I am successfully opening popups using a line like this:

["Description","javascript:Start('http://www.website.com/dir/stuff.htm','win1','width=450,height=550,directorie s=no,location=yes,menubar=no,scrollbars=yes,status =no,toolbar=no,resizable=yes')"],

It is used in conjunction with the following in the head:

<SCRIPT LANGUAGE="JavaScript">
function Start(page) {
OpenWin = this.open(page,"CtrlWindow","width=450,height=550, left=150,top=20,directories=no,location=no,menubar =no,scrollbars=yes,status=no,toolbar=no,resizable= yes");
}
</SCRIPT>

(It just occurs to me that there is unnecessary redundancy here)

The only thing it does not do is surpress the gray bar at the bottom of the window? Is the bar in question called the status bar? Can you suggest how to get rid of it.

Regarding the redundency:
Can I leave all instructions in the head except width and height?
Can I omit all instructions from the line in the body except width and height?

Actually, I always thought that the gray bar at the bottom was known as the status bar and the instruction status=no should take care of it. I notice in your script that you have a space and I am certain that spaces are not permitted. Remove the space you have between "status" and "=" and see if that solves the bottom bar issue.

A popup window can be opened indicating only height and width and ommitting all other options. They normally default to NO or 0 in MSIE, not sure about Opera, Firefox, Mozilla, etc.

Only set the options you want to be TRUE and I am pretty sure all other options will default to FALSE

Somebody correct me if I am wrong

Free Pop Up Generator

Thank you guys, but it is still a problem.

Kyrnt, you spotted the unwanted space, but in fact it was added somehow by pasting the code into this forum.

I have even tried

statusbar=no,statusbar=0,status=no,status=0

added into the head script, as well as the script calling the popup. Nothing works to kill that status bar.

If you want to take a look, the popup is opened from: www DOT replacement-mattress DOT com / sleeper-sofa-bed-mattress DOT htm

The script is contained in an external file: www DOT replacement-mattress DOT com / java / sofa_pop_items DOT js

None of this is a problem, but it would be nice to get rid of the status bar. Others are doing it, so it has become an ego thing for me.

ran into php errors when checking the url in question

try this

 
var newWin = window.open("page.htm","popup","height=400,width=600,status=no");
newWin.focus();