Re : Unable to browse website while downloading a file using a component

Curt_C [MVP] Wrote:
> open the request in a new window

That would work fine for me, but I'm writing this script for people
who believe that we must assume total and utter user stupidity. Since
this trick only seems to work manually using a right click->open in
new window and never automatically (using a target attribute or a
javascript event), this may be too much of a mind stretch for this
priviledged class of users.

- Stephane

Curt_C
Mon Jan 05 15:08:06 CST 2004

no.... have your link with a different TARGET, thereby opening a second
window...There is no need for a right-click to do it...

--
Curt Christianson
Owner/Lead Developer, DF-Software
www.Darkfalz.com


"ASP Spam Fighter" <askasp@mailinator.com> wrote in message
news:2b7f8640.0401051259.561a2c5c@posting.google.com...
> Curt_C [MVP] Wrote:
> > open the request in a new window
>
> That would work fine for me, but I'm writing this script for people
> who believe that we must assume total and utter user stupidity. Since
> this trick only seems to work manually using a right click->open in
> new window and never automatically (using a target attribute or a
> javascript event), this may be too much of a mind stretch for this
> priviledged class of users.
>
> - Stephane

askasp
Tue Jan 06 16:42:46 CST 2004

No... Opening the file in a new window won't work. It seems like a
same user can only have one stream opened to the website at a time.
He can browse to a different website, located or not on the same
server, but not on the same website.

I wonder if this can have anything to do with load balancing...

I'm baffled...

BTW: I made a mistake yeasterday when mentioning that it works when I
click on "open in new window". It works only once the download is
completed...

- Stephane

Curt_C [MVP] wrote:
> open the request in a new window
...later...
> no.... have your link with a different TARGET, thereby opening a second
> window...There is no need for a right-click to do it...

I wrote:
> > Internet Explorer refuses to browse to a different page while the file is downloading!

DSAsteve
Thu Jan 15 07:40:35 CST 2004

askasp@mailinator.com (ASP Spam Fighter) wrote in message news:<2b7f8640.0401051259.561a2c5c@posting.google.com>...
> Curt_C [MVP] Wrote:
> > open the request in a new window
>
> That would work fine for me, but I'm writing this script for people
> who believe that we must assume total and utter user stupidity. Since
> this trick only seems to work manually using a right click->open in
> new window and never automatically (using a target attribute or a
> javascript event), this may be too much of a mind stretch for this
> priviledged class of users.
>
> - Stephane

you can use javascript like this:
<script type="text/javascript">
var spqr = window.open('your_page_here', '__new__',
'height=50,width=50,left=100,top=100,dependant=yes,toolbar=no,directories=no,location=no,status=no,menubar=no,scrollbars=no,resizable=no');
self.alert('Downloading File Now');
spqr.focus();
spqr.close();
return true;
</script>

hope this helps

swp