ASP VBS: Equivalent of "self.close" ?

[bthouin]

Hi,

Simple question: how do I force, in a server-side script, the page to
close ?

I have this separate page which I create for special users making some
data maintenance of the site, and I'd like the page to "kill itself"
when the user is finished. I can detect that on the server, before the
user sees the page and can close it, but I don't know how to do it.

Thanks for help
Bernard

[Manuel Socarras]

i'm not sure what you mean. if a page doesn't have/generate HTML code,
it'll never be seen by the user

bthouin wrote:

> Hi,
>
> Simple question: how do I force, in a server-side script, the page to
> close ?
>
> I have this separate page which I create for special users making some
> data maintenance of the site, and I'd like the page to "kill itself"
> when the user is finished. I can detect that on the server, before the
> user sees the page and can close it, but I don't know how to do it.
>
> Thanks for help
> Bernard

[Julian Roberts]

Try

Response.Write "<scr" & "ipt>self.close()</script>"

--
Jules
[url]http://www.charon.co.uk/charoncart[/url]
Charon Cart 3
Shopping Cart Extension for Dreamweaver MX/MX 2004

[bthouin]

The page in question is a separate, "temporary" page, created by a main
page, a croos between a MsgBox and a completely normal HTML page. That
separate page, like every ASP page, consists of a lot of server-side
scripts, and of an HTML part (also with some server-side scripts in it).
When the user submits that page, in some cases the processing done on
what the user entered tells the script: OK, the user is finished, the
page should be "killed", i.e. there is no need to show the page to the
user, because he is done, and he should "return" to the main page (which
is still open underneath). I'm searching for a neat way for the page to
"destroy itself" without the user having to click on the top right
"kill" icon, that's all. And I don't know how to do it. But I think
Julian has given me the answer. I'll try his suggestion.

Regards
Bernard

Manuel Socarras wrote:

> i'm not sure what you mean. if a page doesn't have/generate HTML code,
> it'll never be seen by the user
>
> bthouin wrote:
>

>> Hi,
>>
>> Simple question: how do I force, in a server-side script, the page to
>> close ?
>>
>> I have this separate page which I create for special users making some
>> data maintenance of the site, and I'd like the page to "kill itself"
>> when the user is finished. I can detect that on the server, before the
>> user sees the page and can close it, but I don't know how to do it.
>>
>> Thanks for help
>> Bernard

[bthouin]

Brilliant, Julian, it works ! What's the trick of separating "scr" and
"ipt" ? I tried not separating, and it did not work anymore. Is it to
fool the interpreter into thinking it's just a normal text ?

Bernard

Julian Roberts wrote:

> Try
>
> Response.Write "<scr" & "ipt>self.close()</script>"
>

[Julian Roberts]

Yeah, for some reason, you can't have

Response.Write "<script>"

--
Jules
[url]http://www.charon.co.uk/charoncart[/url]
Charon Cart 3
Shopping Cart Extension for Dreamweaver MX/MX 2004

[Manuel Socarras]

now i have a doubt, i have a page where i generate a JS array
dinamically without problems with the <SCRIPT> tag. wich is the
difference, the close() method?

<%

Response.Write "<SCRIPT>price = new Array("
If ... Then
...
Response.Write arrayValues & ");</SCRIPT>"
Else
...
Response.Write ");"
Response.Write "price[0] = " & arrayValues & ";</SCRIPT>"
End If
%>



Julian Roberts wrote:

> Yeah, for some reason, you can't have
>
> Response.Write "<script>"
>

[Julian Roberts]

By golly, you're right. It must have been fixed in IIS5 and I never noticed,
lol.

--
Jules
[url]http://www.charon.co.uk/charoncart[/url]
Charon Cart 3
Shopping Cart Extension for Dreamweaver MX/MX 2004

[bthouin]

Julian,

It works, brilliant !

But what's the trick with separating "<scr" and "ipt>" ? So that the
compiler doesn't notice it's a script statement. I tried without
separation, and it didn't work anymore, that's why I ask.

Regards
Bernard

Julian Roberts wrote:

> Try
>
> Response.Write "<scr" & "ipt>self.close()</script>"
>