document.writeln(' external html ')

MrAtheist · 05-08-2009, 06:30 PM

Hello, I made a javascript something like this...

Code:

function popup(url,title){
	var pop = window.open("", "p0pup",....blahblah......);
	p0pup.document.open();
	p0pup.document.writeln('<html><head>.......//keeps going......</body></html>');
	p0pup.document.close();
}

Basically it is a popup script. My question is that is there any way to reference to an external html using document.writeln? Instead of messy html codes within document.writeln, maybe something like this?

p0pup.document.writeln('popup.html');

Thanks for any tips.

Philip M · 05-08-2009, 06:43 PM

No, document.write() can only output a literal string.

document.writeln('popup.html'); outtputs the literal popup.html

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MrAtheist · 05-08-2009, 06:49 PM

Uh I know that it won't work. I'm just wondering is there any way to do it to reference to an external html?

adios · 05-08-2009, 06:58 PM

window.open already features a way to "reference to an external html" ...

window.open([url], [name], [features])

Is that what you meant?

MrAtheist · 05-08-2009, 07:22 PM

so something like this?

Code:

<script language = "javascript">
function popup(url,title){
	var pop = window.open("popup.html", "p0pup",....blahblah......);
	p0pup.document.open();
	p0pup.document.close();
      	p0pup.focus();
}
</script>


<input type="submit" value="submit" onClick="popup('url','title')"/>

where popup.html lives in the same directory as in index.html

However, all it pops up is a blank page...any idea why? (and...popup.html is not blank)

Eldarrion · 05-08-2009, 07:28 PM

More like....

Code:

function popup(url,title){
    var pop =window.open("popup.html", "p0pup",....blahblah......);
    pop.focus();
}

In other words, you're trying to open p0pup while you're assigning window.open to a variable, called 'pop'.

MrAtheist · 05-08-2009, 07:39 PM

AHa thanks a bunch.

I was going to report the bug just seconds ago. Now it pops up correctly.

Thanks

MrAtheist · 05-08-2009, 07:53 PM

Uh but I got another question...

Code:

function popup(url,title){
    var pop = window.open("popup.html", "p0pup",....blahblah......);
    pop.focus();
}

See the 2 parameters 'url' and 'title'? They are going to be used later in popup.html. Is there any way to pass the parameters into popup.html?

My guess...there aint a way to do it.

Eldarrion · 05-08-2009, 10:55 PM

Not sure about title... meaning not sure what you want to do with the title itself. Are we talking about calling the new window something, or do you want to alter the <title> element in the new window itself? Because I'm not sure if that can be done... url can be passed easily though... and I guess if you want to name the window itself something, you'd be doing it like so:

Code:

function popup(url,title){
    var pop = window.open(url, title,....blahblah......);
    pop.focus();
}

Make sure you pass url and title as strings when calling the function. I.e:

Code:

popup("popup.html","p0pup");

See how that goes for you.