popup closes main window problem

**Grant Wagner** · Jul 20 '05, 09:34 AM

Re: popup closes main window problem

David wrote:
[color=blue]
> Hi,
>
> I have a simple page on my freebie account site that opens a popup
> window running index.asp on another site of mine. The code on the
> freebie hosted server is below. What I'd like to do is have the
> freebie hosted page shut down once it's opened up the child window.
>
> Any ideas? Thanks
>
> David
>
> <html>
>
> <script language="JavaS cript" type="text/javascript">
> function popup() {
> window.open( "http://www.mysite/index.asp" ,
> 'newwin','toolb ars,menubar,scr ollbars=yes,too lbar=1' ) ;
> }
> </script>
>
> <BODY onLoad="javascr ipt:popup()">
> </body
> </html>[/color]

<body onload="popup() ;window.close() ;">

Since you likely didn't open the window the person is viewing the page
containing the above with script, the user will either be prompted
whether they want the window to close (IE, Netscape 4), or it will fail
with an error in the JavaScript Console (Mozilla).

You can't close a window with script that you didn't open with script
(it's more complicated then that, but that's the basic idea)

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| Grant Wagner <gwagner@agrico reunited.com>

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popup closes main window problem

popup closes main window problem

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