window.close

[dsdsdsdsd]

hello;

if I

window.open("http://www.hotmail.com","_blank","width="+w+", height="+h+", left=350 , top=0 , scrollbars=yes , menubar=yes");

how can I later close that window; I am not seemingly able to use window.close;

any thoughts?

thanks
Shannon Burnett
Asheville NC USA

[TheBearMay]

Try something like:


var wHndl = window.open(.....)

wHndl.close();

[dsdsdsdsd]

hello thebearmay; thanks for responding;

this window.open() is running client-side;

Shannon Burnett
Asheville NC USA

[TheBearMay]

Should work then. The open statement will return a handle to the variable wHndl, which can then be used by the script to close the popup.

[Khonsu]

You can control a pop-up window from the main page by assigning it to a global variable, for example:

<script language="JavaScript">
var myWindow
function openWindow() {
myWindow = window.open('http://www.example.com');
}
function closeWindow() {
myWindow.close()
}
</script>

The main thing to remember is that the variable must be global, i.e., not initialized within a function (though it's value can be set within a function, as above) if you want other functions to have access to it.

[dsdsdsdsd]

hello thebearmay; I completely missed the point of your first post which is to capture the window.open resource handler; sorry;

Khonsu thanks for your response;

thanks
Shannon Burnett

[TheBearMay]

No problem, I should have better explained why I was doing it instead of leaving you to guess.