How do you close a frameset from a child window in NN4. This is driving me nuts.

In IE, from the child window of a frameset i use the function

top.window.close()

And this works in IE, but not in nn4!

How can i make this same effect in nn4?

please help

"Lee" <REM0VElbspamtrap@cox.net> wrote in message
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> <ThetaSun@lvcm.com> said:
> >
> >In IE, from the child window of a frameset i use the function
> >
> >top.window.close()
> >
> >And this works in IE, but not in nn4!
> >
> >How can i make this same effect in nn4?
>
> The "top" attribute of the current window is the window at the top.
> Windows don't have an attribute named "window".
>
> top.close()
>

top.close() did not work
do you have any other ideas?

I called top.close() from a page within a framset in NN4 and it did Not
close the frameset.
I'm despereate for an answer. Any help is appreciated

> > In IE, from the child window
>
> child window or child/inner frame? This is important to first untangle.

I mean a page that was loaded into a Frameset.
I don't know if that would be a child or inner frame.

> of a frameset i use the function
> >
> > top.window.close()
> >
>
> parent.close()
> if you meant the child/inner frame.
> This also depends on the frameset containment hierarchy. Here, we don't
> see what is your webpage, what is its frameset containment hierarchy (or
> if you're actually referring to a real secondary window). In some cases,
> parent.close() would be correct while in other cases, top.close() would
> be the only correct solution.
> Note that some browsers will neutralize recourse to close() if user-pref
> setting disallow recourse to such method, even if the window was created
> by javascript.
> A general rule is that you can never close a window which was not opened
> by javascript.

Thanks for the info.

> > And this works in IE, but not in nn4!
> >
>
> Do you really want to support a browser which was designed more than 7
> year ago? You should worry much more about supporting NS 7.1 and you
> should consider dropping webpage based on frame design: it's widely
> known that frames bring many usability and accessibility burdens to users.

Yes i know. I have a really picky client who saw that one of our local
Kinkos had NN4 on nearly every computer
and after that. I was requested to make the webpages NN4 compatible.

> > How can i make this same effect in nn4?
> >
> > please help
> >
> >
>
> What had this post to do with java?

It didn't, the forum comp.lang.java.javascript seemed confusing, but i
figured the discussion in that room was
javascript and not java

> DU

Thanks bud.

Alex