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Marx - 18 Feb 2006 13:59 GMT

Any ideas appreciated..

Is it possible to close a browser window opened by the user without
displaying the message "The web page you are viewing is tring to close the
window. Do you want to close this window?"

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Bob Barrows [MVP] - 18 Feb 2006 15:56 GMT

> Any ideas appreciated..
>
> Is it possible to close a browser window opened by the user without
> displaying the message "The web page you are viewing is tring to
> close the window. Do you want to close this window?"

It's not supposed to be. In fact, in quite a few browsers, it isn't
possible, due to the potential for for malicious activity this ability
raises.

However, if you google this, I'm sure you will find out that IE exposes a
loophole: assigning any string to the window.opener property fools IE into
thinking the script that is running is the script that opened the window.

In the next version of IE this loophole will be closed.

Bob Barrows

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Marx - 18 Feb 2006 21:36 GMT

Clear Thanks.

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Thanks Marx

> > Any ideas appreciated..
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