closing parent after pop up appears

[sramruttun]

hi

I open a pop up window using window.showModalDialog. How can I close the
parent window after the pop up appears ?

 

[Daniel Bass]

window.showModalDialog(...)
window.close();

will first launch your window, then close itself....

 

[Saravana]

Check out this article, here i have explained how you can close the popup
window
http://www.microsoft.com/india/msdn/articles/PopupCalendarinASP.aspx

 

[Vidar Petursson]

Hi

You cant close the opener if you use a dialog until the dialog closes
use window.open instead.....

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Vidar Petursson
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[sramruttun]

thanks everyone for your replies
Daniel said:
window.showModalDialog(...)
window.close();
well I had tried this but it does not work..

Saravana is suggesting an article on how to close the POP UP WINDOW while I
want to close the parent (opener)

Vidur said that the opener can't be closed if you use a dialog until the
dialog closes
use window.open instead.....

I too thought that when showModalDialog is used, the parent can't be closed.
I'll need to use window.open.

But is there still a workaround to achieve it using showModalDialog?

 

[sramruttun]

ok Jerry
But what's the main difference between showModelessDialog and
showModalDialog ?
Both seem to be modal.

 

[Vidar Petursson]

Hi

http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/d...html/reference/methods/showmodelessdialog.asp
The dialog will close when opener closes.... use window.open ;-)

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Vidar Petursson
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