passing parameter to new window from window.open

hello all, i'm using EP5.0 sp5.

in my iview A on a htmlb:button press i want to launch a

iview B in a new window, and i want to pass a paramter to

that new window. i've tried a couple methods of doing this,

but they've all had problems of one kind or another.

my code looks something like this:

iview A: <hbj:button

id="myButton"

design="STANDARD"

text="Press Me"

onClientClick="jsOnClick()"

onClick="click"

</hbj:button>

.... later on ....

<script language="javascript">

function jsReportMyOccurrence() {

win = window.open('/irj/servlet/prt/portal/prtroot/package.iviewB','iviewB','scrollbars=1,resizable=1,width=700,height=550,left=100');

}

</script>

and i want to pass in a param 'issue'

i've tried passing this in via ecpm & IPortalComponentSession which doesn't work since both are bound to a page, and when i call window.open() on iview B i's considered a different page and gets it's own ecpf object & IPortalComponentSession.

I then tried passing in the param via the underlying HttpSession but that also doesn't work since the new window opens up and queries the variable before the

button:jspdynPage's onClick method is called to set the variable in the HttpSession. Now i'm considering if it's possible to push the variable as a GET or POST param when i call window.open, but i'm not sure how to accomplish this in iview A or how i'd look for that param from iview B's JSPDynPage. help would be greatly appreciated.

--vat