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I am looking for a java script to close a web form that I can attatch to a
button click event. I am using vs2005, c#.
Thanks
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Paul G
Software engineer.

Thanks for the responses, do I just attatch this to the onclick event?
--
Paul G
Software engineer.


"Mark Rae [MVP]" wrote:

> "Gustavo Cantero" <> wrote in message
> news:7A0F0A1B77EE4A3F932D1D235D10FF6F@CATALINA...
>
> [top-posting corrected]
>
> >> I am looking for a java script to close a web form that I can attatch to
> >> a
> >> button click event. I am using vs2005, c#.
> >
> > The script "window.close()" close the window in the browser. Is this
> > that you need?
>
> That will generate a message asking the user to confirm that they want to
> close the window, and you have omitted the final semi-colon.
>
> The correct JavaScript is:
>
> "window.opener=null;window.close();"
>
>
> --
> Mark Rae
> ASP.NET MVP
> http://www.markrae.net
>
>

[bermanbp]

Try this:
Add this as an attribute to your button:

OnClientClick="return window.close()"

Mark Rae [MVP] wrote:

> "Gustavo Cantero" <> wrote in message
> news:7A0F0A1B77EE4A3F932D1D235D10FF6F@CATALINA...
>
>>> I am looking for a java script to close a web form that I can attatch
>>> to a button click event. I am using vs2005, c#.
>>
>> The script "window.close()" close the window in the browser. Is this
>> that you need?
>
> That will generate a message asking the user to confirm that they want
> to close the window, and you have omitted the final semi-colon.
>
> The correct JavaScript is:
>
> "window.opener=null;window.close();"

That only appears to be the case with IE6.

In IE7, setting opener to null doesn't appear to make a difference. There
is a difference between closing a window that was opened by script versus
closing a window that was not opened by script. You're prompted with a
confirmation if closing a window that was _not_ opened by JavaScript. If
the window was opened by JavaScript, you're not prompted with a confirmation
(it just closes). Setting window.opener to null doesn't change this.

In Firefox, if you try to close a window that was not opened by JavaScript,
it doesn't close and you get the message "Warning: Scripts may not close
windows that were not opened by script." in the error console. If you close
a window that was opened by JavaScript, you're not prompted with a
confirmation (it just closes). This is true regardless of setting
window.opener to null.

In Safari 3.1, setting opener to null makes no difference. Windows opened
by script always close without a confirmation, and windows not opened by
script will not close with window.close().

setting opener to null was a trick that works due a (minor) security bug
with ie 6.0 (opener should be read only). no properly coded browser will
allow javascript to close a main (non popup) window, only windows that
were opened with javascript (and thus have an opener defined) will
respond to window.close().

-- bruce (sqlwork.com)

Ben Amada wrote:
> Mark Rae [MVP] wrote:
>
>> "Gustavo Cantero" <> wrote in message
>> news:7A0F0A1B77EE4A3F932D1D235D10FF6F@CATALINA...
>>
>>>> I am looking for a java script to close a web form that I can attatch
>>>> to a button click event. I am using vs2005, c#.
>>>
>>> The script "window.close()" close the window in the browser. Is this
>>> that you need?
>>
>> That will generate a message asking the user to confirm that they want
>> to close the window, and you have omitted the final semi-colon.
>>
>> The correct JavaScript is:
>>
>> "window.opener=null;window.close();"
>
> That only appears to be the case with IE6.
>
> In IE7, setting opener to null doesn't appear to make a difference.
> There is a difference between closing a window that was opened by script
> versus closing a window that was not opened by script. You're prompted
> with a confirmation if closing a window that was _not_ opened by
> JavaScript. If the window was opened by JavaScript, you're not prompted
> with a confirmation (it just closes). Setting window.opener to null
> doesn't change this.
>
> In Firefox, if you try to close a window that was not opened by
> JavaScript, it doesn't close and you get the message "Warning: Scripts
> may not close windows that were not opened by script." in the error
> console. If you close a window that was opened by JavaScript, you're
> not prompted with a confirmation (it just closes). This is true
> regardless of setting window.opener to null.
>
> In Safari 3.1, setting opener to null makes no difference. Windows
> opened by script always close without a confirmation, and windows not
> opened by script will not close with window.close().

bruce barker wrote:

> setting opener to null was a trick that works due a (minor) security bug
> with ie 6.0 (opener should be read only). no properly coded browser will
> allow javascript to close a main (non popup) window, only windows that
> were opened with javascript (and thus have an opener defined) will
> respond to window.close().

Aaah ... I wasn't aware of this issue with IE6. Another item on my "go away
IE6" list