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The web page you are viewing is trying to close the window

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Jan 17.2007

I have a window that’s opened via a hyperlink from a parent window.

If I try to close this “child” window with a simple self.close(), I get the prompt:

The web page you are viewing is trying to close the window

Here’s my HEAD code:
<SCRIPT language=”VBScript”>
Sub Window_Onload
window.opener = “x”
End Sub
</SCRIPT>

In my BODY, I’ve got:
<INPUT type=”button” value=”Close Form”
onclick=”self.close();” >

How can I get this prompt to go away?

Thanks!

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@gil_davisJan 17.2007 — You can't. It is a browser security measure. Basically, if you did not open the window using javascript, you can't close it using javascript.

If you can figure out how to open the window using javascript and not by the hyperlink, you can avoid the message (assuming the page is on the same domain).
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@A1ien51Jan 17.2007 — Also why VBScript?

Eric
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@felgallJan 17.2007 — Obviously using VBscript because they only want the code to run in Internet Explorer and not in any other web browsers.
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