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Frequent Contributor

9 years ago

Solved

Why do I get an error message when closing a tab

I use the following function to close a browser page tab in IE 11.

The tab is closed but I get an error in the log that the tab was not closed.

Any ideas why and how I can avoid the error?

function CloseTab(URL)
{
Log.Event("function CloseTab")
var browser = Sys.Browser();
Sys.Browser().Page(URL).Close();
}

Thanks

Kevin

kevin_kapell
9 years ago
Ryan,
I like your solution and I think I can use elements of it for other things.

However, my co-worker came up with the following that worked.

function CloseTab(URL)
{
var browser = Sys.Browser("*");
var page = browser.Page("*");
Sys.Browser().Page(URL).Keys("^w")
}

Ryan_Moran
Valued Contributor
9 years ago
function CloseTab(URL) { Log.Event("function CloseTab") try { //ghetto work around Log.Enabled = false; var browser = Sys.Browser(); Sys.Browser().Page(URL).Close(); catch(e) { } finally { Log.Enabled = true; } }
- kevin_kapell
  Frequent Contributor
  9 years ago
  Ryan,
  I like your solution and I think I can use elements of it for other things.
  
  However, my co-worker came up with the following that worked.
  
  function CloseTab(URL)
  {
  var browser = Sys.Browser("*");
  var page = browser.Page("*");
  Sys.Browser().Page(URL).Keys("^w")
  }
- Colin_McCrae
  Community Hero
  9 years ago
  lol
  
  I'm giving you kudos for that on the basis that it's probably the dirtiest workaround I've seen on here! :smileyvery-happy:
  
  (Although, despite it's dirtiness, it should work. Sort of. If you try and close a page that doesn't exist, you won't get an error now ...)