detox — Fri, 23 Mar 2001 00:28:55 +0000

Put this in the body of your pop-up...

onload="setTimeout('self.close()',5000)"

5000 - 5 seconds by the way.

Only problem here is there is a security(?) feature of IE and possibly NN that prompts the user to allow for the window to close.

here is some more info on this, this example assumes you are closing the window from the parent page:

javascript:window.close()

will close windows without a prompt;

1) if the window was originally opened with JavaScript, or
2) if the window was originally opened with a specified TARGET other than _self.

On "AnotherSite.html": Your Page

On "YourPage.html", there is another link:
Close

This link will close the window because it was opened using TARGET from "AnotherSite.html".

Regarding the minimise window... looking at that now, If I find anything I will get back to you.

Mark Hensler — Thu, 22 Mar 2001 22:57:20 +0000

I've never seen a window open minimized. Do you have an example?

Closing is easy, window_name.close()