Just a quick thought that will work...

This is the official version, meaning you would have to do like this:
blahblah.htm?url=http://www.fiatcoupe.com
If you're not using the url= then just replace the ("=") by ("?") or maybe
you can just skip the line as a whole and replace pairs[1] by query (though
I think the question mark gets passed on).

so... presuming you're linking to redirect.html?url=http://www.fiatcoupe.net
just put this in your redirect.html

<script>
var query = location.search.substring(1);
pairs = query.split("=");
document.write('<a href="' + pairs[1] + '" target=_blank>Yes</a>');
</script>

Then I think you'll be able to cope with the close window thing.  Maybe
something like onblur=self.close(); and don't forget to put
onload=self.focus(); in your redirect.html body tag, as otherwise when a
user blurs the window then click another link "nothing" will happen (window
stays in background).

Happy scripting!


- Kayjey -


> -----Oorspronkelijk bericht-----
> Van: owner-hwg-techniques(at)hwg.org
> [mailto:owner-hwg-techniques(at)hwg.org]Namens David.Artiss(at)boots.co.uk
> Verzonden: woensdag 3 oktober 2001 15:23
> Aan: hwg-techniques(at)hwg.org
> CC: Charlton, Mark
> Onderwerp: Parameter Passing
> 
> 
> 
> 
> If anybody can assist on the following problem it will be appreciated.
> 
> The aim is to replace links on my site to external sites with 
> a pop-up box that
> will warn that they are now leaving the site. They click to 
> continue and it will
> then launch the site. I want to use a universal bit of code 
> for the pop-up box,
> so therefore need to pass to it the URL that it needs to jump to.
> 
> The following is the replacement anchor code I'd use to 
> display the pop-up
> box....
> 
> <a href="javascript:void(0);" onClick=
> "javascript:window.open('redirect.html?/','Ex
> ternal','width=300,height=200');"
> >Click here</a>
> 
> Note how I'm passing the URL to link to after the question 
> mark. So in this
> example, clicking "Click here" will launch redirect.html 
> which will confirm they
> are leaving my site and prompt to continue. When they do it 
> will launch a new
> window with hwg.org in it.
> 
> The pop-up program is redirect.html and this simply displays 
> a message and then
> runs a script to open the URL in a new window if the user 
> agrees to continue.
> It's extracting that URL from the above window.open code that 
> I am having
> problems with. Anybody able to suggest a way to do it ?
> 
> Thanks.
> David.
> 
> 
>  
> 

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