Thread: Calling a topic in a small window

How would I go from my link in the product description to the called topic in a smaller pop-up window?
I've looked through my Javascript books and didn't see how to call a small window with a link.
Any idea how to close the small window with the Topic and return to the calling window? Javascript in the Topic?
Richard

window.open() in conjunction with popup.aspx (included with ASPDNSF) can accomplish what you are after.

Example Implementation
The following link will open a popup window, containing the content of the "shipping" topic.

HTML Code:

<a href="javascript:void(0);" onclick="topicpopup('Shipping+Information','shipping',650,550,'yes')">Shipping Information</a>

As you can see, clicking the anchor tag will call a function called "topicpopup" with 5 parameters. Here is how to define each parameter, with respect to the order they are called:
1) Title of the pop up window. In this example, we use 'Shipping+Information'.
2) Name of the topic we are pulling content from.
3) Desired width of the popup window in pixels.
4) desired height in pixels.
5) Whether or not to include scrollbars.

Here is the function we are calling (make sure to include it):

Code:

function topicpopup(title,topic,w,h,scrollbars)
{
  window.open('popup.aspx?title=' + title + '&topic=' + topic,'popup','toolbar=no,location=no,directories=no,status=no,menubar=no,scrollbars=' + scrollbars + ',resizable=no,copyhistory=no,width=' + w + ',height=' + h + ',left=0,top=0');
  return (true);
}

Hope that helps!