Re: Fw: Opening and closing windows

there are two ways of doing this. you can obtain a reference to any window 
by its target or name. these can be set from the actual window object or 
while creating a new window:

window.name = "foobar";
window.open("somefile.html","foobar","");

and the reference can be caught with the window.open method:

var myWin = window.open('',"foobar");

also, the window.open method returns the window object of the window just 
created and can be caught by a varible:

var myWin = window.open("somefile.html","foobar");

in addition, each opened window has the opener property, which is a 
reference to the window that just opened it. you can either capture a 
reference to Window2 from Window3 and immediately call the close method from 
the returned object:

// in Window3
window.open('',"Window2").close();

where Window2 was created with the name "Window2". or you can go through the 
opener object:

// in Window3
window.opener.win2.close();

where Window2 was stored as a property *win2* of the openers window object:

// in Window1
window.win2 = window.open("somefile.html","Window2");

hope this helps. - Cyanide_7


>
>
>  Hi!
>
>I would like to know how to reference a particular window in JavaScript.
>
>I have Window 1 that opens Window2 and Window3. From Window3 I would like 
>to
>close Window2.
>
>Thanks,
>
>Francis.
>
>PS: I'm sorry if this seems like a simpleton question!
>
>

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