Hi All, I am a new member and this is my first post.
Miles I came across your problem a while back while upgrading my work site, trying everything I was about to give up when Sitepoint.com published an article from Kevin Yank that explained exactly how to open documents in a new window. And it's standards compliant as well! View the article at http://www.sitepoint.com/article/1041 Regards Gino --- Miles Tillinger <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Just a question about how other developers handle > opening documents e.g. PDF, DOC, in a new window. > > At the moment I am using _blank targets. > > Scenario 1: User is using IE with Word configured to > open inside the IE window. When the user clicks on > a link to the Word doc a new IE window opens and the > doc is loaded in that window. > > Scenario 2: User is using IE or another browser, but > is configured to open Word doc's in Word, not in the > Browser window. When the user clicks on a link to > the Word doc a new Browser window open and the user > either prompted to Save or Open the doc, or may even > open the doc in Word automatically if the user has > previously selected that option. The problem here > is that the user is left with a blank Browser > window. > > So Scenario 1 is how I'd like it to behave in every > case, but is this possible? Since I have no way of > knowing how the user has their system configured I > don't know whether to offer the link with a _blank > target or not? Is there an accessible standard way > of doing it? > > Regards, > > Miles > > ***************************************************** > The discussion list for > http://webstandardsgroup.org/ > ***************************************************** > http://personals.yahoo.com.au - Yahoo! Personals New people, new possibilities. FREE for a limited time. ***************************************************** The discussion list for http://webstandardsgroup.org/ *****************************************************
