Is it possible to close a parent window from a popup?

30101 · Feb 23, 2003

Hello folks. I am a newbie
I have 2 Html pages, PageA htm and PageB htm. Page A is the parent page and it pop up pageB which is of same dimension as pageA. I want page A to automatically close within (1-3secs)when page B has the focus, since I can close Page B using a close button if I want to exit the program.
Is there a way of suppressing the warning message that comes up when I try to execute above scenario? (The web page you are viewing is trying to close the window .Do you want to close this window?)

step by step code please.

Thank you
eddie
eddy@lamuren.freeserve.co.uk

jemminger · Feb 23, 2003

yes, for the most part ;-)

this seems to work for me in IE5+, NS6+, Moz1+ (on Windows)

from your child window:

opener.opener = self;
opener.close()

=========================================================
if (!succeed) try();
-jeff

30101 · Feb 23, 2003

Hi jeff,
Thanks for the suggestion, Excuse my ignorance where do I insert the code. I keep getting null error.. when I try to run the code.

Any ideals?

eddie

jemminger · Feb 24, 2003

insert it where you want to execute it, such as...

in a button:
<input type="button" value="Close Parent" onclick="opener.opener = self; opener.close();"/>

or after the child window loads:
<body onload="opener.opener = self; opener.close();"> =========================================================
if (!succeed) try();
-jeff

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Is it possible to close a parent window from a popup?

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