Opening a browser window from a CHM (Win7)

Question

Hi All,
I'm having a problem where a script we've had for years to open a special window (sized, no browser buttons, etc) for certain content is no longer working correctly in Windows 7.
Here is the script:
function OpenWindowSize(strUrl, u_width, u_height) {
var w_width = ",width=" + u_width;
var w_height = ",height=" + u_height;
var strOptions = "scrollbars=yes,resizable=yes"
strOptions += w_width;
strOptions += w_height;
strOptions += ";";
var newWin = window.open(strUrl, "newWin", strOptions);
//     newWin.document.close();
  newWin.focus();
WinXP & Vista: a link within a CHM correctly opens a new window with only scroll bars, and resizable, with the specified dimensions (e.g. u_width=500, u_height=700)
Win7: a link opens in a regular browser window with full menus, etc and not sized to the specified dimensions. An error also displays in the CHM file.
CHM error message (snippet): 'newWin' is null or not an object.
A developer managed to get the CHM error to go away by adding if (newWin != null) above the focus() line.
He also managed to prove that the problem only exists within CHMs. When the same javascript is used in plain HTML, the window is called correctly, as per the WinXP & Vista example above.
Does anyone know how to get my script working in Win7 so that it is sized correctly and doesn't have the menus/buttons?
Thanks,
Amber

Answer 1

Hey All,
I just got a message from PatricioV2, for this...I totally forgot to come back to the forum...I was so busy trying to work out the solution that now, I forget the specifics, but I did find out that there is NO WAY to customize a pop-up window from a CHM with IE 9 or 10 installed...any pop-up will have ALL the browser timings. And since I didn't want that effect, I abandoned that idea and pursued a different solution.
However, I was able to use jQuery Colorbox...which really surprised me. But even with this, you cannot use "linked" images from the stylesheet so the controls don't show...so, you need to "style" the elements with color values (i.e. background, borders, etc.).
Also, and very important, if your content is in an IFRAME in the CHM (which mine was), you MUST use a jQuery technique to get your colorbox to work on the PARENT window...otherwise, the colorbox effect will happen ALL INSIDE THE IFRAME...
...and on a side note: the code in the original post is very close to the code I was using...but all I needed to do was define the value of NULL and the script worked without any errors (which is in a post above)...but not being able to style the pop-up just ruined it for me...