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The windowobject represents a window in the browser.
Properties
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document |
Object |
Read-only |
Retrieves the HTML document in a given popup window.
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external |
Object |
Read/write |
Sets and retrieves properties and other features made available in the object model provided by the browser's hosting application. |
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history |
Object |
Read-only |
Contains information about the URLs visited by the client. |
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length |
Long |
Read-only |
Retrieves the number of frames in the window. |
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location |
Object |
Read-only |
Returns an object that represents the location information of the current document.
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name |
String |
Read/write |
Sets or retrieves the name of the object.
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navigator |
Object |
Read-only |
Contains information about the Web browser. |
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parent |
Object |
Read-only |
Retrieves the parent of the window in the object hierarchy. |
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screen |
Object |
Read-only |
Returns a window object, which enables you to manipulate forms according to their placement on the screen.
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self |
Object |
Read-only |
Retrieves a reference to the current window or frame. |
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top |
Object |
Read-only |
Retrieves the topmost ancestor window, which is its own parent. |
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window |
Object |
Read-only |
A handle of the window-specific data and that can be any value.
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Events
Event | Description | ||
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onload |
Occurs immediately after the window is loaded.
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onunload |
Occurs immediately before the current window is unloaded.
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Methods
Method | Syntax | Description |
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alert |
window .alert( Message ) |
Displays a dialog box containing the contents of the required Messageparameter. |
blur |
window .blur |
Causes the browser window (Internet Explorer Mobile) to lose focus, switching you to the previous application. |
clearTimeout |
window .clearTimeout( TimerID ) |
Cancels a time-out that was set with the setTimeoutmethod. The required TimeoutIDparameter should be set to the time-out ID that is returned from setTimeout. |
close |
window .close |
Closes the current browser window. |
confirm |
Choice= window .confirm( Message ) |
Displays a confirmation dialog box that contains the message contained in the required Messageparameter, in addition to OKand Cancelbuttons. The method returns trueif the user clicks OKor falseif the user clicks Cancel. |
focus |
window .focus |
Sets focus to the window. |
navigate |
window .navigate( URL ) |
Navigates the browser to the URL specified by the required URLparameter. |
prompt |
TextData= window .prompt( Message ,[ DefaultValue] ) |
Displays a dialog box prompting the user with a message contained in the required Messageparameter and a text field. The text entered in the field is returned in TextData. DefaultValuecan contain an optional default value in the text box. |
scroll |
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Not supported in Internet Explorer Mobile. |
scrollTo |
window .scrollTo (x-coord,y-coord) |
Redisplays the document.with the provided coordinates being the upper left corner of the display. There is no returned value. x-coordis location of the pixel on the horizontal axis of the document that is to be in the upper left of the display. y-coordis location of the pixel on the virtical axis of the document that is to be in the upper left of the display. |
setTimeout |
TimerID= window .xsetTimeout( Code , MilliSeconds ) |
Executed code specified by the Codeparameter after the interval expressed in milliseconds in the Millisecondsparameter have passed. This method returns TimerID(which is used with clearTimeout). Codemust be a string and cannot be a function pointer. |
Collections
The following collections are supported for the windowobject:
Requirements
Windows Mobile | Pocket PC 2000 and later, Smartphone 2002 and later |