!

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chadmat
The Chadinator

1974 Posts

Posted - 2005-01-18 : 17:42:35

Try using an HTML button rather than an ASP:Button. The postback may be the problem.

The modal dialog should honor the size you pass in. It does for me anyway. The string you pass in should look something like:

'dialogHeight:900px;dialogWidth:1100px'

-Chad

http://www.clrsoft.com

Software built for the Common Language Runtime.

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