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Detecting Popup Windows using BrowserObject™ Server Component

A Popup window is very useful to attract visitor attention for website announcements and updates. Sometimes, a Popup window is used in a web application for user-friendly interfaces such as a picture preview, file browsing, etc... Web developer also use Popup windows to hide download links from hot-linking.

However, Popup window has been abused by mass advertising companies and this has lead many visitors to block Popup windows. Modern browsers and third party security software also block Popup windows by default. This caused many problems for developers as they sometimes need Popup windows for their web application to function properly.

Therefore, Popup windows detection from BrowserObject.com can help in this case. Popup windows detection in BrowserObject Server Component can determine whether visitors have blocked Popup windows. By using this component, developers are able to determine when a Popup window is being blocked and can display a notice to the visitor to unblock the Popup window. 

BrowserObject™ in Action

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Sample Codes (VB)

Dim obj As BrowserObject.BrowserObjectClass obj = BrowsObjCtrl.getObject() If obj.PopupBlocked = "True" Then Me.litMessage.Text = "Oops.. Popup window has been blocked. Please unblock it." ElseIf obj.PopupBlocked = "False" Then Me.litMessage.Text = "Great, the Popup window is working properly!" Else Me.litMessage.Text = "Oops.. You need to enable JavaScript to make this work!" End If

Sample Codes (PHP)

require "BrowserObject.class.php"; $data = &new BrowserObject(); $popupBlocked = $data->PopupBlocked(); if($popupBlocked == "True"){ echo "Oops.. Popup window has been blocked. Please unblock it."; } elseif($popupBlocked == "False"){ echo "Great, the Popup window is working properly!"; } else{ echo "Oops.. You need to enable JavaScript to make this work!"; }