how to open popup window several times, each time with a different URL?

[Tim R]

I think my understanding of the kendo window's refresh() method may be incorrect. If it is, could you please explain  what refresh() does, and advise on how to accomplish the desired behavior?  

Main page has department employees listed on it.  When an employee name is clicked, a popup window opens, showing the employee's calendar. Then the popup can be closed by the user, and another employee's name can be clicked, and their calendar should be displayed. And so on and so on.  The calendar must change when currentEmployeeID changes. 

My code below isn't working as I expected: the calendar does not change, even though on the second and subsequent times, refresh() is being invoked with a different URL.

currentEmployeeID =  //user  makes a selection and employeeName is also changed accordingly


  if (!mydiv.data("kendoWindow") ) {

       mydiv.kendoWindow({

                iframe: true,                   

                title:  employeeName,

                content: "calendar.htm?eeid="+currentEmployeeID;         

                type: "GET"

                }

         });

       mydiv.data("kendoWindow").open();

 

} else {

       mydiv.data("kendoWindow").refresh({

            iframe: true,

            type: "GET",

            title:  employeeName,        

            url:  "calendar.htm?eeid="+currentEmployeeID       

        });

         mydiv.data("kendoWindow").open();

}

[Vladimir Iliev]

Hi Tim,

 
Basically the current approach is valid, however I tried to reproduce the problem locally but to no avail – the window contents is reloading correctly on our side. Could you please provide runable project where the issue is reproduced? 

Kind Regards,
Vladimir Iliev
the Telerik team

[Tim R]

My problem might be with the configuration object passed to the refresh( {options } ) method.  Which window options/properties can be set via refresh()?  The documentation is somewhat unclear regarding when to use setOptions versus refresh( {options... }).

[Vladimir Iliev]

Hi Tim,

 
Basically the setOptions method allows the window widget to be configured again (all options are available). Also the current configuration looks valid and it's working on our side. Could you please check if there are any JavaScript errors in your browser console?

Kind Regards,
Vladimir Iliev
the Telerik team