window.opener.close() and Internet Explorer 6

[Geoff Wilkins]

I fear this may be a FAQ - in which case my apologies - but I've failed
to track the answer down.

I want to close a window from another window it opened. I assumed that

this.window.opener.close();

would work, and it does work with my Netscape 6; but my IE 6 gives me an
error-message, "this.window.opener is null or not an object".

Is there some code which will work with both browsers?

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Best wishes,

Geoff Wilkins
Ge****@wordsmith.demon.co.uk

[mscir]

Geoff Wilkins wrote:

I fear this may be a FAQ - in which case my apologies - but I've failed
to track the answer down.

I want to close a window from another window it opened. I assumed that

this.window.opener.close();

would work, and it does work with my Netscape 6; but my IE 6 gives me an
error-message, "this.window.opener is null or not an object".

Is there some code which will work with both browsers?

This works in my IE6 Netscape7:

window.opener.opener = top;
window.opener.close()

Found here;

http://www.quirksmode.org/js/croswin.html

Mike

[mscir]

mscir wrote:

Geoff Wilkins wrote:

I fear this may be a FAQ - in which case my apologies - but I've
failed to track the answer down.

I want to close a window from another window it opened. I assumed that

this.window.opener.close();

would work, and it does work with my Netscape 6; but my IE 6 gives me
an error-message, "this.window.opener is null or not an object".

Is there some code which will work with both browsers?

This works in my IE6 Netscape7:

window.opener.opener = top;
window.opener.close()

Found here;

http://www.quirksmode.org/js/croswin.html

Mike

Sorry I goofed, that only works on my IE6.

Mike