How to get out of a Tabbed UI?

[Ren� Stout]

I have three tabbed UI grids. I want to be able to switch from one to another. How do I make the selected tabbed ui-page open "_top" in stead of within the calling tabbed ui?

[envisionsolutions]

Re: How to get out of a Tabbed UI?

This knowledge would definitely be usefor for me as well.

[jkeeter]

Re: How to get out of a Tabbed UI?

I would like to know this, AND how to stop it from taking over the window. I need it to work with other a5w pages versus being it's own application.

[DW0905]

Re: How to get out of a Tabbed UI?

This is the way I have implemented this:-

First create a new button in your main TabbedUI. Then in the Javascript onclick event add code similar to the following:-

(note that this a function call, as I want more complex code to determine if we are running on our development or live server)

openmenu_errorlog();

The code for the function is as below, defined in the TAbbedUI Properties - Javascript Function Declarations. You do not need to use a function and could put the code directly into the Javascript onclick event if you wished.

function openmenu_errorlog()
{
var HOSTN = window.location.host;
if (HOSTN == "nexusdev:8081")
{
window.open('http://nexusdev:8081/healthcare/Messages/Error_log.a5w','','resizable=1,status=yes,toolbar=no,menubar=no');
}else{
window.open('http://nexus:8081/Error_log.a5w','','resizable=1,status=yes,toolbar=no,menubar=no');
};
}

The function uses the Javasript window,open command to open a standard a5w page which was generated by another TabbedUI component.

I hope this helps.

Regards

[Ren� Stout]

Re: How to get out of a Tabbed UI?

Thanks Dave,

It works fine. The only thing is that is open a new window. And I don't want that.

This morning I thought of something else. It is less sophisticated, but it works also.

Let's say that in the current Tabbed-UI I have a button that should open the page second_frame.a5w outside the current one.
The button does not open the page second_frame.a5w, but second_frame_top.a5w.

In the header of this page second_frame_top.a5w I put this code:

<script language="JavaScript" type="text/javascript">
<!--
if(window.top!=window.self){
window.top.location = 'second_frame_top.a5w';
}
<!--
window.location="second_frame.a5w";
//-->
</script>

The following then happens when I press the button in de first frame:

1. second_frame_top.a5w opens.
2. It pulls itself out of the first frame.
3. It redirects to the second frame

For me that works. Allthough it probably isn't the fastest way, I understand what's happening ;-)