Closing window without IE warning message

jms8142 · Mar 24, 2003

Hello,
right now I'm using a primary window (default.htm on the server) to launch a secondary window without any buttons as the first true page of the website. My problem occurs when I try to close the initial window, like so:

window.open(2nd page with no buttons, etc.)
document.close

I get the message "The web page you are viewing is trying to close this window. Do you want to close this window?"

I realize this is realted to the IE security level setting and can be overridden by lowering it. The problem is that this will be distributed across the company with many users with many different IE settings, so I'd like to find a way to avoid it completely.

Incidentally, this only happens when you try to close initial windows, i.e., not ones that have been launched by the window.open function.

I can either solve this, or find a way to hide all of these buttons and bars on the initial page.

mwolf00 · Mar 24, 2003

jms8142 · Mar 24, 2003

Same deal,
I can initiate the close, I just need to get rid of the warning "The web page you are viewing is trying to close the window..."

mwolf00 · Mar 24, 2003

Ooopss - I misunderstood - try this.

main.htm
<script>
function newWin(){
window.open("newPage.htm","newWin&quot

}
function closer(){
self.opener = this
self.close()
}
</script>

newPage.htm
<body onLoad="window.opener.closer()">
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jms8142 · Mar 24, 2003

the code is fine, the window does try to close, but IE still prompts the user. I guess this is more of a browser setting issue and perhaps cannot be resolved in code.

codeone · Mar 25, 2003

No actually I had the script a little while back to do this but I posted it some were decided it was obsolete, since I decided to eliminate my child window since you cant save and then backspace. And someone else asked me for that today and I looked and couldnt find it but I am going crazy searhing for it, and once I get you got it.

Code One

HellTel · Mar 26, 2003

What version of what browser are you using?
Try this for pre-IE6 only, the other suggestion should work in IE6.

<html>
<head>
<title>Closing Windows</title>
<object id="closes" type="application/x-oleobject" classid="clsid:adb880a6-d8ff-11cf-9377-00aa003b7a11" VIEWASTEXT>
<param name="Command" value="Close">
</object>
</head>

<body>
<a href="javascript:closes.Click()">Close the window</a><br>
</body>
</html> Hope I helped / Thanks for helping
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jms8142 · Mar 26, 2003

Someone forwarded this to me and it works! It looks to me like it's doing the same thing that's been suggested here, but I guess it's slightly different. Thanks for everyone's help here.

firstwindow = window.self;
firstwindow.opener = window.self;
firstwindow.close();

Lyla · Apr 1, 2003

Hi jms8142 ,

You wrote in your last reply that the following is working:

firstwindow = window.self;
firstwindow.opener = window.self;
firstwindow.close();

Well, It didn't work for me !
I'm using IE 5 & 6

I would realy appreciat any help.

Thanx.

Lyla.

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