Help Communicating Between Open Windows 1

pwel · Oct 21, 2002

Hi All,

Here is one for you.

I have a page (page1.asp) which contains a form.
When the form button is clicked two things happen.
1) The form data is validated using ASP
2) A popup window is launched on the onClick event of the form button.

When the validation is done, the ASP redirects to another page (page2.asp) leaving the orphan popup window still open.

What I need to do, is close the popup window (created by page1.asp) when page2.asp loads.

I have tried everything but cannot get page2.asp to see the popup window.

Any help will be much appreciated.

Paul. Paul Welding
Web Developer

adam0101 · Oct 21, 2002

Assuming the name of your popup window is popUp:

window.open("javascript:self.close()","popUp&quot

; Adam

http://www.adventex.com

starway · Oct 21, 2002

Try adding this to the popup page:

<script>
if (opener.document.location.href == "page2.asp&quot

window.close();
<script>

You should call this code repeatedly, so add some timer that will run it.

pwel · Oct 22, 2002

Startway...... You are a star!!!!

This is how I eventually did it: -

<script language="Javascript">
function closePopup(){

if (!opener.document.location.href == "summaryPrint.asp&quot

{
var t = setTimeout("closePopup()", 500);
}else{
window.close();
}
}
</script>

<body onLoad="closePopup();">

Thanks again.

Paul.

Paul Welding
Web Developer

adam0101 · Oct 22, 2002

That all seems a little unnecessary, why have a loop that eats resources when you could just put onload="window.open('javascript:self.close()','popUp')" on page2.asp? Adam

http://www.adventex.com

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Help Communicating Between Open Windows 1

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