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I have a calendar control that comes up in a popup window (like Expedia,Orbitz, etc.) and I want to autohide the window when it loses focus (i.e. when the user clicks the main web page). How and where do I do this?
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it depends on the contents of the calendar page in the popup ... but you could give this a try (in the calendar):

<BODY onBlur='self.close();'>
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Thanks for the reply knightEknight; however, when I tried your suggestion, it worked when you click the main web page but it also closes when you click a date on the control.
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Here is the code that generates the Calendar control:

function show_calendar(str_target, str_datetime) {
      var arr_months = ["January", "February", "March", "April", "May", "June",
            "July", "August", "September", "October", "November", "December"];
      var week_days = ["Su", "Mo", "Tu", "We", "Th", "Fr", "Sa"];
      var n_weekstart = 1; // day week starts from (normally 0 or 1)
      
      var dt_datetime = (str_datetime == null || str_datetime =="" ?  new Date() : str2dt4(str_datetime));
      var dt_prev_month = new Date(dt_datetime);
      dt_prev_month.setMonth(dt_datetime.getMonth()-1);
      if (dt_datetime.getMonth()%12 != (dt_prev_month.getMonth()+1)%12) {
            dt_prev_month.setMonth(dt_datetime.getMonth());
            dt_prev_month.setDate(0);
      }
      var dt_next_month = new Date(dt_datetime);
      dt_next_month.setMonth(dt_datetime.getMonth()+1);
      if ((dt_datetime.getMonth() + 1)%12 != dt_next_month.getMonth()%12)
            dt_next_month.setDate(0);

      var dt_prev_year = new Date(dt_datetime);
      dt_prev_year.setYear(dt_datetime.getFullYear()-1);

      var dt_next_year = new Date(dt_datetime);
      dt_next_year.setYear(dt_datetime.getFullYear()+1);
      
      var dt_firstday = new Date(dt_datetime);
      dt_firstday.setDate(1);
      dt_firstday.setDate(1-(7+dt_firstday.getDay()-n_weekstart)%7);
      var dt_lastday = new Date(dt_next_month);
      dt_lastday.setDate(0);
      
      // html generation (feel free to tune it for your particular application)
      // print calendar header
      var str_buffer = new String (
            "<html>\n"+
            "<head>\n"+
            "      <title>NCDOT Calendar</title>\n"+
            "</head>\n"+
            "<body  bgcolor=\"White\">\n"+
            "<table class=\"clsOTable\" cellspacing=\"0\" border=\"0\" width=\"100%\">\n"+
            "<tr><td bgcolor=\"#4682B4\">\n"+
            "<table cellspacing=\"1\" cellpadding=\"3\" border=\"0\" width=\"100%\">\n"+
            "<tr>\n      <td bgcolor=\"#4682B4\"><a href=\"javascript:window.opener.show_calendar('"+
            str_target+"', '"+ dt2dtstr4(dt_prev_year)+"');\">"+
            "<img src=\"prev_year.gif\" width=\"16\" height=\"16\" border=\"0\""+
            " alt=\"previous year\"></a></td>\n"+
            
            "      <td bgcolor=\"#4682B4\"><a href=\"javascript:window.opener.show_calendar('"+
            str_target+"', '"+ dt2dtstr4(dt_prev_month)+"');\">"+
            "<img src=\"prev.gif\" width=\"16\" height=\"16\" border=\"0\""+
            " alt=\"previous month\"></a></td>\n"+
            "      <td bgcolor=\"#4682B4\" colspan=\"3\">"+
            "<font color=\"white\" face=\"tahoma, verdana\" size=\"1\">"
            +arr_months[dt_datetime.getMonth()]+" "+dt_datetime.getFullYear()+"</font></td>\n"+
            "      <td bgcolor=\"#4682B4\" align=\"right\"><a href=\"javascript:window.opener.show_calendar('"
            +str_target+"', '"+dt2dtstr4(dt_next_month)+"');\">"+
            "<img src=\"next.gif\" width=\"16\" height=\"16\" border=\"0\""+
            " alt=\"next month\"></a></td>\n"+
            "        <td bgcolor=\"#4682B4\" align=\"right\"><a href=\"javascript:window.opener.show_calendar('"
            +str_target+"', '"+dt2dtstr4(dt_next_year)+"');\">"+
            "<img src=\"next_year.gif\" width=\"16\" height=\"16\" border=\"0\""+
            " alt=\"next year\"></a></td>\n"+
            "</tr>\n");

