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

[Cutter (JavaScript)]

Amol,

Unfortunately browser security settings restrict you from doing this. 
I've heard that you may be able to do this with NN using a signed script...

Cutter

Amol wrote:

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