Preventing unload .

[Nithya Venkatachalam]

Hi,

How to stop unloading a page in the event handler called during
onUnload?

onUnload=unloadhandler();

function unloadhandler()
{
if(!confirm("message"))
{
I want something to be done which prevents the page from
unloading and returns to the same page as 'back' functionality
}

}

[Hal Rosser]

So you want the user to have to close the browser to get away from your site
?
They will love that! and will never return.

"Nithya Venkatachalam" <vn*****@gmail.com> wrote in message
news:ch********@odbk17.prod.google.com...

Hi,

How to stop unloading a page in the event handler called during
onUnload?

onUnload=unloadhandler();

function unloadhandler()
{
if(!confirm("message"))
{
I want something to be done which prevents the page from
unloading and returns to the same page as 'back' functionality
}

}

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[Jasper Bryant-Greene]

Nithya Venkatachalam wrote:

Hi,

How to stop unloading a page in the event handler called during
onUnload?

onUnload=unloadhandler();

function unloadhandler()
{
if(!confirm("message"))
{
I want something to be done which prevents the page from
unloading and returns to the same page as 'back' functionality
}

}

Ignoring the fact that this is a very bad idea and an easy way to piss
users off, have you tried simply making unloadhandler() return FALSE?

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[Andrew Thompson]

On 30 Aug 2004 21:33:44 -0700, in comp.lang.javascript you wrote:

I want something to be done which prevents the page from
unloading and returns to the same page as 'back' functionality

(guest)
I want a different page, ..no, *site*.

BTW - Do not set follow-ups by email Nithya,
this is not your personal 'help-desk', it is
a *discussion* *forum*!

[ My newsreader is not even configured for
sending email, as it happens. ]

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[Randy Webb]

Andrew Thompson wrote:

On 30 Aug 2004 21:33:44 -0700, in comp.lang.javascript you wrote:

I want something to be done which prevents the page from
unloading and returns to the same page as 'back' functionality

(guest)
I want a different page, ..no, *site*.

BTW - Do not set follow-ups by email Nithya,
this is not your personal 'help-desk', it is
a *discussion* *forum*!

Does Google allow setting the follow-up? I have never posted from
groups.google so I am curious.

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[Andrew Thompson]

On Tue, 31 Aug 2004 02:18:22 -0400, Randy Webb wrote:

BTW - Do not set follow-ups by email Nithya,
this is not your personal 'help-desk', it is
a *discussion* *forum*!

Does Google allow setting the follow-up? I have never posted from
groups.google so I am curious.

I had not noticed the OP was posting from Google!

Bad, ..bad Google. Stop it*.

* allowing people on a web-based access
to usenet to set email follow-ups..

Wait.. what is that I hear? Is it the stampede
of Google web-app programmers rushing to change
the Google 'groups' interface based on the
complaint of one random usenaut? ;-)

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[Michael Winter]

On Tue, 31 Aug 2004 16:54:37 +1200, Jasper Bryant-Greene
<ja**@fatalnetwork.com> wrote:

Nithya Venkatachalam wrote:
[trying to stop unload]

I have a distinct feeling of déjà vu here. Oh yes. That's because you
already posted this question (twice).
Ignoring the fact that this is a very bad idea and an easy way to piss
users off, have you tried simply making unloadhandler() return FALSE?

That won't work. The unload event can't be cancelled (thank goodness).
Besides, my browser doesn't fire the event at all when I close a tab, or
the browser itself. Trying to rely on this approach is a very bad idea.

Randy Webb does propose another approach in the original incarnation of
this thread (posted yesterday), which will work in IE and Mozilla.

Mike

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[R. van Laake]

Don't be such a pisser, beforehand assuming the guy has malintentions.

I have exactly the same question and my motive for it is that I am building
a web *application* for the employess at the office. They shouldn't be able
to shut the application with Alt-F4 for many good business-reasons (like
logging, making sure their work is properly saved, etc.)

Ray

"Hal Rosser" <hm******@bellsouth.net> wrote in message
news:Pm*******************@bignews1.bellsouth.net. ..

So you want the user to have to close the browser to get away from your site ?
They will love that! and will never return.

"Nithya Venkatachalam" <vn*****@gmail.com> wrote in message
news:ch********@odbk17.prod.google.com...

Hi,

How to stop unloading a page in the event handler called during
onUnload?

onUnload=unloadhandler();

function unloadhandler()
{
if(!confirm("message"))
{
I want something to be done which prevents the page from
unloading and returns to the same page as 'back' functionality
}

}

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