Link to popup window not working

Question

I have a calendar page in which I'm setting up a column link to another page within the app.
However, I have some syntax error in the javascript popup statement. I have tried many things, but cannot find what the problem is.
This works (no popup):
f?p=&FLOW_ID.:43:&SESSION.::&DEBUG.::P43_ACT_ID:#ACT_ID#
This does not work (popup):
(I left off the initial < so the text would not be converted to html)
a href ="javascript:popUp2('f?p=&FLOW_ID.:43:&SESSION.::&DEBUG.::P43_ACT_ID:#ACT_ID#',500,400)" >#ACT_DESC#</a>
Does anyone see what's wrong with this syntax?
When I run it (click on the link), I receive this error msg:
"Bad Request The HTTP client sent a request that this server could not understand."
Thanks!
-Reid
Edited by: reidster on Aug 8, 2009 12:25 AM

Answer 1

Hi Reid,
href="javascript:..." tells the browser to go to the address bar (href) and type in "javascript:....". This won't work!
Change your link to:
a href="#" onclick="javascript:popUp2('f?p=&APP_ID.:43:&SESSION.::&DEBUG.::P43_ACT_ID:#ACT_ID#',500,400)"href="#" tells the browser not to do anything with the address bar and we are relying on the onclick event itself to call the popup
Also note that you should use &APP_ID. not &FLOW_ID.
Andy