Databases
StackOverflow2013
Postsdbo
POIE - Access denied to window opened through javascript
 

Note that there are some explanatory texts on larger screens.

plurals
  1. POIE - Access denied to window opened through javascript
    primarykey
    data
    text
    <p>I'm opening a new window through javascript with user specific information that needs to be closed when the user is changed in the parent window.</p> <p>I save the child window reference so that I can close it later. The code looks something like this,</p> <pre><code>if (globals.newWindow) { globals.newWindow.focus(); } else { var url = $link.attr("href"); globals.newWindow = window.open(url, "windowName"); } </code></pre> <p>Later, to close the child window I do this,</p> <pre><code>if (globals.newWindow) { globals.newWindow.close(); globals.newWindow = null; } </code></pre> <p>This works fine in FireFox and Google Chrome. However, in Internet Explorer I get "Access denied" when I wish to close the window.</p> <p>Why is that?</p> <p><strong>update:</strong></p> <p>Closing the parent window and opening it again, then clicking the function to open the new window will refresh the still open child window. After that, clickgin the close function will close the child window.</p> <p><strong>update 2:</strong></p> <p>Another thing I'm seeing while debugging this is that when access is denied, the window is also already considered closed (its closed property is true). That could be why it doesn't get closed?</p> <p><strong>update 3:</strong></p> <p>The difference between FireFox and IE is that when closing in FireFox, window.closed == false (which makes sense since it's not closed yet) while in IE window.closed == true. IE believes the window to already be closed before I run window.close();</p> <p>The reason for this is for me a total mystery.</p>
    singulars
    1. This table or related slice is empty.
    1. This table or related slice is empty.
    1. PTQuestion
    1. USJohan Alkstål
    1. USJohan Alkstål
    plurals
    1. This table or related slice is empty.
    1. This table or related slice is empty.
    1. This table or related slice is empty.
    1. This table or related slice is empty.
    1. This table or related slice is empty.
    1. COIt might be some security setting in IE. Try setting to "Low" (or "None") and try.
      singulars
      1. POIE - Access denied to window opened through javascript
      1. USRichard H
    2. COTried and no change.
      singulars
      1. POIE - Access denied to window opened through javascript
      1. USJohan Alkstål
    3. COthis is a shot in the dark but have you tried "blanking" the child document first (e.g. `globals.newWindow.document.write('')` ) and then closing it?
      singulars
      1. POIE - Access denied to window opened through javascript
      1. USLiv
 

Querying!

 
Guidance
A row detail

Detail views are divided into sections. All the information in the data section comes from columns in the selected row. The other sections display data from other, related rows.

Related data can be related in a to-one or a to-many fashion. Captions of data related in a to-many fashion link to a list view showing a filtered view of the table.

Try moving around until you find a non-empty to-many entry and click on the label to get to one. You can move back to the root by clicking on the database name in the header.

SQuiL has stopped working due to an internal error.

If you are curious you may find further information in the browser console, which is accessible through the devtools (F12).

Reload