CGI:New window opens w/ NN, not w/ IE

[Rich Yavorsky]

Hello.

Simply, I have a Perl CGI script that, when done executing after being
called, ends with the following:

print "Status: 302 Moved Temporarily\n";
print "Location: " . $url . "\n";
print "Window-Target: NewWindow\n\n";

This code opens $url in a new browser window. This works like a dream
for NN browsers. For MSIE, however, $url is opened in the same window
that it was called.

1) Why doesn't this work for MSIE, and
2) What do I need to return to the MSIE-using client such that $url
opens in a new window?

Thanks in advance,
Rich Yavorsky

[Daniel Vesma]

Why don't you just set the form's action to open a new window rather than
doing it from within the script?

<FORM ACTION="blah" TARGET="_top"></FORM>

Daniel Vesma
http://www.thewebtree.com
http://www.thewebtree.com/daniel-vesma

[Richard Gaushell]

Rich Yavorsky wrote:
> This code opens $url in a new browser window. This works like a dream
> for NN browsers. For MSIE, however, $url is opened in the same window
> that it was called.

Sounds like an HTML problem, a Microsoft Problem, a Browser Problem or a
Operator Problem. Not a Perl Problem. Or perhaps I'm mistaken. Tell
us, how does browser redirection have anything to do with Perl?

Rich

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[Abigail]

Rich Yavorsky (richard...@my-deja.com) wrote on MMCLII September
MCMXCIII in <URL:news:3798C6F4...@my-deja.com>:
\\ Hello.

\\
\\ Simply, I have a Perl CGI script that, when done executing after being
\\ called, ends with the following:
\\
\\ print "Status: 302 Moved Temporarily\n";
\\ print "Location: " . $url . "\n";
\\ print "Window-Target: NewWindow\n\n";

\\
\\ This code opens $url in a new browser window. This works like a dream

\\ for NN browsers. For MSIE, however, $url is opened in the same window
\\ that it was called.

That's a score for MSIE in its war against Netscape.

\\ 1) Why doesn't this work for MSIE, and

Could it because of the fact MSIE follows the HTTP/1.1 RFC, and Netscape
plays its tiring "NIH" game again?

\\ 2) What do I need to return to the MSIE-using client such that $url

\\ opens in a new window?

You wouldn't. You let the user decide whether they want a new window or not.
Document authors trying to open extra windows on a users screen should be
skinned alive, dipped in a barrel of salt, then fed to the sharks.

Now, what has this to do with Perl?

Abigail
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[Anno Siegel]

Abigail <abi...@delanet.com> wrote in comp.lang.perl.misc:

>Document authors trying to open extra windows on a users screen should be
>skinned alive, dipped in a barrel of salt, then fed to the sharks.

Objection on behalf of the shark community. Gah.

Anno