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I am trying to cancel the window from unloading when the user responds Cancel to the confirm dialog, like this:<br />
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function doTest(){<br />
return confirm('Clck Ok for next page or click Cancel to stay on this page.');<br />
}i<br />
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&lt;body onUnload=&quot;return doTest();&quot;&gt;<br />
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This does not cancel the unLoad regardless of the choice.<br />

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I am trying to cancel the window from unloading when the user responds Cancel to the confirm dialog, like this:

function doTest(){
return confirm('Clck Ok for next page or click Cancel to stay on this page.');
}i

<body onUnload="return doTest();">

This does not cancel the unLoad regardless of the choice.


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