      var dt_current_day = new Date(dt_firstday);
      // print weekdays titles
      str_buffer += "<tr>\n";
      for (var n=0; n<7; n++)
            str_buffer += "      <td bgcolor=\"#87CEFA\">"+
            "<font color=\"white\" face=\"tahoma, verdana\" size=\"2\">"+
            week_days[(n_weekstart+n)%7]+"</font></td>\n";
      // print calendar table
      str_buffer += "</tr>\n";
      while (dt_current_day.getMonth() == dt_datetime.getMonth() ||
            dt_current_day.getMonth() == dt_firstday.getMonth()) {
            // print row heder
            str_buffer += "<tr>\n";
            for (var n_current_wday=0; n_current_wday<7; n_current_wday++) {
                        if (dt_current_day.getDate() == dt_datetime.getDate() &&
                              dt_current_day.getMonth() == dt_datetime.getMonth())
                              // print current date
                              str_buffer += "      <td bgcolor=\"#ffffe0\" align=\"right\">";
                        else if (dt_current_day.getDay() == 0 || dt_current_day.getDay() == 6)
                              // weekend days
                              str_buffer += "      <td bgcolor=\"#DBEAF5\" align=\"right\">";
                        else
                              // print working days of current month
                              str_buffer += "      <td bgcolor=\"white\" align=\"right\">";

                        if (dt_current_day.getMonth() == dt_datetime.getMonth())
                              // print days of current month
                              str_buffer += "<a href=\"javascript:window.opener."+str_target+
                              ".value='"+dt2dtstr4(dt_current_day)+"'; window.close();\">"+
                              "<font color=\"black\" face=\"tahoma, verdana\" size=\"2\">";
                        else
                              // print days of other months
                              str_buffer += "<a href=\"javascript:window.opener."+str_target+
                              ".value='"+dt2dtstr4(dt_current_day)+"'; window.close();\">"+
                              "<font color=\"gray\" face=\"tahoma, verdana\" size=\"2\">";
                        str_buffer += dt_current_day.getDate()+"</font></a></td>\n";
                        dt_current_day.setDate(dt_current_day.getDate()+1);
            }
            // print row footer
            str_buffer += "</tr>\n";
      }
      // print calendar footer
      str_buffer +=
            "</table>\n" +
            "</tr>\n</td>\n</table>\n" +
            "</body>\n" +
            "</html>\n";

      var vWinCal = window.open("", "Calendar",
            "width=178,height=174,status=no,resizable=no,top=200,left=425");
      vWinCal.opener = self;
      vWinCal.focus();
      var calc_doc = vWinCal.document;
      calc_doc.write (str_buffer);
      calc_doc.close();
      
      
}

***********
It is called by:

<a ref="javascript:show_calendar 'document.form1.BegDate', document.form1.BegDate.value);"><IMG alt="Click Here to Select Beginning Date." src  ="JS/calendar.gif" border="0" WIDTH="34" HEIGHT="21"></a>

