Feedback: irt.org FAQ Knowledge Base Q1336

Feedback on: irt.org FAQ Knowledge Base Q1336

Sent by Franta Fulin on April 16, 2000 at 21:07:09: - feedback #1097

Worth:
Worth reading

Length:
Just right

Technical:
Just right

Comments:
This does not work with IE5. When the parent window has been closed, it generates an error:

Error: The callee (server [not server application]) is not available and disappeared; all connections are invalid. The call did not execute.
Code: 0

Sent by amilton lamas on April 17, 2000 at 13:42:41: - feedback #1101

Worth:
Worth reading

Length:
Just right

Comments:
The proposed code does not work when the user unloads the opener window using the window close icon.

Sent by Paul on June 19, 2000 at 09:14:43: - feedback #1395

Worth:
Very worth reading

Length:
Just right

Technical:
Just right

Comments:
There seem to be problems using window.opener in later versions of IE

http://support.microsoft.com/support/kb/articles/Q241/1/09.ASP?LN=EN-US&SD=gn&FR=0

Perhaps you could update your articles to warn people of this.

Thanks for the great site.

Sent by Kepa on March 01, 2001 at 03:06:29: - feedback #2436

Worth:
Very worth reading

Comments:
after struggling with the code for a couple of hours, it was helpful to find out that there is a bug in the window.closed property. I knew there was a problem somewhere with the browser because it just wasn't behaving...and it didn't even occur to me to look at microsoft support site...thanks for the tip!

Sent by Eran Amitai on May 26, 2002 at 06:42:59: - feedback #3903

Worth:
Worth reading

Length:
Just right

Comments:
IE seems to lose opener reference when the opener window is closed by the user. It helps if the opener property is set explicitly:
w = window.open (...)
w.opener = self