Hi

Actually you can do a semi-disabling of back button at least in MSIE 4.0+
browsers :-)

If you use the window.onbeforeunload or document.body.onbeforeunload event
then you have a chance of writing information to the user prompting he for
an "ok" or a "cancel" ("ok" will be the default choice).

If the user chooses OK then the back function will take place otherwise
pressing the CANCEL will actually STOP an attempt to go back...!

Please note the information on this page (in MSDN) which will point out
exactly when this event is evoked. For instance you might not be
interessted in this message popping up every time a user replaces the URL
by just clicking an a link on your page :-)

It's all here at MSDN:
http://msdn.microsoft.com/workshop/author/dhtml/reference/events/onbeforeunload.asp

Med venlig hilsen (that is: Cheers in english)

Sten Hougaard
EDB Gruppen
Application developer/web-designer



                                                                                                                   
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Marc,

You can't.

Mark.
--- marc cardenas <marclena@h...> wrote:
> Hi,
> Does anyone knows how can I disable the back button
> on the browser, so the
> users cannot go back?
> Thanks

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