Getting the window titles

Hi

Is there anyway to access the titles of all the IE windows open in our system . i dont think so this is possible as controlling other windows from our application will make the things meaningless with respect to security

But still i need to confirm if this is possible

Regards
Sreenath

You can only access the titles of the windows that were opened by JavaScript and that are on the same domain.

If browser settings are adjusted, you can read the titles of other domains, but only on the windows that the function opens.

You have no control over any other windows that are open.

Eric

Hi eric

Let me explain the scenario where i need this

i will first open an URL by typing in the address bar and then window comes in that with Title Say 'X' . When the user clicks Ctrl-N i want to check in the onLoad function whether already a window with Title X is open

So can i get that done ?? if so can you paste some piece of code for that

thanks a ton

can not be done since JavaScript has no control over other windows that were not opened by JavaScript.

Eric

What if while opening the first page i will open that using window.open during the onload .........then can i do that ??

and can u tell me how can atleast windows opened by javscript can be accessed ??

var theTitle = childName.document.title;

http://radio.javaranch.com/pascarello/2005/01/19/1106152877000.html

Eric

Just to be clear, I don't think the solution I have is acceptable.
But it does exactly what you asked for, and I think is theoretically interesting.
It probably won't work with popup blockers, and has lots of disadvantages.
You can try to modify that code by using try/catch around it, and assuming it not found if exception happend

also, I tested it on IE 6, on local hard drive, so may not work with other browsers and security issues.

Hi yuriy

Ur solution looks pretty good ...but even i want to avoid entering that already a window exists if i click refresh ....can u give me an idea to bypass that in some way

its ok even if the code is specific to IE

I personally think that you need to try to handle this on a serverside situation some how and avoid JavaScript. There is no way you are going to be detecting if a person opens up a new instance of IE and goes to the same page. JavaScript has no control over that.

JavaScript is limited, if it wasn;t you would have a major spyware issue. Plus image going to s site and it can detect all your browsers, they woul be able to grab information on the toher sites.

Eric