Hi arun,

..depends on the browser(version).

Microsoft has put many new exiting features in their MS IE 5+ browsers, one
of this
features is an event that is triggered "just before" a browser is closed -
this event
you can hook up to and then close the child! :-)

For instance:

var objChildHandler = ''; // Global window handler
function closeMyChild() {
  objChildHandler.close();
}

window.onbeforeunload=closeMyChild

Microsoft writes that to invoke this event you can:
     * Close the current browser window.
     * Navigate to another location by entering a new address or selecting
a Favorite.
     * Click the Back, Forward, Refresh, or Home button.
     * Click on an a that refers the browser to another Web page.
     * Invoke the a  click method.
     * Invoke the document   write method.
     * Invoke the document  open method.
     * Invoke the document  close method.
     * Invoke the window   close method.
     * Invoke the window  open method, providing the possible value _self
for the window name.
     * Invoke the window  navigate or NavigateAndFind method.
     * Invoke the location   replace method.
     * Invoke the location  reload method.
     * Specify a new value for the location  href property.
     * Submit a form to the address specified in the action attribute via
the input type=submit control, or invoke the form  submit method.


Cheers,

Sten Hougaard
EDB Gruppen
Application developer/web-designer


> Hi,
>
> Thanks for the code Sten.
>
> From a parent window i am opening the chlid window, if the user closes
the
> parent window before the child is closed it gives an error message when
> operating in it as it calls the parent.
> Is there a way to close the child window when the parent window is
closed?
>
> regards
> arun