pop-up window

[kann]

Hi,
I have a main window, which opens a pop-up window. When user closes this pop-up window, internally database to be updated and this should be closed. Problem is if user close the pop-up window using windows close button, next operation will not be done. So I have to open another window
to make this operation and close it again . But it will be (new window) visible for a while even after the main pop-up window closes. Can any body help to resolve this.
thanks
Kann

 

[baad]

hie kann,
as i already suggested today 2 somebody, u culd move this new window outside the screen, & then close it without botherin that user is able 2 kill it

 

[tsdragon]

However you can only move a window outside the screen if you have the security rights to do so, which you usually don't.
Tracy Dryden
tracy@bydisn.com

Meddle not in the affairs of dragons,
For you are crunchy, and good with mustard.

 

[baad]

hi tsdragon, really?
in what browser? didnt heard about it.. i'll check it out & post here..

 

[tsdragon]

This is from developer.netscape.com, regarding the window.moveTo function:

"Exceeding any of the boundaries of the screen (to hide some or all of a window) requires signed JavaScript, so a window won't move past the screen boundaries. You need the UniversalBrowserWrite privilege for this. For information on security, see the Client-Side JavaScript Guide."
Tracy Dryden
tracy@bydisn.com

Meddle not in the affairs of dragons,
For you are crunchy, and good with mustard.

 

[baad]

netscrap $uxx, who cares about it.. ;-)

 

[tsdragon]

I agree, but as far as I know that's NOT a netscape limitation. I think it applies to IE too. Tracy Dryden
tracy@bydisn.com

Meddle not in the affairs of dragons,
For you are crunchy, and good with mustard.

 

[baad]

no'p, just checked:
wnd=open('','','')
wnd.moveTo(0,screen.AvailHeight+100) works just fine - window is kicked off the screen's area..

regards, vic

 

[tsdragon]

Hmmm, I don't think I like that at ALL! What's to prevent someone from leaving a window open on your screen that you can't see and doing dastardly things with it?
Tracy Dryden
tracy@bydisn.com

Meddle not in the affairs of dragons,
For you are crunchy, and good with mustard.

 

[baad]

well, i agree, (didnt thought about dark side of this way) but the fact is.. it works, so, anyone is able 2 do with it everything anytime .. :-(

 

[ChainsawJoe]

Going back to the main point - why can't you use an onUnload in the BODY tag of the popup to call the code that you would need to call anyway?