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Refresh parent window when the pop-up window is closed

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Is there any way I can refresh the parent window when a popup window is closed without adding any javascript code to the popup window?

I have a page parent.php on which users can click open popup to open a popup window. This popup window shows some flash content and its not possible for me to add something like

window.onunload = function(){ 

  window.opener.location.reload(); 

};

to the popup window page markup.

Is there any other method to achieve this?
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answered 14 Years ago quinn · Accepted Answer

To make this work in all major browsers, you need to handle the unload event handler in the pop-up and do the reloading in the main window. In the main window, add

function popUpClosed() {

    window.location.reload();

}

In the pop-up:

window.onunload = function() {

    if (window.opener && !window.opener.closed) {

        window.opener.popUpClosed();

    }

};

So the answer to your question is generally no, if you need your code to work in all browsers, in particular IE.