JR38699: A WEB APPLICATION THAT OPENS PRODUCTS IS HAVING A PROBLEM OPEN BUSINESS GLOSSARY IN A NEW WEB PAGE.

APAR status

• Closed as program error.

Error description

• Customer is trying to create a web application that provides
  links to our tools. They are trying to build a web page that
  opens Business Glossary in a new page  This page contains links
  to other products and applications and they are working fine.
  
  I have tested and reproduced the behavior the customer describes
  in Internet Explorer. I created a simple html page like this:
  
  <a href=http://cancun.swg.usma.ibm.com:9081/bg/login.jsp
  target="_blank" >bg</a>
  
  The keyword target="_blank" should force the link to opened in a
  new page. However when you click in this link you see a new page
  popping up as expected but then immediately this page gets
  closed and BG loads in the current page, replacing the content
  of the html. Customer wants to create a web page that always
  opens links in new pages. They have links to other tools and
  they work fine. For example if you pass
  http://cancun.swg.usma.ibm.com:9081/loginForm.jsp?displayForm=tr
  ue   in the same way, this page does get opened in a new window.
  
  Looking at the source code of login page for Business Glossary I
  see this function:
  
          function ensureLoadedInTop() {
              try {
                  if(window.opener != undefined){
                      window.opener.location.href =
  window.location.href;
                      window.close();
                  } else if(window.dialogArguments != undefined) {
                      window.dialogArguments.location.href =
  window.location.href;
                      window.close();
                  } else if(self != top) {
                      top.location.href = window.location.href;
                  }
              } catch(e) {}
          }
  
  which seems to be modifying the default behavior of this page
  and forcing it to always load the page on top of the current
  page. Is there a way this customer can invoke the URL for
  Business Glossary in a new page?
  

Local fix

Problem summary

• Customer is trying to create a web application that provides
  links to our tools. They are trying to build a web page that
  opens Business Glossary in a new page  This page contains links
  to other products and applications and they are working fine.
  
  I have tested and reproduced the behavior the customer describes
  in Internet Explorer. I created a simple html page like this:
  
  http://test.ibm.com:9081/bg/login.jsp target="_blank"
  >bg
  
  The keyword target="_blank" should force the link to opened in a
  new page. However when you click in this link you see a new page
  popping up as expected but then immediately this page gets clo
  

Problem conclusion

• Fixed the function that creates that behavior
  

Temporary fix

Comments

APAR Information

• APAR is sysrouted FROM one or more of the following:

• APAR is sysrouted TO one or more of the following:

Fix information

• Fixed component name

  WIS BUSINESS GL

• Fixed component ID

  5724Q36BG

Applicable component levels

• R850 PSY

     UP