Closing a HTML browser when the MC ic complete

[A4u]

OK let me throw one out and see what you guys say // Can I open a Flash project in HTML and once it reach the last frame have it close the browser window that it is playing in?
Maybe I should explain a little more

I have a movie that is playing in a browser and a button that will call up another HTML to play in a separate browser (on top of the current browser). Now it is this browser that I want to close when the movie plays through. I know I can use JAVA but it will have a popup that come on that the user would have to click. What I want is to not have that popup to come up

OK let me have it (any suggestions)

[matt poole]

You need to close the window with JavaScript (I think this is what you mean by JAVA - not the same thing )

you call the JavaScript with a getURL command like this:

getURL("javascript:window.close();");

Im guessing that this is something you've tried and the popup is the one that says "a script in this document is trying to close this window"(or something similar) as far as I know this is an inbuilt security feature. If you find out that you can get rid of it though (I dont think you can) post the answer here so we can all benefit

ps. why does "javascript" appear with a space in it when in its in AS tags

[mvhall]

Yep I've noticed this as well, as it took me a while to figure some posted code out that didn't work because I copied it with the space as well.

Must be a mistake in the php page that they use to display the AS. Maybe you could ask Jesse the php page and change it?

Cheers,

[A4u]

Yea you are right I did mean javascript. And yeaa I have tried that but I'll keep looking and let you know if I come up with something

[A4u]

PS
Hey Matt Why is that ?????

[Tyran_Avalon]

Originally Posted by matt poole

You need to close the window with JavaScript (I think this is what you mean by JAVA - not the same thing )

you call the JavaScript with a getURL command like this:

getURL("javascript:window.close();");

Im guessing that this is something you've tried and the popup is the one that says "a script in this document is trying to close this window"(or something similar) as far as I know this is an inbuilt security feature. If you find out that you can get rid of it though (I dont think you can) post the answer here so we can all benefit

ps. why does "javascript" appear with a space in it when in its in AS tags

I was wondering if you would know the javascript I would need in the html for that to work.

[matt poole]

getURL("javascript:window.close();");

this does work. There is an issue if you try and close a window with script, unless you've opened that page your self with script the browser will popup a warning to the user telling them that a script is trying to close the current window. This gives the user the option to close or not, so its not always the best option for usability.

[Avitar]

getURL("javascript:window.opener=self; window.close()"); won't ask you if you want to close the window.

[ssarcheck]

I have a flash project writen by someone else that I'm trying to troubleshoot. The htm calls a swf. If I run the swf by itself the exit button closes it. If I run it through the htm - the browser window doesn't close. I think the get URL is the answer to my problems.

Thanks