CFGRID HTML named target will not open new window

Question

I'm finally TRYING to make the move to CF8 and honestly I
love Cold Fusion but I encounter bug after bug without going crazy
trying to do things. I'd appreciate any guidance here.
In this case I am trying to switch over from applet CFGRIDS
to HTML CFGRIDS. Right off the bat all sorts of issues.
1) CFGRID HTML target does not work as expected. If you put a
named window in (e.g. gridpopup) you get an error message that it
doesn't exist. This is not the way the applet grid works in any
version including CF8. I don't want to allow someone to keep
opening up window after window in this case. This is a showstopper
as I have many cases where I need to do this.
2) A defined checkbox column displays true and false. Since
this isn't editable I can probably change it to Yes and No but come
on. This might be because I'm using a bit field in my Sybase
database ?????? Not sure if it works or doesn't with other field
types. Works fine with the applet cfgrid
3) This one can probably be styled away, I don't want the URL
columns underlined.

Answer 1

First, I can't believe no one else is encountering this
problem
Here's the fix which allows you to use mixed case target
names and will also open a non-existent target. Someone was very
lazy when they coded this.
Locate the cfgrid.js file e.g. ..//CFIDE/scripts/ajax/package
Find this chunk of code
if(_2a3){
_2a3=_2a3.toLowerCase();
if(_2a3=="_top"){
_2a3="top";
}else{
if(_2a3=="_parent"){
_2a3="parent";
}else{
if(_2a3=="_self"){
_2a3=window.name;
}else{
if(_2a3=="_blank"){
window.open(encodeURI(url));
return;
if(!parent[_2a3]){
and replace with this chunk of code
if(_2a3){
_2a3_LC=_2a3.toLowerCase();
if(_2a3_LC=="_top"){
_2a3="top";
}else{
if(_2a3_LC=="_parent"){
_2a3="parent";
}else{
if(_2a3_LC=="_self"){
_2a3=window.name;
}else{
if(_2a3_LC=="_blank"){
window.open(encodeURI(url));
return;
}else{
if(!parent[_2a3]){
window.open(encodeURI(url),_2a3);
return;
if(!parent[_2a3]){