Pop Up Window Problem

Dunno. i think mr norton internet security might have blocked your popup. It shows for a second and then closes. IE6.
-dk

yeah the same thing happens to me... only i don't have any kind of popup blocker...

Could someone tell me how to close the current window within the script below. This script opens a new pop up but leaves the original pop up open. I want to close the original pop up.

Thanks for any help

NYColt

zerocattle.com/examples.popUp.html

read the linked tutorials!

window.close(); before the "return false;" part. The only problem is that in IE and other browsers it will give the user a prompt saying: "The window is trying to close itself. Do you want to continue? Yes or No"

This is a security feature and there is not a way to get around it (i know there are hack for earlier versions of some browsers but in general it wont work well).
-dk

As the tutorials illustrate in the link above, if you open a popup, you can control it. So if you open a page FROM that popup, you can then close the original popup without any concern or alert.

Hi Suzanne

Thank you fro the help.

I followed the link you posted and downloaded the script but I figure out how it will close one window and open another. If you don't mind could you give me a little insight as to how it works.

Thanks
NYColt

I am not quite sure where to put:

window.name = "currentWindow";

and this:

var newWin;

function popUp(page, name, details) {
newWin=window.open(page, name, details);
newWin.focus();
return false;
}

Did you read the tutorials? That is where the answers all are, including explanations!

The JavaScript functions go in the <script type="javascript"></script> tags, in the tag.

Once you have named a popup window, you can control it. If you popup a window from that original popup window, it will be able to close the original popup window.

Put the popup script in the original popup window, naming it, say:

window.name = "OriginalPopUp";

And then when you open a new window....

click!

You can have the NewerWindow close the Original Window, by using something like:

Now keep in mind I'm typing this out of my head without checking anything, so READ THOSE TUTORIALS!