Yeah, but I want to move away from JavaScript since I do not want to depend on browser version.
--- In [email protected], "Tracy Spratt" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Or use navigateToURL() to load an ordinary html error page? > > Tracy > > > > ________________________________ > > From: [email protected] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On > Behalf Of Sherif Abdou > Sent: Thursday, September 18, 2008 4:52 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [flexcoders] What Flex method can I use to close the main > window of a Flex application? > > > > Why close it? Can't you just use Javascript to reload the Flex > Application again or Do you just want them to close and not to come back > for a while? > > ------ > Sherif Abdou > http://VadexFX.com <http://VadexFX.com> > http://Sherifabdou.com <http://Sherifabdou.com> > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: tungchau81 <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > To: [email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]> > > Sent: Thursday, September 18, 2008 12:29 PM > > Subject: [flexcoders] What Flex method can I use to close the > main window of a Flex application? > > > > Hi, > I have a J2EE application using Flex on the client side. > Whenever > there is a severe system error such as unable to establish > connection > with the server or session timed out, I need to pop up a dialog > with > a "Close Browser" button which allows users to close the Flex > application. In my original solution, I had a callback to > ExternalInterface to invoke the following JavaScript function: > "window.close()" > The above JavaScript function works fine in IE and FF 3.0, but > not in > FF 2.0. The browser window in my FF 2.0 simply did not close > when the > function got called. This is a known bug in FF 2.0 in which a > non- > script-owned window (window opened by a URL) cannot be closed by > > calling window.close(). > > Question: Is there any Flex method that can help me accomplish > the > same task without doing any browser callback or JavaScript? My > purpose is trying to move away from being depedent on browser > versions. > > Any help is greatly appreciated. > Tung Chau >
