Hi Javascript gurus, I have this Javascript code which is working fine on Firefox , but it is not working on IE 7. Any ideas why?

Here is the code

function TestWindow()
{
     SimpleWindow('Default.aspx', 'Simple Test', 200, 200, 'yes')
}

function SimpleWindow(mypage,myname,w,h,scroll)
{

    var win= null;

    var winl = (screen.width-w)/2;


    var wint = (screen.height-h)/2;

    settings='height='+h+',width='+w+',top='+wint+',left='+winl+',scrollbars='+scroll+',toolbar=no,location=no,status=no,menubar=no,resizable=no,dependent=no'

    win=window.open(mypage,myname,settings)

    if(parseInt(navigator.appVersion) >= 4)
        {
            win.window.focus();
        }
    }

Hi Javascript gurus, I have this Javascript code which is working fine on Firefox , but it is not working on IE 7. Any ideas why?

Here is the code

function TestWindow()
{
     SimpleWindow('Default.aspx', 'Simple Test', 200, 200, 'yes')
}

function SimpleWindow(mypage,myname,w,h,scroll)
{

    var win= null;

    var winl = (screen.width-w)/2;


    var wint = (screen.height-h)/2;

    settings='height='+h+',width='+w+',top='+wint+',left='+winl+',scrollbars='+scroll+',toolbar=no,location=no,status=no,menubar=no,resizable=no,dependent=no'

    win=window.open(mypage,myname,settings)

    if(parseInt(navigator.appVersion) >= 4)
        {
            win.window.focus();
        }
    }

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4 Answers 4

You may have realized that IE is giving the error "Invalid argument."

IE doesn't seem to like window names with spaces in them. Change 'Simple Test' to 'SimpleTest' etc.

For myname parameter use only a-zA-Z0-9 characters. IE doesn't like any other, especially whitespace characters.

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Check for reserved words. Your parameter name "scroll" is probably messing up your code in IE.