javascript：window.open

Question

I am working in vb.net 2005. I am in a position to start a new browser with process.start(). Now I have to open that browser in a specific size(say height:300 width:500)

Process.Start("firefox.exe", "abc.html")

and I have written this following code on load of abc.html

var myRef = window.open('abc.html','','left=20,top=20,width=300,height=500');

but it does not resize.

If I add 1 button on this page and click on it (by writing same code on its click event), a new window with expected size opens.

Am I going wrong somewhere?

Thanx.

Answer 1

Firefox doesn't let pages resize the window by default . Also note, if you already have Firefox running then browser preferences will dictate whether you get a new window or a tab. You can force a separate instance of Firefox by using the -no-remote command line flag, but then you won't be able to use the default profile (only one Firefox instance per profile).

My questions for you are:

• Why are you launching Firefox from another executable at all instead of just having users click on a link and have it open in their default browser?
• If you do need to launch Firefox from an executable, why spend all this effort overriding the user's preferences and settings?
• If you' re launching from an executable and are keen to annoy your users whatever the cost, why not just find and resize the Firefox window using the normal Windows APIs ?