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Hi Captain,

we need to open an application URL (like mailto:forum@captaincasa.com or vscode:extension/ms-azuretools.vscode-docker) automatically from the client.

So far we try it with with CLIENTJSMETHODCALLERNode with jsCall window.open(url). The problem is that independent of what argument like _self, _top we add or how we quote it always a new tab is opened.

Is there a way to prevent the new tab?

regards
Roger

Hi,

well, we do this internally as well (e.g. in our mailto-component...). I just checked the JS code there:

Code:

 RISCUtil.openURLAndClose = function(url,target) 
 {
     if (this.m_openURLCounter == null)
         this.m_openURLCounter = 0;
     this.m_openURLCounter++;
     if (target == null)
     {
         target = "windowtobeclosed"+this.m_openURLCounter;
     }
     if ("_self" != target)
     {
         var w = window.open(url,target);
         CCJSUtils.invokeFunctionWithDelay
         (
             function(pWindow)
             {
                 return function()
                 {
                     if (pWindow && pWindow.open && !pWindow.closed)         
                       pWindow.close();
                 };
             }(w)
             ,500
         );
     }
 };

The CCJSUtils.invokeFunctionWithDelay is some wrapping of setTimeout(...) coming from JavaScript.

So you see: open + close (with a delay of 500ms). We also use water for ccoking...

If there is some better solution: we are open to listen! ;-)

Kind regards! Björn

Hi Captain,

the standard javascript implementation of this would be:
window.open("vscode:extension/ms-azuretools.vscode-docker", "_self");
This works perfectly when using plain html/js. But not with the RISC client.

But anyway it works fine with your util.
Thanks.

regards
Roger