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Here is the code that generates the Calendar control:

function show_calendar(str_target, str_datetime) {
      var arr_months = ["January", "February", "March", "April", "May", "June",
            "July", "August", "September", "October", "November", "December"];
      var week_days = ["Su", "Mo", "Tu", "We", "Th", "Fr", "Sa"];
      var n_weekstart = 1; // day week starts from (normally 0 or 1)
      
      var dt_datetime = (str_datetime == null || str_datetime =="" ?  new Date() : str2dt4(str_datetime));
      var dt_prev_month = new Date(dt_datetime);
      dt_prev_month.setMonth(dt_datetime.getMonth()-1);
      if (dt_datetime.getMonth()%12 != (dt_prev_month.getMonth()+1)%12) {
            dt_prev_month.setMonth(dt_datetime.getMonth());
            dt_prev_month.setDate(0);
      }
      var dt_next_month = new Date(dt_datetime);
      dt_next_month.setMonth(dt_datetime.getMonth()+1);
      if ((dt_datetime.getMonth() + 1)%12 != dt_next_month.getMonth()%12)
            dt_next_month.setDate(0);

      var dt_prev_year = new Date(dt_datetime);
      dt_prev_year.setYear(dt_datetime.getFullYear()-1);

      var dt_next_year = new Date(dt_datetime);
      dt_next_year.setYear(dt_datetime.getFullYear()+1);
      
      var dt_firstday = new Date(dt_datetime);
      dt_firstday.setDate(1);
      dt_firstday.setDate(1-(7+dt_firstday.getDay()-n_weekstart)%7);
      var dt_lastday = new Date(dt_next_month);
      dt_lastday.setDate(0);
      
      // html generation (feel free to tune it for your particular application)
      // print calendar header
      var str_buffer = new String (
            "<html>\n"+
            "<head>\n"+
            "      <title>NCDOT Calendar</title>\n"+
            "</head>\n"+
            "<body  bgcolor=\"White\">\n"+
            "<table class=\"clsOTable\" cellspacing=\"0\" border=\"0\" width=\"100%\">\n"+
            "<tr><td bgcolor=\"#4682B4\">\n"+
            "<table cellspacing=\"1\" cellpadding=\"3\" border=\"0\" width=\"100%\">\n"+
            "<tr>\n      <td bgcolor=\"#4682B4\"><a href=\"javascript:window.opener.show_calendar('"+
            str_target+"', '"+ dt2dtstr4(dt_prev_year)+"');\">"+
            "<img src=\"prev_year.gif\" width=\"16\" height=\"16\" border=\"0\""+
            " alt=\"previous year\"></a></td>\n"+
            
            "      <td bgcolor=\"#4682B4\"><a href=\"javascript:window.opener.show_calendar('"+
            str_target+"', '"+ dt2dtstr4(dt_prev_month)+"');\">"+
            "<img src=\"prev.gif\" width=\"16\" height=\"16\" border=\"0\""+
            " alt=\"previous month\"></a></td>\n"+
            "      <td bgcolor=\"#4682B4\" colspan=\"3\">"+
            "<font color=\"white\" face=\"tahoma, verdana\" size=\"1\">"
            +arr_months[dt_datetime.getMonth()]+" "+dt_datetime.getFullYear()+"</font></td>\n"+
            "      <td bgcolor=\"#4682B4\" align=\"right\"><a href=\"javascript:window.opener.show_calendar('"
            +str_target+"', '"+dt2dtstr4(dt_next_month)+"');\">"+
            "<img src=\"next.gif\" width=\"16\" height=\"16\" border=\"0\""+
            " alt=\"next month\"></a></td>\n"+
            "        <td bgcolor=\"#4682B4\" align=\"right\"><a href=\"javascript:window.opener.show_calendar('"
            +str_target+"', '"+dt2dtstr4(dt_next_year)+"');\">"+
            "<img src=\"next_year.gif\" width=\"16\" height=\"16\" border=\"0\""+
            " alt=\"next year\"></a></td>\n"+
            "</tr>\n");

