window.open Script

[Tezdread]

Hello there!

I have used the window.open function and it work fine, but what I would like to happen is when I click on another link, it first closes the open window before opening the new one?

Here is part of the script I am using at the moment, and hope that I can just add a new line into it?

<!--
function my_win()
{
window.open('design.htm','mywindow','width=250,height=300,toolbar=no,location=no,directories=no,status=no,menubar=no,scrollbars=no,copyhistory=no,resizable=no');
}
function my_win2()
{
window.open('domain.htm','mywindow','width=250,height=300,toolbar=no,location=no,directories=no,status=no,menubar=no,scrollbars=no,copyhistory=no,resizable=no');
}
//-->

Then the links are:
<a href=&quot;javascript:my_win()&quot;>link</a>
<a href=&quot;javascript:my_win2()&quot;link2</a>

And the link in the open window is:
<a href='javascript: window.close();'>Close Window</a>

I was hoping that I could just add window.close() to the open window link but unfortunatly not.

Thanks in advance if any one can help

 

[jaredn]

I think you are trying to be able to keep both windows open.
If that's the case, you just need to change the script so that each window is named something differently:

window.open(&quot;page.htm&quot;,&quot;mywindow&quot;,&quot;options&quot

the second time you use window.open change the second arg:

window.open(&quot;page.htm&quot;,&quot;mywindow2&quot;,&quot;options&quot

this way the browser knows you wish to open a new one. You may also consider returning values from your window.open method:

winobj=window.open(&quot;page.htm&quot;,&quot;mywindow2&quot;,&quot;options&quot

this allows you to communicate with that window directly. for example, you can call someFunc() in the window you opened above by saying:

winobj.someFunc()

hope this helped!

jared@aauser.com

 

[jaredn]

oops...i misunderstood the question just change your scripts to look like this:

Global_Current_Win = null;
function my_win()
{
if(Global_Current_Win){Global_Current_Win.close()}
Global_Current_Win = window.open('design.htm','mywindow','width=250,height=300,toolbar=no,location=no,directories=no,status=no,menubar=no,scrollbars=no,copyhistory=no,resizable=no');
}
function my_win2()
{
if(Global_Current_Win){Global_Current_Win.close()}
Global_Current_Win = window.open('domain.htm','mywindow','width=250,height=300,toolbar=no,location=no,directories=no,status=no,menubar=no,scrollbars=no,copyhistory=no,resizable=no');
}
jared@aauser.com

 

[Tezdread]

Thank you jaredn That works great, I was testing out a couple of other things like onBlur=&quot;self.close()&quot; and onBlur=&quot;self.focus()&quot; in the body tag, they both would have done the trick on their own when it came to IE but not in netscape (dam NN) the self.focus keeps the new window on top (in IE) but doesn't work in NN, and the same with the self.close one....Thank you again for you help