!win.closed not working with IE6

[danielvaughan]

Hi Guys,

I seem to be having a problem with !win.closed and Internet Explorer 6. My script works perfectly well in firefox. I've included window.alerts to confirm this. IE just does not recognise !win.closed and therefore, wont enter that part of the script.

By the way, the script is fed some basic window address and size data from Macromedia Flash.

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

This is the script i'm working with:

function shopcart(mypage,myname,w,h,features) {
if (!window.win) {
window.alert('loading for the first time');
if(screen.width){
var winl = (screen.width-w)/2;
var wint = (screen.height-h)/2;
}else{
winl = 0;wint =0;
}
if (winl < 0) winl = 0;
if (wint < 0) wint = 0;
var settings = 'height=' + h + ',';
settings += 'width=' + w + ',';
settings += 'top=' + wint + ',';
settings += 'left=' + winl + ',';
settings += features;
win = window.open(mypage,myname,settings);
win.window.focus();
return ">> Hi Flash.";
}else {
if (!win.closed) {
window.alert('switching to already open window');
win.window.focus();
}else {
window.alert('window already opened, but now closed - opening again');
if(screen.width){
var winl = (screen.width-w)/2;
var wint = (screen.height-h)/2;
}else{
winl = 0;wint =0;
}
if (winl < 0) winl = 0;
if (wint < 0) wint = 0;
var settings = 'height=' + h + ',';
settings += 'width=' + w + ',';
settings += 'top=' + wint + ',';
settings += 'left=' + winl + ',';
settings += features;
win = window.open(mypage,myname,settings);
win.window.focus();
return ">> Hi Flash.";
}
}
}

 

[BillyRayPreachersSon]

Is "win" a global variable? If not, try defining it as one.

Hope this helps,
Dan



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[danielvaughan]

Hi Dan,

I've now included:
var win = "";
on the line before the function is defined. This should have defined win as global should it not?

However, the problem still occurs.

Regards
Daniel

 

[danielvaughan]

Dan,

To clarify, this is my whole embeded script:

<script>
var win = "";
function shopcart(mypage,myname,w,h,features) {
if (!window.win) {
window.alert('loading for the first time');
if(screen.width){
var winl = (screen.width-w)/2;
var wint = (screen.height-h)/2;
}else{
winl = 0;wint =0;
}
if (winl < 0) winl = 0;
if (wint < 0) wint = 0;
var settings = 'height=' + h + ',';
settings += 'width=' + w + ',';
settings += 'top=' + wint + ',';
settings += 'left=' + winl + ',';
settings += features;
win = window.open(mypage,myname,settings);
win.window.focus();
return ">> Hi Flash.";
}else {
if (!win.closed) {
window.alert('switching to already open window');
win.window.focus();
}else {
window.alert('window already opened, but now closed - opening again');
if(screen.width){
var winl = (screen.width-w)/2;
var wint = (screen.height-h)/2;
}else{
winl = 0;wint =0;
}
if (winl < 0) winl = 0;
if (wint < 0) wint = 0;
var settings = 'height=' + h + ',';
settings += 'width=' + w + ',';
settings += 'top=' + wint + ',';
settings += 'left=' + winl + ',';
settings += features;
win = window.open(mypage,myname,settings);
win.window.focus();
return ">> Hi Flash.";
}
}
}

</script>