How Do I get a page to close

[TammyB]

I needed a page to open full screen and I could not for the life of me figure out how to make that happen when the page loaded. So..I launched the page from somewhere else. This is the code I have in my "launcher page":

<script language="JavaScript">
function launchwin()
{
newwin = window.open("mypage.html","aces","fullscreen=1, scrollbars=1")
newwin.resizeBy(15,0)
}
</script>

Problem is, I need the launcher page to close when the full screen page opens. Any help would be greatly appreciated.

[AdamBrill]

After you launch the other page, use window.close() to close the existing window....

[TammyB]

Where or which page do I put the window.close() in? And, will I get the popup that says "...the window is trying to close...".

[AdamBrill]

You put the window.close() in whatever window that you want to close...

There is a hack to not get the "Are you sure you want to close window?" prompt. It's pretty simple, so let's see if I can type it up from memory... ;)window.opener=self;
window.close();I think that's all there is to it. :D Let me know if that doesn't work... ;)

[TammyB]

Hey Adam,

My html doc is actually a Flash file published in HTML so I did it this way:

getURL("javascript:open('mypage.html','mypage','fullscreen=1,location=0,
menubar=0,scrollbars=0,status=0,toolbar=0')")


New Problem - I get this page that says [object]

[kdcgrohl]

try this...

getURL("javascript:open('mypage.html','mypage','fullscreen=1,location=0,menubar=0,scrollbars=0,status=0,tool bar=0');window.close();")

[AdamBrill]

Or, if you don't want the prompt asking to close, try this:

getURL("javascript:open('mypage. html','mypage','fullscreen=1,location=0,menubar=0,scrollbars=0,status=0,toolbar=0');window.opener=se lf;window.close();")

[TammyB]

Thanks Adam, that did it!

[AdamBrill]

No problem. I'm glad I could help. :)