Re: executing a JS function when a browser closes

by "Rajnish Bhaskar" <9705228b(at)student.gla.ac.uk>

 Date:  Wed, 12 Apr 2000 19:50:51 +0100
 To:  "David Rapp" <david(at)rappd.freeserve.co.uk>
 Cc:  hwg-basics(at)mail.hwg.org
 In-Reply-To:  default
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Hi David,

> I think it's possible. If you use the unload function JavaScript can control
> an event on the closure of the page. 

I thought that this is only for when you are closing a page, not when you 
are closing the broswer.  I've tried something similar, and it didn't seem 
to work.

> But you'd need some error checking to
> prevent accidental logouts on leaving the current page.

We were going to put the site inside an invisable frame to get around this.

Thanks,
Raj.
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