Closing a web page

[WhiskyRomeo]

I am using the following code to open another .aspx page

function viewCart() {
window.open('ShoppingCart.aspx')
}

The above function is attacked to the onClick event of a button.

However, when I use following code attached to a button on the newly opened
page, it just reposts. Basically the page should be closing itself.

function CloseCart() {
self.close;
}

All suggestions from previous posts that I could find have not worked.
Anyone know how to really do this?

WR

[prabhupr]

I think you need to use "window.close();" and not "self.close; "

[Göran Andersson]

Although the self reference is not in the standard, most browsers
support it for historical reasons. It's better to use the windows
reference, though.

What makes the magical difference here is the parantheses. Nicely
spotted, I missed that one. :) Without them, you just get a reference to
the close method and throw it away.

pr******@hotmail.com wrote:

I think you need to use "window.close();" and not "self.close; "

[WhiskyRomeo]

Unfortunately neither

window.close() nor self.close() work.

WR

"pr******@hotmail.com" wrote:

I think you need to use "window.close();" and not "self.close; "

[WhiskyRomeo]

I take it back. Window.Close() does not work but window.close does.
Now my next question is how to get the calling page to refresh if a changes
was made on the called page?

wr
"Göran Andersson" wrote:

Although the self reference is not in the standard, most browsers
support it for historical reasons. It's better to use the windows
reference, though.

What makes the magical difference here is the parantheses. Nicely
spotted, I missed that one. :) Without them, you just get a reference to
the close method and throw it away.

pr******@hotmail.com wrote:

I think you need to use "window.close();" and not "self.close; "

[Göran Andersson]

Reload the page from the popup:

window.opener.location.reload(true);

WhiskyRomeo wrote:

I take it back. Window.Close() does not work but window.close does.
Now my next question is how to get the calling page to refresh if a changes
was made on the called page?

wr
"Göran Andersson" wrote:

Although the self reference is not in the standard, most browsers
support it for historical reasons. It's better to use the windows
reference, though.

What makes the magical difference here is the parantheses. Nicely
spotted, I missed that one. :) Without them, you just get a reference to
the close method and throw it away.

pr******@hotmail.com wrote:

I think you need to use "window.close();" and not "self.close; "