Passing values with href.

Question

I am creating a report region by selecting some fields from the table. I then made one particular field a hyper link and i want to have a pop up window (to select some criteria) when you click on the hyperlink.
My pop up window display will be different depending on which hyperlink you have clicked (depending on datatype). How can I pass a value or a set of values (separated by comma) so I can see and use those values in pop up window and can display and hide particular item/items
Help is highly appreciated.
pb

Answer 1

Hi Prashant,
There are a few ways of doing this - this is what I do when I need this sort of functionality
1) in the report select the column you want to link on - or create a derived column
2) in the link column set the target to URL
3) in the URL field type something like:
javascript:popup('#ST#','#STATE_NAME#');
where the values between the hash symbols are the values you want to pass to the new window
4) create a new window with hidden items corresponding to the values that you want to pass
5) in the report page go the page attributes and add some javascript in the HTML header section:
<script language="javascript">
function popup(value1,value2){
var newWindow;
newWindow = window.open("f?p=&APP_ID.:2:&APP_SESSION.::NO::P2_TEXT1,P2_TEXT2:"+value1+","+value2+"","myWindow","width=200,height=400");
newWindow.focus();
</script>
where the value1 and value2 parameters are the values passed in and the P2_TEXT1 and P2_TEXT2 are the items on the popup page you want to populate.
If you do a general search on the internet for window.open you should be able to find the other attributes that can be used to hide scrollbars, status bar etc, if that is needed.
hope that helps
Adam