[Javascript] Re: Silent window.close... or a better idea

[Amol <amol_n_mali@yahoo.com>]

Hi there,

    The idea of closing opener window seams to work fine for IE 
(Except for the first window call).  Is there any work around for 
netscape.

THanx.

Amol
--- In javascript at yahoogroups.com, "Peter Brunone" <peter at b...> wrote:
> Dan,
> 
>     That is EXACTLY what I needed... although I just said 
window.opener=top
> and then closed it.  Thanks a million!  I wonder when MS will patch 
*that*
> little useful feature...
> 
> Cheers,
> 
> Peter
> 
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Dan Costea" <costea.dan at s...>
> 
> > I had exactly the same problem few months ago :o)
> > Because of the security reasons, you cannot close a window without
> > confirmation, if you didn't open that window with your js. But if 
you
> really
> > have no choice, you must lie the IE, by telling it that you 
opened that
> > window you want to close! Here is the code:
> >
> > function cheatCloseWin ()
> > {
> >  win = top;
> >
> >  // lying:
> >  win.opener = top;
> >
> >  win.close ();
> > }
> >
> > Dan.
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Peter Brunone" <peter at b...>
> > >
> > > I have an intranet application (IE 5.5 only) that needs to be 
in a
> > > fixed-size window with no menu, status, etc.  I can use a simple
> > > window.open, but unfortunately the user doesn't want an extra 
window
> > around.
> > > I thought that if a page is the first one in the history, you 
could
> > > window.close() without a confirmation, but that doesn't seem to 
be the
> > case.
> > > Can someone suggest a way to either silently close the calling 
window
> > > (which will be a new browser instance just for this app anyway) 
OR alter
> > the
> > > existing window in the same way?  Since this is restricted to 
high-level
> > MS
> > > browsers, there has to be a usable option.
> > >
> > > Cheers,
> > >
> > > Peter
> 
> 
> 
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