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SSB - forcing new page spawn from baseline menus

Tue, 2007-04-03 14:55 — ahoward
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With the issues with the user database, it looks like the blog post from the user (GridViper) who originally submitted this is orphaned or gone altogether, so I'm going to repost it.

GridViper was looking for a way to open a new browser window from bmenu menu items. Finding nothing in self-service documentation, he exploited the URL field in the menu item edit page:

After specifying the link/document in the URL* field, leave one space after the link/document and type in the following with double-quotes: 

"target=_blank"

I found that the HTML seems to come out a little cleaner if you instead add this after the URL (with no space between the URL and this):

" target='_blank'

That's a leading double quote, and single quotes around the target value, with no trailing double quote.

Thanks GridViper!

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Fri, 2008-04-25 14:24 — kbillups

twgrmenu_target_frame

Thanks GridViper and Ahoward. The url field exploit works, especially for the WebTailors who do not have database access.

However; if you have access to the twgrmenu table, there is a column called "twgrmenu_target_frame". You can stick "_blank" for the menu item that you want to spawn a new window for.

Caveat: Although the twgrmenu_target_frame column is in the twgrmenu table and the baseline code recognizes it, Sungard does not seem to support it.

-Kyle