asp.net -String constants must end with a double quote - problem

I am putting an inline javascript tag to open a new window when pressing an asp:button control. I got this from another forum (they want to charge to post). Here is the code:

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response.write("<script language='JavaScript'>window.open('sources.asp','PopUp','location=no,too lbar=no,status=no,menubar=no,scrollbars=yes,resiza ble=yes')</script>")

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I am getting the "string constant must end with a double quote" compliter error on the last ")" before the </script> tag.

On further digging the actual error is:

Statement cannot appear within a method body. End of method assumed

Talking about the ")". For some reason it is trying to end the command prior to the </script> tag instead of after it.

Any ideas?

Thanks

Try Following:

<a href="javascript:window.open('source.asp','Reference','r esizable=yes, toolbar=no,location=no,directories=no, status=no, menubar=no, scrollbars=yes,width=600,height=400');void('');">Click here for reference</a>

Well, I don't thing that using the <a href> tag will work. I need to open the page from a button click event, not a link on the page. It needs to do some other processing before opening the page.

Thanks

I just copied your code and ran it without any problem...

Now that is really strange. the code is a direct copy and paste from my code.

Did it run in a browser and open a new window?

Brett

numbernine - what version of the .net framwork are you running? Mine is 1.1

I'm using version 1.0.3705.288

Maybe it's choking on the parentheses? Try escaping the js parentheses using \ and see if that'll serve as a workaround. Just a shot in the dark...

Try this instead:

response.write("<script language='JavaScript'>window.open('sources. asp','PopUp','location=no,toolbar=no,status=no,men
ubar=no,scrollbars=yes,resizable=yes')<" & "/script>")

I guess there's a bug in the in-line parser that thinks the </script> tag in a string is actually the end of the script. Just break up the string to have it work. Obviously you can make the above line more efficient w/ a String.Format or String.Concat, but that's the jist of it.

Hope this helps.

Mike

Thanks!!!!

I had the same problem. Thanks, mikejoseph, it worked like a charm.