I have come across a requirement that is already available in the current tool and they expect it to be implemented in Spotfire as well.
Requirement: Once data is loaded in Spotfire and they click on a row, there is a button "View in Web" that will render that selected row in a beautiful static HTML page in a new window.
My Logic so far: I'll store the column values in variables using ironpyton as explained in https://techgoje.wordpress.com/2014/12/02/spotfire-ironpython-accessing-column-values-in-script-context/ and then i'll render those values in HTML page
Any suggestion or help is greatly appreciated.
I have never tried to open a popup or new window in Spotfire. my guess is that you could do it in the Web Player, but it may not work in the thick client.
I've created an example DXP that shows how IronPython and Javascript can interact to render HTML content in a textarea. this may be a good solution for you.
(NOTE: you will need to trust all of the IP and JS scripts in this document!)