how can i tell if a window is already open

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  18 years ago

  by tina104291325

  tina104291325

  , United States

  Joined 18 years ago

  i use the following code in all my pages to open a new IE window
  

  Code:

  
  mPL = window.open('../flash/player.html','mPL','directories=0,height=85,width=293,left=0,menubar=0,resizable=0,scrollbars=0,titlebar=0,toolbar=0,top=0')
  

  
  

  
  how can i tell if that window is already open so the other pages won't reload the same page

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  18 years ago

  by paulfp

  Paul Freeman-Powell

  Liverpool, United Kingdom

  Joined 19 years ago

  a number of ways.
  

  
  - set a cookie using javascript
  - you could check to see if it's open from the same page, if you (in the same function) set a variable to equal something, then you can just check if it does equal that
  

  
  if you're wanting to check it on different pages then a cookie would be the best way i reckon.

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