DHTML Question

[pbellc]

I am trying to create a menu bar using DHTML that will live on several hta files. I had to use hta files to develop the pages (over HTML) because of ActiveX controls. Becuase they are hta files they won't open in the same browser everytime. So I had the idea to create the floating menu bar using DHTML that would live on the side of every hta file. My problem is that I would like to close the existing hta file once someone clicks on one of the links in the menu bar. Is that possible? Any suggestions would be appreciated.

 

[pbellc]

OK. Perhaps my question wasn't clear enough, I'm kind of new at this.

What I want to do is to close the parent window on the open of the child window. Will this make the child window now the parent window? Do I put the code inside the DHTML menu code, or in the hta code of the pages? I only want the parent window to close when a click event happens within the confines of the menu -- no when a user clicks somewhere within the hta document.

I hope this is a clearer quesiton. I really appreciate any help someone can give.

 

[SashiRaveendran]

in the new window you can close the parent onload by saying:

window.opener.close();

this will however bring up an alert box asking if you would like to close the window.

If the window was opened in script then you dont get the alert