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I am at a lost why this works in Chrome but not IE. This is a link within a web part for SP 2010.

<a href="javascript:ExecuteOrDelayUntilScriptLoaded(SP.UI.ModalDialog.OpenPopUpPage('/_layouts/FormWebPart/print.aspx?id=877',null,400,900), 'SP.js');" target="_blank">Print</a>

I tried it with and without the extra ExecuteOrDelayUntilScriptLoaded and in all cases it works in Chrome but not in IE. In IE, it complaints that SP was undefined. However, SP is added at the bottom the page.

I am not really sure what Chrome does differently that it can execute this perfectly while IE just bombs out. The sad part is that SP is a Microsoft platform, you would think it would be the other way around.

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  • It seems Chrome has some how cached a previous SP.js file. Try clearing chrome cache and it will also throws the same error. Which IE version you are using?
    – Amal Hashim
    Oct 24, 2014 at 18:20
  • @AmalHashim Cleared Chrome's history on w7 and w2012 servers and it works just fine, while in IE; it can't seem to find sp object???
    – wirble
    Oct 24, 2014 at 20:18
  • Did some more testing, I don't think it has anything to do with the SP having loaded yet. It's as if IE doesn't recognize the "javascript" in the <a> tag. The who javascript:xxxxx are in the address bar as if it's loading everything in href
    – wirble
    Oct 25, 2014 at 1:09

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You could try this approach using onclick event: 

<a onclick="ExecuteOrDelayUntilScriptLoaded(SP.UI.ModalDialog.OpenPopUpPage('/_layouts/FormWebPart/print.aspx?id=877',null,400,900), 'SP.js');" href="javascript:void(0);">Print</a>
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    yes that's what i ended up doing but i still want to know why the other method didn't work. oh well as long as something works...thanks
    – wirble
    Oct 27, 2014 at 3:23

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