[SOLVED] close window open new link

[severndigital]

ok I am having problems with this one.

 

here is what i want to do.

 

1. open a popup window.

2. when a specific link is click in the new window I want to close it and open the link in the original window that the popup came from.

 

currently I have the code in place to popup the window.

 

I can also close the window with the self.close command.

 

can anyone help me with a function that will close the window and open a link in the original window.

 

or is it even possible??

 

thanks,

chris

[AndyB]

http://www.irt.org/script/window.htm

 

It's all in there somewhere.

[severndigital]

thanks for that link .. i found what i was looking for.

 

for anyone else .. this how i did it.

 

in the popup window head

<script language="JavaScript">
opener.name = 'main'; //name the opener

function closePopup(link){
window.open(link ,'main');
self.close();
}
</script>

 

then on the link you want to use add this as the href

 

<a href="javascript:closePopup('linkyouwant.htm')">click here</a>

 

that closes the popup and opens the link in the href in the opener window.

 

not sure if it is the 'best practice' but it got the job done for me.

 

thanks again,

chris