Passing URL info to pop-up window? ASP...

[lunaboyd]

Hi, I'm working on an ecommerce site and want to add the ability for people to
click the product image to see an enlarged pic in a pop-up window. The site is
dynamic, so the pop-up needs to grab the product ID# from the parent's URL and
show the corresponding image. How do I get that value into the pop-up? I can
open a new target window and pass the URL value okay, but then I don't have
control over the size of the new window. When I open a window with js, I can't
manage to pass the product ID to the new window. I'm sure I am missing
something simple. Any suggestions? Thanks!

[darrel]

> Hi, I'm working on an ecommerce site and want to add the ability for
people to

> click the product image to see an enlarged pic in a pop-up window. The

site is

> dynamic, so the pop-up needs to grab the product ID# from the parent's URL

and

> show the corresponding image. How do I get that value into the pop-up?

The easiesy way is to generate the link dynamically so you can pass the
variable via a querystring:

<a href="largeview.asp?id=123">view large version</a>

Then grab the querystring in the 'largeview.asp' page.

-Darrel

[lunaboyd]

Darrel, Thanks. I tried this before, but it opens another full-size browser
window, and I need to launch a 600x600 pop-up instead. Is there a way to
control the size of the largeview.asp page after it opens? If not, my dilemma
remains... how to open a pop-up using javascript, and then somehow pass the
product ID into that new window. Emily

[darrel]

> Darrel, Thanks. I tried this before, but it opens another full-size
browser

> window, and I need to launch a 600x600 pop-up instead. Is there a way to
> control the size of the largeview.asp page after it opens? If not, my

dilemma

> remains... how to open a pop-up using javascript, and then somehow pass

the

> product ID into that new window. Emily

ASP:

<% dim productID as string = 12938 %>

<a href="page.html?<%=productID%>"
onClick="window.open('page.html?<%=productID%>',
'windowname','toolbar=no,location=no,directories=n o,status=no,menubar=no,scr
ollbars=yes,resizable=yes,copyhistory=no,width=300 ,height=290');return
false;">Your link</a>

-Darrel