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Topic: New window javascript problem

Posted By: ub3rl337ch3ch
Subject: New window javascript problem
Date Posted: 29 June 2005 at 12:07am

Part of my ste includes a popup window to handle most of the .asp scripting without having to reload. I use javascript to transfer values between the two windows. Because this new wndow is integral to the functionality of the site, I use a body onload to do window.open evry time the page is loaded.

The problem is that sometimes as part of the .asp I have to include a js alert. This means that the js becomes part of that second window until it is reloaded. When i reload the first page, it calls the second window, and apparently refreshes the html, which displays the alert again. This is a major problem because it means that once an alert has displayed, it displays every time the first page is reloaded. This is annoying, and makes no sense, as the alert message is specific to a certain occurence.

Is there some way that I can close the window before I open it again to ensure that it loads a new instance?

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Posted By: dj air
Date Posted: 29 June 2005 at 8:42am

you could use

windowname.close
window.open

use a js to close the window, if not closed by using its name, and then re open it, therefore it closes any instance and opens again.

hope that helps im not the best at js

Posted By: ub3rl337ch3ch
Date Posted: 03 July 2005 at 6:51pm

I've tried using windowname.close (with and without ()) but it doesn't seem to work

Posted By: theSCIENTIST
Date Posted: 30 July 2005 at 3:15am

Drop Javascript, if I go to your site, it won't work for me because I always navigate with JS disabled, and so millions of other people.

By the way, your popup is also most likely blocked by the browser internal blocker or by any other blocker the user has installed.

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Posted By: ub3rl337ch3ch
Date Posted: 31 July 2005 at 7:06pm

Its not a site for public access. Its an online asp program for a campany's internal workings. Thus, the settings conform to the program no the other way around. I would never dream of using popups in an open site... hideous things...