javascript redirect page

ust · 10-10-2013, 01:55 AM

I have the below HTML, which redirects the page to google.com and run close_window to exit the current window

"<a href="http://www.google.com" onclick="close_window()">"

I tested it, it can redirect page OR close window only, but cannot do both at the same time, that means after redirecting to another page, it does not close the window.

Could you advise if I want the window redirect to another page ( www.google.com ) first , then wait 10 second , then close this redirected page ( window ) automatically , how to make it ? thanks

dugan · 10-10-2013, 11:16 AM

You can't. If you redirect to another page, then that (obviously) unloads your scripts.

One possible solution would be to load the other page in an IFrame and then close the IFrame after 10 seconds.

dive · 10-10-2013, 11:34 AM

Also, what purpose does it serve going to google.com and then closing the window? Can you explain in a bit more detail why you want this?

ust · 10-10-2013, 11:45 AM

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Originally Posted by dugan

You can't. If you redirect to another page, then that (obviously) unloads your scripts.

One possible solution would be to load the other page in an IFrame and then close the IFrame after 10 seconds.

could advise how to do it ? I am really new to it . thanks

ust · 10-10-2013, 11:46 AM

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Originally Posted by dive

Also, what purpose does it serve going to google.com and then closing the window? Can you explain in a bit more detail why you want this?

I want to display (redirect) the page for a while ( eg. 10 second ) and then close it.

dugan · 10-10-2013, 11:55 AM

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Originally Posted by ust

I want to display (redirect) the page for a while ( eg. 10 second ) and then close it.

I'm also curious as to why.

And I'm not impressed that your initial attempt at answering "why" was to repeat yourself verbatim.

sundialsvcs · 10-11-2013, 08:59 AM

When you tell the browser to "redirect," and it does so, then you lose control. What you must do in this case is to spawn another window, which will then fetch the content of a specified URL, display it by poking it into the DOM structure somewhere, twiddle its thumbs for ten seconds, and then close.

ust · 10-15-2013, 08:29 PM

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Originally Posted by sundialsvcs

When you tell the browser to "redirect," and it does so, then you lose control. What you must do in this case is to spawn another window, which will then fetch the content of a specified URL, display it by poking it into the DOM structure somewhere, twiddle its thumbs for ten seconds, and then close.

thx reply , that means this is impossible to do that ?

dugan · 10-15-2013, 09:17 PM

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Originally Posted by ust

thx reply , that means this is impossible to do that ?

I already told you (in post #2) that it's impossible.