C# – Programmatically close aspx page from code behind

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What is the best way to close an ASPX page from the code-behind?

I have a button event handler that I want to close the page after the user has clicked an ASP.NET button on the page. I have tried to programmatically add a JavaScript method that contains a window.close() command to the OnClientClick event to close the page but it does not work. The button is also a asp:AsyncPostBoskTrigger for an AJAX Update Panel.

The application uses .NET Framework 3.5.

Best Answer

You would typically do something like:

protected void btnClose_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
    ClientScript.RegisterStartupScript(typeof(Page), "closePage", "window.close();", true);
}

However, keep in mind that different things will happen in different scenerios. Firefox won't let you close a window that wasn't opened by you (opened with window.open()).

IE7 will prompt the user with a "This page is trying to close (Yes | No)" dialog.

In any case, you should be prepared to deal with the window not always closing!

One fix for the 2 above issues is to use:

protected void btnClose_Click(object sender, EventArgs e) {
    ClientScript.RegisterStartupScript(typeof(Page), "closePage", "window.open('close.html', '_self', null);", true);
}

And create a close.html:

<html><head>
 <title></title>
 <script language="javascript" type="text/javascript">
     var redirectTimerId = 0;
     function closeWindow()
     {
         window.opener = top;
         redirectTimerId = window.setTimeout('redirect()', 2000);
         window.close(); 
     }

     function stopRedirect()
     {
         window.clearTimeout(redirectTimerId);
     }

     function redirect()
     {
         window.location = 'default.aspx';
     }
 </script>
 </head>
 <body onload="closeWindow()" onunload="stopRedirect()" style="">
     <center><h1>Please Wait...</h1></center>
 </body></html>

Note that close.html will redirect to default.aspx if the window does not close after 2 sec for some reason.

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