problem with close option

[man]

Hi out there, if got a problem with this script:

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<SCRIPT LANGUAGE="JavaScript">
window.open("lang.htm","newWindow","height=680,width=900,left=50,toolbars=no,scrollbars=no,resizable=no");
window.opener = top;
window.close();
</SCRIPT>

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Some Browser [version = IE6.02.xxx] closing page before lang.htm has opened! Why? :confused:

I am using IE6.02.xxx , too, but i have no prob with that!

[Khalid Ali]

try using a setTimeout to create a timedelay betwee opening the window and closing.

[gil davis]

You have apparently created a race condition. Browsers will launch a process and then proceed to execute the next line of code, regardless of the completion of the launched process. It probably works on your computer because you can load the page quicker that the other people.

[man]

Originally posted by man
Hi out there, if got a problem with this script:

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<SCRIPT LANGUAGE="JavaScript">
window.open("lang.htm","newWindow","height=680,width=900,left=50,toolbars=no,scrollbars=no,resizable=no");
window.opener = top;
window.close();
</SCRIPT>

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Some Browser [version = IE6.02.xxx] closing page before lang.htm has opened! Why? :confused:

I am using IE6.02.xxx , too, but i have no prob with that!

Thanks for the information, but could you give me anexample?

[boojum]

will the race condition still occur if
window.open("lang.htm","newWindow"," height=680,width=900,left=50,toolbars=no,scrollbar
s=no,resizable=no");
window.opener = top;
is put into one function and
window.close();
into another?

[man]

<script type="text/javascript">
<!--
window.open("lang.htm","newWindow","height=680,width=900,left=50,toolbars=no,scrollbars=no,resizable=no");
window.opener = top;

function setOnlineTime()
{
window.setTimeout("setOnlineTime()",4000);
}

window.close();
//-->
</script>

Would this work so that the lang.htm would have enough time to load?