Q1235 How do I close a popup window after submitting a form from it?

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Q1235 How do I close a popup window after submitting a form from it?

Tuomas Salo writes:

The problem is how to close the popup window on the right moment.

My solution is:

- When submitting a form in a popup window, target the form into the popup window, not the main window.
- The script that the data was sent to will print a simple page to the popup window, something like this:

To just refresh the main window:

<html>
  <body
    onLoad="opener.location.href=opener.location.href; window.close();">
  </body>
</html>

Or maybe go to a different page:

<html>
  <body
    onLoad="opener.location.href='another.html'; window.close();">
  </body>
</html>

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