Programmatically close aspx page from code behind

You would typically do something like:

protected void btnClose_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
    ClientScript.RegisterStartupScript(typeof(Page), "closePage", "window.close();", true);
}

However, keep in mind that different things will happen in different scenerios. Firefox won't let you close a window that wasn't opened by you (opened with window.open()).

IE7 will prompt the user with a "This page is trying to close (Yes | No)" dialog.

In any case, you should be prepared to deal with the window not always closing!

One fix for the 2 above issues is to use:

protected void btnClose_Click(object sender, EventArgs e) {
    ClientScript.RegisterStartupScript(typeof(Page), "closePage", "window.open('close.html', '_self', null);", true);
}

And create a close.html:

<html><head>
 <title></title>
 <script language="javascript" type="text/javascript">
     var redirectTimerId = 0;
     function closeWindow()
     {
         window.opener = top;
         redirectTimerId = window.setTimeout('redirect()', 2000);
         window.close(); 
     }

     function stopRedirect()
     {
         window.clearTimeout(redirectTimerId);
     }

     function redirect()
     {
         window.location = 'default.aspx';
     }
 </script>
 </head>
 <body onload="closeWindow()" onunload="stopRedirect()" style="">
     <center><h1>Please Wait...</h1></center>
 </body></html>

Note that close.html will redirect to default.aspx if the window does not close after 2 sec for some reason.


UPDATE: I have taken all of your input and came up with the following solution:

In code behind:

protected void Page_Load(object sender, EventArgs e)    
{
    Page.ClientScript.RegisterOnSubmitStatement(typeof(Page), "closePage", "window.onunload = CloseWindow();");
}

In aspx page:

function CloseWindow() {
    window.close();
}


 protected void btnOK_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
        {

          // Your code goes here.
          if(isSuccess)
          {
                  string  close =    @"<script type='text/javascript'>
                                window.returnValue = true;
                                window.close();
                                </script>";
            base.Response.Write(close);
            }

        }

Tags:

C#

Asp.Net

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