hooking to a browser instance through javascript

[ranadhir]

We can use attachevent to listen to events on a document.
But we wish to open a new browser instance(window.open) and hook into the events of that particular browser instance-how do we do that?
We want to provide a recording functionality which allows us to record all user actions/navigations on a browser instance.
Is this possible through javascript?

 

[BillyRayPreachersSon]

If the document opened in the new window is on the same domain as the opener, you should be able to, yes.

Using window.open, you can get a handle to the window:

var winHandle = window.open(args);

You can then use this variable to refer to the new window anywhere you would normally use "window" (or an implied use of "window") to attach events.

Hope this helps,
Dan



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[ranadhir]

Does this mean that for cross-domain recording there is no javascript option available - but would have to go throgh the IWebBrowser route?

 

[BillyRayPreachersSon]

I have no idea what the last part of your sentence means, but you are correct on the first part, yes.

The JS security built into most browsers prevents cross-domain scripting.

Dan



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