Proper JavaScript Window Management?

[Kingz V]

Let's say you have a script.

for example

// ==/UserScript==
clix();
function clix() {
  //generate random number
  x = getRandomInt(1, 20)
  y = getRandomInt(1, 28);
  clixdo(x, y);
}
function getRandomInt(min, max) {
  return Math.floor(Math.random() * (max - min + 1)) + min;
}

Where clixdo is javascript for window.open( url + x + y )

How would you go about managing the windows, and properly closing them?

What about with a given time interval. (page needs to load another page and wait x time)

Given the code could be changed to new_window = window.open( some url ) and could be added to an array.

[Kitsune]

I'm not exactly sure what you're trying to do, but if you're trying to send web requests you could just use XML.

function httpGet(theUrl)
{
    var xmlHttp = null;

    xmlHttp = new XMLHttpRequest();
    xmlHttp.open( "GET", theUrl, false );
    xmlHttp.send( null );
    return xmlHttp.responseText;
}

Not the best with JS so couldn't help you with waiting functions, everytime i tried writing one it just froze my browser :x

[Kingz V]

Thanks

I did learn something from your snippet there.

I'm not sure if it'll work through web-requests though, but it's worth a shot.

page has to load another and do an ad-timeout to be valid.

[GAMEchief]

I am pretty sure, but I may be wrong, that when you open a window, it returns a window object.

var myNewWindow = window.open("whatever")

To manage that window, you would use myNewWindow. You can store it in whatever variable or array of variables that you want.



I believe there are also window names that work something like:
window.open("url", "myWindowName")

such that you can reference:
window.myWindowName.close(), etc.



That markup may be incorrect, as I don't ever use windows ever. Popup blockers kinda killed the window.open() usefulness, and I don't oppose that.

[Kingz V]

I am pretty sure, but I may be wrong, that when you open a window, it returns a window object.

var myNewWindow = window.open("whatever")

To manage that window, you would use myNewWindow. You can store it in whatever variable or array of variables that you want.



I believe there are also window names that work something like:
window.open("url", "myWindowName")

such that you can reference:
window.myWindowName.close(), etc.



That markup may be incorrect, as I don't ever use windows ever. Popup blockers kinda killed the window.open() usefulness, and I don't oppose that.

This would be correct.

But, I'm more curious about the implications of running multiple windows. That's the real problem.

[GAMEchief]

Where's the problem? You can have multiple windows. It just takes multiple variables or window names.

myWindows[myWindows.length] = window.open("etc")