How to open a new dialog window from a function menu (workplace)?

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We have a corporative portal based on the Natural for AJAX workplace facility.
This workplace has the regular panels: function, active functions and content. We use the NJX:XCIWPFUNCTIONS control to create the function menu from which the user can open Natural for AJAX and non-Natural pages at the content area or within a popup window.
We need to open a new dialog window from the function menu (note: the page related to this menu option must be opened in a new browser window or as a new browser tab), but I can’t see how to do this using the NJX:XCIWPFUNCTIONS control.

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Hi Orlando,

In the data structure for the function tree you can specify the “type” of page. See http://techcommunity.softwareag.com/ecosystem/documentation/natural/njx825/njx/njx_xciwpfunctions.htm#njx_xciwpfunctions

If you set ADDNODE_TYPE=“cispopup” for the corresponding node, this should be opened as popup. The popup is implemented as an own browser window.

Does this meet your requirements?

Best Regards,
Christine

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Hi Christine,
Thank you for your hint.
See: I can’t use a popup in this case. I need to have the URL (which is a non-Natural one) opened in a new window (or a new tab) of the browser.
But I solved this problem assigning this function of the menu to a node which must be opened in a specific target: when I move the “_blank” value to the XCIWPINFO_NODE.TARGET variable, the URL is opened in a new window.
Kind Regards,
Orlando.

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Hi Orlando,

Thanks for sharing your solution.
Just 1 hint: When the workplace is closed, the page, which is opened in target “_blank” won’t be closed automatically with the workplace. But this might be perfectly OK or intented for your application.

Best Regards,
Christine