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Jan 18.2003

ok…i have made my page open a remote window…it opens the other window as an html file…like…ok

how can i make the main window close the remote window, knowing the remote window’s “name”…?

~John

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@khalidali63Jan 18.2003 — just use the following format

popupWindowName.close();

this should it for you.

cheers

Khalid
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@SearedIceauthorJan 18.2003 — the problem is that the name of the window is a variable...
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@khalidali63Jan 18.2003 — thats not a problem,thats preciesly how one would achieve this.

var newWin = window.open()

and then call this from anywhere you want

newWin.close();

please keep in mind the scope rules of a variable

Khalid
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@SearedIceauthorJan 18.2003 — i'll explain more...

i have a function...

the function has a for loop...

the for loop opens 3 windows, and makes the window's name the value of the for loop's variable as it opens the window

thus, 3 windows pop up with the names "1" "2" and "3"

...now...i have it wait two seconds after that loop with a settimeout

then, i have another for loop that (should) close the 3 windows

i'm trying to make that for loop that does the closing close each window by the loop's variable's value...thus it closes window "1", then "2", and finnally "3"
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@khalidali63Jan 18.2003 — try the zipped solution,

hope this helps

cheers

Khalid

[upl-file uuid=a2f7e22a-a5ba-4252-a7c9-1ad5cfef4e49 size=769B]searedice-loopwinopenclose.html.zip[/upl-file]
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@SearedIceauthorJan 19.2003 — gee...your idea seems to be what i need...i hafta get off right now and don't have enough time to play with it/ see if it is really what i want but it looks like it is

um...can i change around stuff and give you credit in the source for helping and it mostly being yours?
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