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Child windows can not access window.opener when multiple child windows are open

I have a parent window that pushes a new window object onto an Array
with the following code :

OpenChild()
{

//totalNumWindows Created is global

totalNumWindows Created = totalNumWindows Created + 1;
childWnds.push( window.open(lin k, "child" +
totalNumWindows Created,"depend ent"));

..
..
..
}

This pops up a new window with every call. In the child window I call
a parent function onbeforeunload, appClose() :

function appClose(){

if (window.opener && !window.opener. closed){
window.opener.C loseChild(getQu eryString("appl ication"));
}
}

This is in my frameset tag of the child code :

<frameset ... onbeforeUnload= 'appClose()'>

The window.opener.C loseChild() function is called perfectly when I have
one child window open, but as soon as I create another child window
both of the open child windows don't ever call it. They do both go
into the onbeforeunload appClose() function, but do not call the
window.opener.C loseChild() function inside of this routine.

Anyone have any ideas why when I have two child windows open I can't
access the window.opener functions?

I have tried taking each new window out of the array and used the
following code in CloseChild() :

CloseChild()
{

//win and totalNumWindows Created are both global

totalNumWindows Created = totalNumWindows Created + 1;
var win = window.open(lin k, "child" +
totalNumWindows Created,"depend ent");

..
..
..
}

All to no avail...

Thanks for the help in advance,

Ian Michel

Jul 23 '05 #1
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Ivo
<ia********@gma il.com> wrote
Anyone have any ideas why when I have two child windows open I can't
access the window.opener functions?
Sorry, no idea. what does alert(window.op ener) tell you ?
I have tried taking each new window out of the array and used the
following code in CloseChild() :

CloseChild()
{
//win and totalNumWindows Created are both global

totalNumWindows Created = totalNumWindows Created + 1;
var win = window.open(lin k, "child" +
totalNumWindows Created,"depend ent");


Because of the "var" keyword the variable win looks awefully local to me.
Not sure how it relates to the described problem tho :-(.

--
Ivo

Jul 23 '05 #2

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