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How to close the Opened window from the parent

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swetab

swetab

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May 6, 2003
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Hello,

I Open new window using window.open to inform the user about saving in progress and once save is done on the parent window I want to close Progress window.

I am not able to close the Progress window its saying Progressbar undefined.

To Open the window:
ProgressBar =window.open("ProgressBar.aspx","Progress","width=170,height=240,left=270,top=180");

To close the window :
function closepopup()
{
if(false == ProgressBar.closed)
{
ProgressBar.close ();
}
else
{
alert('Window already closed!');
}
}

Please help me

Thanks.
 
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Are you defining ProgressBar in the same place as you are trying to close it? Is ProgressBar a global variable, or was it defined within a function?

Adam

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ahh, good point.

yes, make sure you have, at the top of your page (between <head></head>), this:

Code: 
<script type="text/javascript"><!--
var ProgressBar;
//--></script>

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Hello,

No luck its still sating ProgressBar is undefined.

I think its because the parent window has lost the reference??

let me know if there is any other way to do it please..

Thanks
 
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Now its giving PrgressBar.closed is null or not an object.

 
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Ok here is the code:

On Page load event of aspx.vb page to open the progress window:
cmdSave.Attributes.Item("onclick") = "this.disabled=true;cmdApprove.disabled=true;cmdDeny.disabled=true;Show_Progress();" & GetPostBackEventReference(cmdSave).ToString

In html page have 2 JS function one for open and other to close:
function Show_Progress()
{
ProgressBar =window.open("ProgressBar.aspx","ProgressBar","width=170,height=240,left=270,top=180");

}

function closepopup()
{

if(false == ProgressBar.closed)
{
ProgressBar.close ();
}
else
{
alert('Window already closed!');
}
}

Close is called after save button click event is done like this :
Page.RegisterStartupScript("Progress", "<script> closepopup(); </script>")
 
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Add this right before your Show_Progress() function:
Code: 
var ProgressBar = {closed:true}

Adam

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And by "before" I mean "above" it.

Adam

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Hi Adam, it didn't work !

I found the solution myself and it worked:
Page.RegisterStartupScript("Progress", "<script> Show_progress();closepopup(); </script>")

Thanks for the support.

 
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Wouldn't that just flash the popup for a split second then close it right away?

Adam

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Nevermind, I see what you are doing. You are performing a post-back, so the reference is getting lost. It looks like you already found out how to restablish the link to the popup. Good work. The code I gave you should still be used though to make sure the ProgressBar variable is global.

Adam

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Another option that I've used for a progress bar on IE-only apps is to use the showModelessDialog() method which closes automatically when the page unloads.

Adam

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