RE: Controlling the Browser back button

by "Charlton, Mark" <Mark.Charlton(at)sgcna.com>

Date:	Wed, 29 Nov 2000 17:56:52 -0500
To:	"'Durwood Edwards'" <durwoode(at)mindspring.com>, Bryce.Fields(at)mail.state.ky.us, hwg-techniques(at)hwg.org
Cc:	"'hwg-techniques(at)hwg.org'" <hwg-techniques(at)hwg.org>
	todo: View Thread, Original

My understanding is that if the window you are trying to close wasn't opened
with javascript, then IE will prompt you if javascript tries to close it, as
it thinks it might be trying to trick you in some kind of security issue.

Mark

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Durwood Edwards [mailto:durwoode(at)mindspring.com]
> Subject: Re: Controlling the Browser back button
> 
> I get the message everytime. Perhaps there is a way to disable the alert?


> > Now for "sort of" I alluded to above:  A few times (but not every time)
I
> > test the pages, I get a message from IE telling me that the popup was
trying
> > to close the parent, should I let it continue.  Other times I don't get
the
> > warning and everything proceeds as planned.  Also, I haven't checked how
> > this works in other browsers, so I can't vouch for anything other than
IE
> > 5.5, but it's a start to a solution.  Any ideas?

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