closing stuff!

[SearedIce]

ok...i have made my page open a remote window...it opens the other window as an html file...like...ok

how can i make the main window close the remote window, knowing the remote window's "name"...?

~John

[khalidali63]

just use the following format

popupWindowName.close();

this should it for you.

cheers

Khalid

[SearedIce]

the problem is that the name of the window is a variable...

[khalidali63]

thats not a problem,thats preciesly how one would achieve this.

var newWin = window.open()

and then call this from anywhere you want

newWin.close();
please keep in mind the scope rules of a variable

Khalid

[SearedIce]

i'll explain more...

i have a function...
the function has a for loop...
the for loop opens 3 windows, and makes the window's name the value of the for loop's variable as it opens the window

thus, 3 windows pop up with the names "1" "2" and "3"

...now...i have it wait two seconds after that loop with a settimeout

then, i have another for loop that (should) close the 3 windows

i'm trying to make that for loop that does the closing close each window by the loop's variable's value...thus it closes window "1", then "2", and finnally "3"

[khalidali63]

try the zipped solution,
hope this helps

cheers

Khalid

[SearedIce]

gee...your idea seems to be what i need...i hafta get off right now and don't have enough time to play with it/ see if it is really what i want but it looks like it is

um...can i change around stuff and give you credit in the source for helping and it mostly being yours?