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Asked: 2026-05-22T18:04:28+00:00

I have a script that opens a hyperlink with a variable to pull up

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I have a script that opens a hyperlink with a variable to pull up the particular account on the intranet. However, if the “module” is open already (80% of the hyperlink is the same), I would like to just keep the same tab/window open and refresh it.

Right now my Vbscript merely uses the script host and opens in a new tab each time. Since the user may have multiple tabs open, I’m not sure how to indentify if they have the link I want open and then use that window to refresh the data. 

Begin pseudocode Script Sub

dim LINK as string
dim variableHere as string
LINK = "link/section/comments.aspx/account=" & variableHere & "&SID=11111"
variableHere = APIAccountNumberAccessed

IF ("link/section/comments.aspx/account=" exists)
then open hyperlink in same tab: LINK
else open in new tab
End IF

End pseudocode Sub

UPDATE:

I’ve made some progress in identifying that one can use the Window.Open method to set the target name and open a link. However, I’m still getting an error.

Syntax 

set varWindow = Window.Open "google.com", "targetName", "toolbar=no, menubar=no, location=no, directories=no"

This provides me with the error expected end of statement, error code 800A0401, right in the Window open line. Still can’t get past this part.

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  1. Editorial Team

    This is an automatic feature if you reuse the targetName
    so, you can use same destination and targetName to have one tab per url. like this:

    Window.Open variableHere, variableHere, "toolbar=no, menubar=no, location=no, directories=no"

    i don’t remember if targetName accepts any strange character if not, you can replace

    validName = variableHere
validName = replace(validName,"/","_")
validName = replace(validName,".","_")
validName = replace(validName,",","_")
'... and so on ...
Window.Open variableHere, validName, "toolbar=no, menubar=no, location=no, directories=no"
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