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pbellc

pbellc

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I know this is possible to do, and I am certain that it is also very easy. I'm really new at this and need some help.

What I want to do is to close a parent window (an hta file with a DHTML menu) on the open of the child window. Will this event 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 -- not when a user clicks somewhere within the hta document.

I hope this is a clear quesiton. I really appreciate any help someone can give.
 
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Easiest way to do this is on the child page...

<script>
function closeParent()
if (window.opener){
window.opener.close()
self.focus()
}
}
</script>

<body onLoad=&quot;closeParent()&quot;>

Programming today is a race between software engineers striving to build better and bigger idiot-proof programs, and the Universe trying to produce bigger and better idiots. So far, the Universe is winning. - Rick Cook
 
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I tried that, it didn't work. Where in the code of the child page should I put it?
 
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Sorry to keep posting to my own thread, but...

Do I need to specify in that when a new window opens that it is the child?
 
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The code goes into the HTML of the child window.
You do not need to specify it as a child window - that happens implicitly when you open it.

Programming today is a race between software engineers striving to build better and bigger idiot-proof programs, and the Universe trying to produce bigger and better idiots. So far, the Universe is winning. - Rick Cook
 
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