[thelist] javascript help

[Bob Schwartz]

> Bob,
> 
> Is this the sort of thing you want - not my code - I found ages ago and use
> it now and then for opening and closing windows.
> The closeWindow seems to have the bit of code you might use ....it checks to
> see if the window is open before closing it, you could add your own code in
> there.
> 
> Cheers Simon
> 
> var windowHandle = null;
> var windowHandle_closed = false;
> 
> function openWindow() {
>    windowHandle =
> window.open('http://www.example.com/','windowName','height=200,width=200');
>    if (windowHandle_closed) {
>        windowHandle_closed = false;
>    }
> }
> 
> function closeWindow() {
>    if (windowHandle != null) {
>        if (!windowHandle_closed) {
>            windowHandle_closed = true;
>            windowHandle.close();
>        }
>    }
> }

Thanks Simon, I'm sure that hidden in your code is the correct path to get where I want to go, but I'm too stupid when it comes to writing code to adapt it.

Bob