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var userChoice = showModalDialog("../Iframe.aspx?FormName=sample.aspx", window,     "dialogTop:300px;dialogLeft:350px;dialogHeight:182px;dialogWidth:370px;help:no;scroll:no;status:no;");        
alert(userChoice); /* here iam not able to get 'Y' */      
if (userChoice == 'Y')       
  return true; else return false;     

 Below is the Sample aspx page:  

  input type="button" value="Yes" onclick="choice('Y')"    

function userChoice(option)     
{       
 window.returnValue = option;    
 alert(window.returnValue);  /* here iam getting 'Y' */
 parent.close(); // I have tried with self.close() also  
}
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You can't close parent.window from modal dialog. Use window.close() or top.close() to close the modal.

There was a bug with returnValue within Chrome, it seems it's not fixed yet, plese try these:

showModalDialaog not returning value in Chrome

chromium/issues/detail?id=42939

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  • Thanks for your answer. I have tried with window.close() --> it is not closing in mozilla and top.close() --> it is closing in mozilla but the value is returning null after closed instead of 'Y' – chinna373 Dec 06 '12 at 08:19
  • @chinna373 There should be no problems with Firefox, for Chrome, please follow the links I've provided in my answer. – Teemu Dec 06 '12 at 08:27
  • I have tried in mozilla, its not working and googled. please check this link also "dotnetspider.com/forum/305804-How-close-showModalDialog-FireFox-Chrome.aspx" – chinna373 Dec 06 '12 at 08:33
  • @chinna373 Hmm... I can't reproduce this issue in FF 17.0.1. Can you save an example code in http://www.jsfiddle.net ? Also this may have something to do with `.aspx`, have you tried to load a regular `.html` page into your modal dialog? – Teemu Dec 06 '12 at 08:38
  • I had the same issue with closing the showModalDialog in FF. `top.close()` did work for me(IE,Chrome as well). Thanks a lot @Teemu – highfive Dec 17 '12 at 05:51