title: Oracle APEX: calling an inline popup from a link column on a classic report
body: <p>I am attempting to call javascript from a link column, that will open an inline popup by setting target URL for that column to:</p>
  
  <pre><code>javascript:$s("P3_ITEM","#COLUMN1#");openModal("MY_INLINE_POPUP");
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>and I am getting a javascript error: <code>Uncaught Error: cannot call methods on dialog prior to initialization; attempted to call method 'open'</code>. What am I doing wrong?</p>