focus of popup window

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Hi,

I have an asp that allow user to send email, after that, system will popup a msg and return to the previous screen. I use the following code to do so:

...
top.location.href = locationPath;
remote=window.open(theURL,winName,features);
remote.focus();
...

but I always have the msg window popup, then goes to the back. Is there any method to make in on top except using showModalDialog?

Thx!