Error When 2nd Window Closed

[clarkmurray]

I need to either open a second window or reload the 2nd window if it is already open, so I'm using the code:

function openmovie(url) {
if (!moviewin.open) {
moviewin = window.open("Window_2.htm",url,""
moviewin.focus();
}
else {
moviewin.window.name = url;
moviewin.location.reload();
moviewin.focus();
}
}

This works just fine the first time the 2nd window is opened and if the 2nd window stays open. However, if the user closes the 2nd window, the next attempt at opening the window produces the error (in IE6) "The remote machince server does not exist or is unavailable".

Can someone tell me how to fix this?

 

[jemminger]

try declaring "moviewin" as a global var outside of your function:
[tt]
// declare global var
var moviewin;

function openmovie(url) {
if (!moviewin.open) {
moviewin = window.open("Window_2.htm",url,""
moviewin.focus();
}
else {
moviewin.window.name = url;
moviewin.location.reload();
moviewin.focus();
}
}
[/tt] =========================================================
if (!succeed) try();
-jeff

 

[clarkmurray]

Not quite, but close. I still received an error, this time: "moviewin is null or not a object". But what you said did give me an idea of how to solve the problem so I just used:

var moviewin="";
function openmovie(url) {
if (moviewin == "" || moviewin.closed) {
...

Works fine now. Thanks for your suggestion.

 

[jemminger]

clarkmurray,

yes, actually the best way to check for existence is this:

if (moviewin && moviewin.open && !moviewin.closed) {
// already open, so focus the window
moviewin.focus();
}
else {
// not open, so open it
...
}
=========================================================
if (!succeed) try();
-jeff