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How to redirect to a new window.
I have a page that has a drop down window for visitors to request that a PDF file be emailed to them. Everything is working fine (http://www.quorumassociates.com/articles_testing2.html) but upon completion of the form the page changes to a good_URL page.
I really would like for it to redirect to a pop up confirmation that the info was sent which would then just disappear (http://www.quorumassociates.com/requestReceived.html)
Is there any way to achieve this?
Re: How to redirect to a new window.
Hi,
The way browsers work means the page has to be submitted.
But, you can submit to a popup by adding:
to your <form> tag.HTML Code:target="_blank"
Your good_url page could then have JavaScript to automatically close the window.
Russell Robinson - Author of Tectite FormMail and FormMailDecoder
http://www.tectite.com/
Re: How to redirect to a new window.
I had tried that but couldn't get it to work. I was including it in the good_URL code. I'll try it in the <form> tag.
Last edited by Jann; 08-May-2009 at 01:03 AM.
Re: How to redirect to a new window.
I'm getting it into a new tab in the browser window, but not a pop up. Suggestions? Here's what I've got:
<form method="post" action="http://www.quorumassociates.com/quorumfm.php" target="_blank" name="ContactUs">
Re: How to redirect to a new window.
I have it! Here's what i did.
In the <head> tag:
<SCRIPT TYPE="text/javascript">
<!--
function popupform(myform, windowname)
{
if (! window.focus)return true;
window.open('', windowname, 'height=250,width=500,scrollbars=no');
myform.target=windowname;
return true;
}
//-->
</SCRIPT>
In the <body> tag:
<form method="post" action="http://www.quorumassociates.com/quorumfm.php" onSubmit="popupform(this, 'join')" name="ContactUs">
<input type="hidden" name="env_report" value="REMOTE_HOST,REMOTE_ADDR,HTTP_USER_AGENT,AUTH_TYPE,REMOTE_USER">
<input type="hidden" name="good_url" value="http://www.quorumassociates.com/requestReceived.html" />
Works like a charm!
Here it is live (well in testing, 'til client approves): http://www.quorumassociates.com/articles_testing2.html
Re: How to redirect to a new window.
Hi,
That's great. Good code to have in this section - thanks for posting it.
I'll make your thread sticky because it will be useful to others.
The only downside is that it needs JavaScript to work.
Russell Robinson - Author of Tectite FormMail and FormMailDecoder
http://www.tectite.com/
Re: How to redirect to a new window.
Glad to help. I hate when people post their questions w/o giving us a clue how they finally solved it.
The javascript is a downside, but I do think it's an elegant solution. And thanks for the awesome form script!
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