[thelist] Close browser

[liam]

why dont you just tell your client to press the 'x' button on the
upper-right corner of the browser? (no confirmations prompts, no
javascripts, no hassle)

----- Original Message -----
From: <Ron_Senykoff at BEAEROSPACE.COM>
To: <thelist at lists.evolt.org>
Sent: Monday, October 01, 2001 10:47 PM
Subject: Re: [thelist] Close browser


>
> <snip author="Liz">
> Hi all,
>     Client just asked me to put in a button to quit the browser...IE 4.0
as
> a matter a fact at the end of  an interactive program I created for them.
> Quit the browser...
>
> Is this even possible?
>
> Somedays, clients are indeed from hell
> </snip>
>
> You can call window.close(), but they will be prompted.  Basically, if
they
> launch the window then they have to authorize closing it.  If you create
> the window (i.e. JavaScript opens a new browser window) then you can close
> it with JavaScript and they won't be prompted.  It's a security thing that
> keeps web pages from messing around with each other.
>
> You can make a button like this:
>
> <input type="Button" value="Close Window" onClick="window.close()">
>
> -Ron
>
>
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