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Description

This functions allows you to Navigate to a Web Resource, opening either inline or a dialog. It uses the Microsoft API NavigateTo Web Resource to provide the capability.

Signature

NavigateToWebresource(
  'name', 
  'data', 
  'target', 
  'position', 
  'width-value', 
  'width-unit',
  'height-value', 
  'height-unit'
)

Example 1

The following opens the web resource north52_html_bpa in a dialog (target=2), in the center (position=1), with a width of 30% and height 50%:

NavigateToWebresource(
  'north52_html_bpa.html', 
  '', 
  2, 
  1, 
  30, 
  '%', 
  50, 
  '%'
)

Example 2

The following opens the web resource north52_supercool in a dialog (target=2), in the side (position=2), with a width of 30% and height 50%. It also passes in the data parameter the text 'contact'. This can be picked up in custom logic within the webresource by accesses the querystring parameter 'data' to carry out specific logic.

NavigateToWebresource(
  'north52_supercool.html', 
  'contact', 
  2, 
  2, 
  30, 
  '%', 
  50,
  '%'
)

Parameters

Name Required Type Description
name Yes String Name of the web resource
data No String The data to pass to the web resource
target No Integer 1 to open the web resource inline (default)
2 to open the web resource in a dialog
position* No Integer to open the dialog in center (default)
2 to open the dialog on the side
width-value* No Integer  
width-unit* No String px to use width-value as pixel size
% to use width-value as percentage
height-value* No Integer The numerical value that determines the height of the dialog. Works in conjunction with the height-unit
height-unit* No String px to use width-value as pixel size
% to use width-value as percentage
*These parameters are only valid if target = 2

Microsoft APIs

This North52 function relates to the following Microsoft APIs: