Javascript window.open needs to always open in a new window

Question

I am tring to create a menu system. When the user selects an item, then clicks Open Application, I want them to be able to open the application in a new browser window with specific window prefs.
I have added this javascript to my page html header
function launchAbout() {
about = window.open("&P2_URL.", "CAT", "&P2_WINDOW_PREFS.");
return false;
I then have a html region with the source as:
A HREF="&P2_URL." onClick="return launchAbout()" <img src=/i/ocpa/open_app.jpg></A>
When I click on open app, the first time the app will open in a new window, but the second time it will just change the already open window to the new app. If I create new function then the new function call will open in the new window, but the next time it will just refresh.
It seems like this function only opens a new window the first time it is called. Does anyone have any ideas how to open a new window every time?
Edited by: user531645 on Sep 24, 2009 7:33 AM
Edited by: user531645 on Sep 24, 2009 7:38 AM

Answer 1

I was able to fix my problem. I had to change the java script to this:
function launchAbout() {
about = window.open("&P2_URL.", "_blank", "&P2_WINDOW_PREFS.");
return false;
}