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Alert before closing a window.
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ChrisQuick
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Nope. Hitting the X will always close the window. cquick@callingpost.com
Geographic Information System (GIS), ASP, some Oracle
Geographic Information System (GIS), ASP, some Oracle
spewn
Programmer
- May 7, 2001
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although the X will close the window, if you put in the body tag 'onunload=' or 'onbeforeunload=', your effect will be...
onunload= will call a function first, then close the window...
onbeforeunload= (only in ie, i believe) will call a function, let's say a confirm prompt, thereby alerting the user to make certain they really want to close the browser window...if they confirm the close, the window closes, but if they click no, the window remains...
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onunload= will call a function first, then close the window...
onbeforeunload= (only in ie, i believe) will call a function, let's say a confirm prompt, thereby alerting the user to make certain they really want to close the browser window...if they confirm the close, the window closes, but if they click no, the window remains...
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spewn you were right I was using unbeforeunload incorrectly.
The following works like a charm. Some people shouldn't be so "Quick" to answer!
<SCRIPT LANGUAGE="JavaScript1.2" TYPE="text/javascript">
<!--
window.onbeforeunload = unloadAnnounce;
function unloadAnnounce(){
Announce = "You sure you want to close?"
return Announce;
}
//-->
</SCRIPT>
The following works like a charm. Some people shouldn't be so "Quick" to answer!
<SCRIPT LANGUAGE="JavaScript1.2" TYPE="text/javascript">
<!--
window.onbeforeunload = unloadAnnounce;
function unloadAnnounce(){
Announce = "You sure you want to close?"
return Announce;
}
//-->
</SCRIPT>
bcdeveloper
Programmer
I'm not a javascript person so this might be a dumb question. But I'd appreciate any help.
Can the OK (to continue closing) button be removed? I have an application that it is imperative that users log out before closing the browser.
I just want an Alert that tells them to log out before closing.
Thank you for your patience and help.
Ken
Can the OK (to continue closing) button be removed? I have an application that it is imperative that users log out before closing the browser.
I just want an Alert that tells them to log out before closing.
Thank you for your patience and help.
Ken
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Not sure about that one. Here's the documentation straight from Microsoft.
spewn
Programmer
- May 7, 2001
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you know, you could throw the confirm pop up, and have it prompt the user like...
are you sure you want to logout?
and if the confirm, then on 'yes' click, run a function to log them out, then close the window...
once again i can't test this out as my comp box doesn't have the notepad.exe or any text editor...but if trouble persists, someone should be able to assist, or i'll check it out once i get home...
- spewn
I am trying to implement this above and it works except that whenever I try to go to a diffrent page within the application it is giving me the alert box. I have placed the java in a header that is included on all pages and I did not need to put anything in the body tag to get it to work. Any ideas?
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