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Simulating a ModalDialog window in VBScript

Is there anyway I can simulate a Modal Dialog window in VBScript with a window.open? I don't want to use the
window.showModalDialog command because there are features in the standard window that I need that is not supported by the showModalDialog window.

Basically I want my window to simulate the action that the window does not lose focus until it is closed.

Any ideas?

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Michel Plungjan

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Mira060397

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Okay I tried that, but the only problem is that I can't click or
select anything in the myModal.htm. It seems that it keeps giving the focus to the <BODY> and anytime I click some element with in the <BODY> it causes the <BODY> to lose focus, so it resets the focus, etc. I'm testing this in IE4, so I don't know if this is suppose to work in Netscape.

Michel Plungjan

What do you have in the body?
Any input fields or buttons in the mymodal.htm should be inside the <BODY></BODY> tags so if the body has focus the user shoudl be able to interact. I will have a look in IE4.

In the meantime, you can shift the focussing to the body tag in the opening page instead <BODY onFocus="if (WinId && window.focus) WinId.focus()">

Michel

Michel Plungjan

You are correct! What a crock!

It works in NS 3 and 4 so we need to find a workaround somehow...

I will investigate tomorrow

Michel