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How can I get a browser window to reopen itself if the user closes it...using the body onunload statement
Posted on 2004-10-07
I have a holding page where the user must work with a child window that is open also. If the user closes the parent 'holding' window then the process does not work as smoothly. Not being a javascript person, what statement do I need to use in the 'body onunload=' that will reopen the browser window to the same page if the user closes it?
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there will be no smooth solution for your problem as onunload fires not only when you press the X button but also when you refresh the page or navigate to other pages.
i suggest you use our previous method but using this code,
<!doctype html public "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN">
<html>
<head>
<script>
var Cleaned = false;
function cleanUp(){
var URL = 'finishpage.html';
if(window.opener == null || window.opener.closed){
window.open(URL)
}
else{
window.opener.location.hre
}
window.close();
}
</script>
</head>
<body onunload="if(!Cleaned)clea
<a href="finishpage.html" onclick="Cleaned=true;clea
</body>
</html>
i suggest you use our previous method but using this code,
<!doctype html public "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN">
<html>
<head>
<script>
var Cleaned = false;
function cleanUp(){
var URL = 'finishpage.html';
if(window.opener == null || window.opener.closed){
window.open(URL)
}
else{
window.opener.location.hre
}
window.close();
}
</script>
</head>
<body onunload="if(!Cleaned)clea
<a href="finishpage.html" onclick="Cleaned=true;clea
</body>
</html>
here in one Line
<body onLoad="Z=window.open('a1a
So it will LOAD a pop up a1a.html when the Page loads, variable Assign to it is Z, so you can open Child Window anywhere you want but assign it to a variable named Z. Then in unload event define the same path as the MAIN parent window.
so if the child is open parent will keep opening.
<body onLoad="Z=window.open('a1a
So it will LOAD a pop up a1a.html when the Page loads, variable Assign to it is Z, so you can open Child Window anywhere you want but assign it to a variable named Z. Then in unload event define the same path as the MAIN parent window.
so if the child is open parent will keep opening.
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