PRB: Internet Explorer Pop-Up Window Does Not Appear in Internet Explorer 5 (251132)


The information in this article applies to:

  • Microsoft Internet Explorer (Programming) 5
  • Microsoft Internet Explorer (Programming) 5.01
  • Microsoft Internet Explorer (Programming) 5.5
This article was previously published under Q251132

SYMPTOMS

The Internet Explorer Popup Window control (Iepopwnd.ocx) does not appear correctly in Internet Explorer 5.

CAUSE

Iepopwnd.ocx is a legacy control, and it is no longer supported or distributed with Internet Explorer.

RESOLUTION

There are a number of alternatives that you can use to achieve this functionality:
  • Window.open - You can use the window.open method to open a new instance of the browser with a specific URL, size, and feature set.
  • HTML dialogs - You can use the window.showModalDialog and window.showModelessDialog methods to open dialog boxes that display an HTML page.
  • DHTML pop-up Windows - You can use DHTML and scripting to programmatically hide/show DIV tags to simulate pop-up windows.
  • Pop-up object - Beginning with Internet Explorer 5.5, you can use the window.createPopup method to dynamically create pop-up windows. You can then manipulate the HTML content and visibility of these windows through script.

STATUS

This behavior is by design.

REFERENCES

open Method
http://msdn.microsoft.com/workshop/author/dhtml/reference/methods/open_0.asp

showModalDialog Method
http://msdn.microsoft.com/workshop/author/dhtml/reference/methods/showmodaldialog.asp

showModelessDialog Method
http://msdn.microsoft.com/workshop/author/dhtml/reference/methods/showmodelessdialog.asp

Build a Pop-up Menu Using Dynamic HTML and JavaScript
http://msdn.microsoft.com/workshop/author/dhtml/popupmenu.asp

popup Object
http://msdn.microsoft.com/workshop/author/dhtml/reference/objects/popup.asp
Modification Type:MajorLast Reviewed:5/12/2003
Keywords:kbCtrl kbnofix kbprb KB251132
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