Refresh Parent Window from child window in IE8

Question

Hello

I create a link with window.open, in new opened window i add a button for close window. I want when my window is close then parent window will refresh, so i use this script :

window.opener.location.href="https://qa.bloom.com/products/customer/account/profile/"; window.close();

In my application parent window use secure server like as https://examples.com but child window not use secure server.

This is working in ff and but in IE 8 it's not working. Why is IE8 opening a new window instead of just refreshing the existing one?

Please give your suggestion.

Thanks

Answer 1

Try following code:

window.opener.location = self;
window.opener.location.reload();
window.close();

It works great in my IE v8.0

Answer 2

down vote

Try following code:

window.opener.location = self; window.opener.location.reload(); window.close();

It works great in my IE v8.0

yes, It's work fine in IE v8.0 but when i use secure server then this script not working, after close the child window it open new window instead of refresh the parent window.

Answer 3

Hi. Just wondered if you got a solution to this. I have exact same problem. Popup is located in a secure directory, parent isnt. When user clicks to login, the secure window pops up. On sucessful login the secure window closes and the parent window refreshes to show the new session status. Works great in Firefox and Chrome but not in IE8 ??