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To close the parent window you could do window.opener.close();<br />
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To close the parent window you could do window.opener.close();

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I don't want to close the parent from the child, I want to refresh it or redirect it to index.
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I don't want to close the parent from the child, I want to refresh it or redirect it to index.

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I should say that I want to refresh the parent when I close the child.
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I should say that I want to refresh the parent when I close the child.

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From a drop down menu link(that is in Flash) a pop up window comes up. In that pop up the user can then choose to close the window or continue on to the new page. In both cases, I need to have the parent window to refresh or to be redirected back to the index page. My functions either go to the new page or close the window. Would I need window.opener to be used?<br />

<pre><code id="code-618409">function newPage(newURL){
	window.open(newURL, 'newWindow', '');
	window.close();
	window.close();
}
function windowClose(){
	window.close();
}
</code></pre>
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From a drop down menu link(that is in Flash) a pop up window comes up. In that pop up the user can then choose to close the window or continue on to the new page. In both cases, I need to have the parent window to refresh or to be redirected back to the index page. My functions either go to the new page or close the window. Would I need window.opener to be used?

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