window auto close

[adamnichols45]

Is there any handy script that will atomatically closing a window say within 5 seconds with out prompting the user?

[eelixduppy]

This is done with javascript:

setTimeout("window.close()",5000);

Hope this helps :)

[justgowithit]

Keep in mind that the javascript window.close() function will only perform effectively on pop-ups that you spawn.

[adamnichols45]

no i wont the actualy main browser window to close automatically without prompting the use - i dont mind what language i have to use to acomplish this

[eelixduppy]

The code that I posted above closes the window that it resides in. I'm by no means a guru with JavaScript, so someone please correct me if I'm giving wrong advice ;)

[IamStang]

Using the JS method eelixduppy proposed above (on the main browser window):

In IE6, you will be prompted that the script is trying to close the browser and asked if you want to allow it to close.

In FireFox and Netscape 7, it does nothing.

In Opera 8 and 9, it closes the current viewing tab regardless of if it is the only one open or not.

Hope it helps!
IamStang