      var dt_current_day = new Date(dt_firstday);
      // print weekdays titles
      str_buffer += "<tr>\n";
      for (var n=0; n<7; n++)
            str_buffer += "      <td bgcolor=\"#87CEFA\">"+
            "<font color=\"white\" face=\"tahoma, verdana\" size=\"2\">"+
            week_days[(n_weekstart+n)%7]+"</font></td>\n";
      // print calendar table
      str_buffer += "</tr>\n";
      while (dt_current_day.getMonth() == dt_datetime.getMonth() ||
            dt_current_day.getMonth() == dt_firstday.getMonth()) {
            // print row heder
            str_buffer += "<tr>\n";
            for (var n_current_wday=0; n_current_wday<7; n_current_wday++) {
                        if (dt_current_day.getDate() == dt_datetime.getDate() &&
                              dt_current_day.getMonth() == dt_datetime.getMonth())
                              // print current date
                              str_buffer += "      <td bgcolor=\"#ffffe0\" align=\"right\">";
                        else if (dt_current_day.getDay() == 0 || dt_current_day.getDay() == 6)
                              // weekend days
                              str_buffer += "      <td bgcolor=\"#DBEAF5\" align=\"right\">";
                        else
                              // print working days of current month
                              str_buffer += "      <td bgcolor=\"white\" align=\"right\">";

                        if (dt_current_day.getMonth() == dt_datetime.getMonth())
                              // print days of current month
                              str_buffer += "<a href=\"javascript:window.opener."+str_target+
                              ".value='"+dt2dtstr4(dt_current_day)+"'; window.close();\">"+
                              "<font color=\"black\" face=\"tahoma, verdana\" size=\"2\">";
                        else
                              // print days of other months
                              str_buffer += "<a href=\"javascript:window.opener."+str_target+
                              ".value='"+dt2dtstr4(dt_current_day)+"'; window.close();\">"+
                              "<font color=\"gray\" face=\"tahoma, verdana\" size=\"2\">";
                        str_buffer += dt_current_day.getDate()+"</font></a></td>\n";
                        dt_current_day.setDate(dt_current_day.getDate()+1);
            }
            // print row footer
            str_buffer += "</tr>\n";
      }
      // print calendar footer
      str_buffer +=
            "</table>\n" +
            "</tr>\n</td>\n</table>\n" +
            "</body>\n" +
            "</html>\n";

      var vWinCal = window.open("", "Calendar",
            "width=178,height=174,status=no,resizable=no,top=200,left=425");
      vWinCal.opener = self;
      vWinCal.focus();
      var calc_doc = vWinCal.document;
      calc_doc.write (str_buffer);
      calc_doc.close();
      
      
}

***********
It is called by:

<a ref="javascript:show_calendar 'document.form1.BegDate', document.form1.BegDate.value);"><IMG alt="Click Here to Select Beginning Date." src  ="JS/calendar.gif" border="0" WIDTH="34" HEIGHT="21"></a>

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Thanks mberumen, I'll let you know if it works out!!
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MB,

I tried your code and I just had to change a couple of minor things to make it work. Your code had the following:

vWinCal = window.open("", "Calendar",
         "width=178,height=174,status=no,resizable=no,top=200,left=425");
          vWinCal.opener = self;
         vWinCal.focus();
         var calc_doc = vWinCal.document;
         calc_doc.write (str_buffer);
         calc_doc.close();
         isPopUpOpen=true;

*******************************

I had to change it to:

     var vWinCalendar = window.open("", "Calendar",
          "width=178,height=200,status=no,resizable=no,top=200,left=425");
     vWinCalendar.opener = self;
     vWinCalendar.focus();
     var calc_doc = vWinCalendar.document;
     calc_doc.write (str_buffer);
     calc_doc.close();
     vWinCal = vWinCalendar;

The reason why I did is that when I tried your code, the main window and not the popup window would close whenever the popup window lost focus. So when I changed the reference of vWinCal to the Calendar popup, it worked!! In any case, you pointed me in the right direction and it was 90% right. Thanks for the help!!
     isPopUpOpen=true;
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Xanfere

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See comment posted for question.....
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glad to be of assistance.