Close a Browser window

Javascript problem

[Red_Eye]

I am using javascript to open a new window and close the existing window. To close the existing window I am adding the following at the bottom of the page
<script>Window.close();</script>

This is all working fine but IE asked me if I am sure that I want to close the window before it opens the new window. How do i get rid of this message?

Thanks in Advance.

[Sinner_G]

AFAIK, you don't get rid of it. It is built in the browser and there's no way around.

[moonbiter]

Sinner_G is remembers correctly. This is a security feature built into javascript itself: a script cannot close a browser window without user input unless it opened the window itself. This prevents a piece of evil code from closing a user's browser window without their consent.

[BlobFisk]

Apologies - didn't read the original post correctly first time.

<edit>Post removed due to posters inability to read correctly!</edit>

[Red_Eye]

Thanks you have answered my question. very quickly I must say.

I am not trying to execute some melicous code. It is following a login screen, the user enters a secure area so I am opening a new window with the toolbars removed. It is more of a web appication than a web site.

[krieves]

This should work. Add this script to the child window to close the parent without having a dialog box appear. Works in IE...

if (!opener.closed && opener.location){
opener.location.href="index.htm";
opener.opener = top
opener.parent.window.close();
}

Of course the "index.htm" is the parent window.