[Javascript] window confirmation

[Dan Costea]

> Hai,
>
> when i try to close parent window (default IE)  i get window confirmation.
> How to close window parent without get window confirmation ?
>
> ps : IE 6
>

This question was disscussed before. So, here are the conclusions (works on
IE6 too):


----- Original Message -----
From: "Dan Costea" <costea.dan at ssi-schaefer.ro>
To: <javascript at LaTech.edu>
Sent: Thursday, July 25, 2002 9:24 AM
Subject: Re: [Javascript] Silent window.close... or a better idea


> 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 brunone.com>
> To: <javascript at LaTech.edu>
> Sent: Thursday, July 25, 2002 1:10 AM
> Subject: [Javascript] Silent window.close... or a better idea
>
>
> >
> > 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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