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Mar 03.2006

I have a webpage with a flash mp3 player on it. I want to close the parent window and have the mp3 player open in a pop-up window, however, I can’t get the parent page to close afterward. I got everything to work except the closing of the Parent window. Help!

Here’s what I have that opens the pop up window.

<a href=’JavaScript:popupWindow(“URL” ,300,320)’>Pop-up Player</a>

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@KravvitzMar 03.2006 — You can't. Only windows opened via window.open() can be closed via JavaScript.
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@HoiPolloiauthorMar 03.2006 — How can I do that then? I just need to know how I can click on a link that opens a new browser that is a specific size and closes the parent window. Would I be able to do that?
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@KravvitzMar 03.2006 — You can specify the size of the window when you use window.open(), but since the parent wasn't created by window.open(), you can't use window.close() to close it.
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@HoiPolloiauthorMar 03.2006 — Can you help me out with the coding?
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@KorMar 03.2006 — Can you help me out with the coding?[/QUOTE]
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since the parent wasn't created by window.open(), you [B][COLOR=Red]can't[/COLOR][/B] use window.close() to close it.
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