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OnUnload for a frameset

In frameset tag I have fired window.open method onunload event handler. It is working with explorer browser but not with Netscape navigator.
What might be the reason?? If I am giving other commands such as alert statement instead of window.open then it is working in Netscape also. Please give me a solution. It is showing that that "Illegal URL method" along with the url, which I want to try to open by window.open().

CJ_S

In Netscape you cannor prevent a user from closing the browser, the same goes for the onunload. You cannot force the user, when he wants to quit a certain frameset (which is seen as closing the browser), to open up a new page.

A solution might be to use a function which opens up the new browser window or whatsoever. But big chance that that won't work...

Michel Plungjan

Netscape wants a complete url in the onUnload because often the knowlegde of the page like where it came from is already gone from memory.

<frameset onUnload="window.open('http://www.myserver.com/','newwindow')">

Michel

kollegov

If you want not to allow to close window. I'd use the following:

<frameset onUnload="window.open(document.location,'newwindow')">

This will just reopen document again in new window.
( And this work :)

attempt to cancel close window
is what Netscape corporation consider 'bad practise' and therefore not allow to do.
I think you hardly will find any surfer on the net who consider this policy wrong...

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Michel Plungjan

DP: You are again answering with an answer that is already in the comments - please do not do that. Feel free to add comments and have your comments accepted as answers, but if there are already valid comments, please do not answer

Michel