Closing a File Not opened using Script

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function CloseBrowser(){
openedWindow =window.open('','_self','');
openedWindow.close();

here is the code i am using to close a browser with a button click .It works fine with chrome and IE but it fails to work in FireFox .I get error saying that cannot close a file that was not opened by a script.

My C# application is opening a webpage demo using

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ProcessStartInfo startInfo;
startInfo = new ProcessStartInfo();
startInfo.WindowStyle = ProcessWindowStyle.Minimized;


startInfo.Arguments = aPath2 + "/demo.html";
Process.Start(startInfo.Arguments);

can anyone help me

Posted 28-Sep-12 0:15am

gaurish thakkar

Updated 28-Sep-12 0:18am

Kenneth Haugland

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John d. Bartels · Answer 1 · 2012-10-21T16:00:00

Solution 1

In your Process.Start(startInfo.Arguments),

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Process proc = Process.Start(startInfo.Arguments);

Then you can use proc.Kill later on. You can also grab proc.ProcessID if you are doing all of this in different threads.

Posted 21-Oct-12 16:00pm

John d. Bartels

Updated 21-Oct-12 18:45pm

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