logging hyperlink clicks

[Rob Mostyn]

Dear $Listers,

This is a problem I’ve thought about before but never actually implemented.  Now I really want to implement it but I’m not sure how to do it.

It is an ultra thin application.
Omnis returns HTML to a browser to render.
On this page I want to present a number of links to external resources (other websites, documents on the web etc).
Ok… that is easy by providing hyperlinks on the web page to these other resources.
But I want to log what links gave been clicked.  Google does this on its search results.

LOGIC
Clicking on the link calls Omnis.
A parameter to the call denotes which link.
Omnis is invoked and the link can be logged.
But how do I return to the browser with “execute this hyperlink on a new tab/window”, leaving the previously despatched HTML as is?
Or I could return the previously generated HTML but how do I invoke the browser to follow the link?

Has anyone else tried to do this?  I know there is a way to tell  a browser to redirect but I don’t know how this works.

Help!
Rob Mostyn

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