Hi all,
Here's the problem.

I am opening a child window from a parent window using the window.open() method, and then rendering an image and some text in the child window using document.write() method .

I want to actually implement the child as a popup window and then close the child after 3 seconds of activation.

Here's the javascript function that does all that on clicking a button in the parent :

function open_win()
{
    var x=window.open("","win1","menubar=no toolbar=no width=300 height=150");
    x.moveTo(screen.AvailWidth/3,screen.AvailHeight/3);
    x.document.write("<center>");
    x.document.write("<table bgcolor='steelblue'>");
    x.document.write("<tr><td align=center><b>Saving the File...</b></td></tr>");
    x.document.write("<tr>");
    x.document.write("<td align=center><img src=upload_img.gif></td>");
    x.document.write("</tr>");
    x.document.write("<tr>");
    x.document.write("<td align=left>");
    x.document.write("This may take a few minutes.<br>Please Wait...");
    x.document.write("</td>");
    x.document.write("</tr>");
    x.document.write("<tr><td>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</td></tr>");
    x.document.write("</table>");
    x.document.write("</center>");
    setTimeout('self.close()',3000);
}

It's not working. The child window stays as is.

How do I make the child close automatically after 3 seconds ?

Any ideas ??

Regards,
Sherbir

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Regards,
Sherbir

You're setTimeout line is calling to close the current window when you want to close the child window.

So, just replace 'self' with 'x'.

HTH,

Snib

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Thanx alot buddy !!
It worked ! :D

Regards,
Sherbir