Getting the browser "instance" or object handle id?

[mzongo]

Is it possible to get a unique ID which will identify the browser instance the user is running uniquely. I have a situation where we need to support a user running several instances of a browser on a single machine so they can compare values from one to the other and because this requirement wasn't clear from the start and the product is now in testing I want a quick fix where I can attach this unique ID to all frame & window names.

I was hoping for something like "window.id" or "window.handle" or something!!

Is there anyway of getting an objects actual handle as an integer? (rather than just getting [object]) ??

Anybody?

 

[baad]

hie
i think u need window.name
u can set it when u open new window:
var w=window.open('file.html',"windowName",prefs)
or just window.name="windowName" Victor

 

[mzongo]

the problem is the window.name is the same on both instances, is there anything unique, without me setting it to be unique?

 

[baad]

dont kno about anything else, but if those windows r opened from each other u can use window.opener..
i think u wuld have to set names urself :-(

ps window.name is the same on both instances why? Victor

 

[mzongo]

Because they are the application (a Delphi ISPAI app as it happens) run in 2 instances of the browser, so the user runs it in 2 seperate browser instances selects some data and a window pops up with it, etc. etc. So app 1 pops up with the same window name as the other app and so the window name I used I wanted to be unique, but not any unique ID but something that I could reference in the ISAPI app and the Javascript.... something that would remain constant throughout the life of that instance of the browser...

I think I am resigned to redesigning the way it works slightly, it's just a big change at a late stage for such a stupid requirement. Don't worry, I will just go early today and cry at home.