[thelist] JavaScript problems in IE

Ben Henick persist1_pdx at yahoo.com
Mon Oct 16 20:35:19 CDT 2000


--- epartee at ix.netcom.com wrote:
> window.location.href=document.referrer
>  This code seems to work fine in NN (4.7) but I occasionally get an
> "invalid procedure call or argument" error in IE. Is there a better
> solution?

Under the circumstances - unless the ability to utilize this across
browsing sessions is required - use window.history.back() instead. 
Or...

var Sent;
Sent = document.referrer;
if (Sent.length > 0) {
  window.history.back(); }

Etc. etc. etc.



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