The following js (with apologies) snippet, will open a new window from a standard <a href=...></a> (and should work with the button thing you describe) and leave (or rather return) the existing window to the place it started without requiring the multi-levels of indirection you are currently using. I have tested this with my two available browsers, Opera 6 and IE 5.5...the rest is up to you. 

<html>
    <body>
        <a href=
         "javascript:window.open( 'test.htm','_blank', 'width=100, hei
+ght=100');history(-1);"> 
      test </a>
    </body>
</html>

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In reply to Re: PERL, JAVA and HTML by BrowserUk
in thread PERL, JAVA and HTML by OEMike

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