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Virtusa UK Ltd
GB
Last activity: 1 Apr 2019 4:55 EDT
Opening a link in Modal Window
Hi
I have a link to an external UI application (non-pega) which I need to open in a Modal Window on click of a link. I am reading some of the other posts where openUrlInDialog or window.showModalDialog will not work in some of the browsers. Also I can see openUrlInDialog is deprecated. Is there a way I can launch the external application in modal window? I have to use modal here because I wanted to refresh the parent window with some service calls once the modal is closed.
Please suggest if there is a way to achieve this.
Thanks
Ganesh
***Edited by Moderator Marissa to update platform capability tags****
Pegasystems Inc.
IN
Hi Ganesh,
When we open a modal dialog then the submit and cancel button will be there associated with it.
So if you want to open any extenal app then you might go with opening it in a new window or tab by using the openURLinNewWindow API.
Virtusa UK Ltd
GB
Hi Sahu
Thanks for the response. Currently I have openURLinNewWindow but the issue is that once the job is done in the new window, there has to be some refresh before user continues in the main window. Users sometimes forgets to click the refresh and it breaks the flow.
If I am okay with the submit/cancel button, does the functions openUrlInDialog or window.showModalDialog are usable? I am reading posts where it works in some browser and not in others. Also its a deprecated one.
Thanks
Ganesh
Pegasystems Inc.
IN
Hi Ganesh ,
If it is a new window then to refresh the parent window form the newly opened window(child window ), you can use
Hi Ganesh ,
If it is a new window then to refresh the parent window form the newly opened window(child window ), you can use
window.opener.reload() method.
