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Mark Tiede · Guest

I have created a short cut to .URL file using IE by dragging the address bar
icon to the desktop. Then I moved this shortcut to my web app folder.

In my web app, I want to make a /OpenFile command with a parameter that
tells me an internal ID of that URL file. And when they do
/OpenFile?FILEID=6, I want my ISAPI app to go find the proper file and
return it so the browser opens that link in a new window. I have a href on
my main page that, when clicked, issues a JavaScript to call the following
function:

function openFile( FileID )
{
openWindow( "<#ScriptName>/OpenFile.URL?SID=<#SessID>&FileID=" +
FileID ,
"SiteWise", 800, 600, 0
);
}

function openWindow( URL, wndName, wndWidth, wndHeight, visible ) {
//center the window on the screen
var yPos = (screen.height / 2 ) - ( wndHeight / 2 );
var xPos = (screen.width / 2 ) - ( wndWidth / 2 );

open( URL,
wndName,
'toolbar=' + visible + ',' +
'scrollbars=' + visible + ',' +
'location=' + visible + ',' +
'status=' + visible + ',' +
'menubar=' + visible + ',' +
'resizable=yes,' +
'width=' + wndWidth + ',' +
'height=' + wndHeight + ',' +
'left=' + xPos + ',' +
'top=' + yPos );

}

When I run this, the hyperlink is recognized and the openFile function is
invoked which causes new ID window to open. But instead of the new window
going to the specified URL, it just shows the contents of the URL file.

Here is the essence of what the /OpenFile.URL does:

try
MS := TMemoryStream.Create;
FileStream := TFileStream.Create( <filenamehere>, fmOpenRead );
try

MS := TMemoryStream.Create;
MS.LoadFromStream( FileStream );
MS.Position := 0;
Response.ContentLength := MS.Size;
Response.ContentType := 'text/html';
Response.ContentStream := MS;

finally
FileStream.Free;
end;

except
on E : Exception do begin
...
end;
end;

I am guessing I am missing something basic, but I can't see what it is. Is
it the ContentType? Should I be somehow redirecting instead?

Mark Tiede · Guest

I have solved part of my puzzle.

I ended up changing the mimetype to "text/x-url".

Now the next part of the trouble is the window it opened into.

I asked for a NEW window to be used for the URL. And the new window showed
up, with a dialog asking whether to Open or Save it. If I said Open, then
it did open. However the New window closed and the linked to address opened
up in the original window.

Does anyone know a way around this problem?

How can I keep it in the window it is being opened in?