I solved my own problem and thought I'd post the result here for
posterity...
For #1 below, I switched to using the javascript "window.open"
command instead of navigateToURL() with "_blank" for the target.
Specifically, I'm using the following AS 3 code:
import flash.external.ExternalInterface;
public function open_window(url : String, window : String = "_blank",
features : String = "") : void {
ExternalInterface.call("window.open", url, window, features);
}
For problem #2 below, I found the "activate" event and use it to
detect when Flash Player receives focus after the pop-up window is
closed, and then call the web service -- works great!
--- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com, "byte.sensei" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:
>
> I have a Flex 2.0 app that has to open a URL used to "configure" a
> shopping cart item. When finished configuring an item and you
return
> to Flex, Flex calls a web service to retrieve the item
configuration
> and all is good.
>
> Currently, I'm opening a new browser window using navigateToURL()
> with "_blank" for the target. This presents a couple of problems:
>
> 1) When the item configuration is done and the window is closed
> (using Javascript) I get the annoying "The webpage you are using is
> trying to close the window" and you have to verify that you want to
> close the window.
>
> 2) I don't have any good way to detect the window was closed and
then
> fire off the web service to get the item configuration -- I
basically
> have to wait for the user to do something back in the Flex app that
> causes an event to fire that I can trigger on. (I'm currently using
> the focusOut event of the Quantity field in the item data grid, but
> there's no guarantee the user will click/tab into a quantity field
> and then back out after configuring an item...)
>
> So, does anyone know of a way I could open a new window/url for the
> item configuration, but then return to the Flex app without the "Do
> you want to close this window?" dialog box AND in a way that would
> fire a Flex event I can use to trigger the web service call?
>
> I don't have any control over the "item configuration" URL/code --
> it's a 3rd party application I'm integrating with...
>
> Thanks in advance for any insight/help!
>
