[Javascript] self.opener and IE6

[Rodney Myers]

Further tests with IE6 on another machine worked OK  - pointing to a
localised problem with first colleague's IE6 installation, as suspected.

Rodney

Rodney Myers wrote:

> Hello,
>
> I have a popup window in which I put a control panel which has various
> links, all to javascript functions in the main window.
>
> It works in my IE5.5 and NN4.7
> My colleague has IE6 and has had problems with it which I verified when
> I visited yesterday and was unable to fix.
>
> On entry to the file this var is set:
>
> var SASSTOP=false;
>
> Lower down the script we have
>
> if(self.opener){SASSTOP=self.opener.top;} else{nosass();}
>
> This appears to succeed since the alert generated by function nosass()
> does not appear.
> (I am not familar with IE6 and it possible that there are errors that
> are being logged or signalled in a way that was not apparent to me - as
> it might be in NN if one did not know about the console)
>
> A link in the file to javascript:version() calls this function which is
> intended to call a function of the same name in the main window if the
> file was popped.
>
> function version(){
> if(SASSTOP){SASSTOP.version();comeBack();}else{nosass();} }
>
> comeBack() restores focus to the popped panel if it gets the chance!
>
> typeof(SASSTOP) gives "object"
>
> opener shows up as a property with for(var p in window){ ... }
>
> What happens when above function is called is that the alert in nosass()
> displays.
>
> I am suspicious of such problems in new versions of IE particularly
> where an installation was upgraded.
> Too often there have been problems connected with windows. But I have
> not heard of this one. If it were something I could control I would be
> happier even if the code was a few lines longer.
>
> Comments or suggestions gratefully received
>
> Thanks in advance
>
> Rodney
> Oxford, England
>
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