how to stop user to open a window which is already opened?

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I am developing one website in php. and to display reports and service requests i am using another window. means from menu when user clicks on one report or service request i am opening it into new window.

But the problem is if one report is already opened into a window. and when user clicks on same report from menu than its opening in another new window. so there is two same windows for one page.

so i want to check at the time of opening a window that if that page is already opened in a window than new window won't open. and if not than it will open in a new window.

like if customer_report.php is already opened than show that window. else window.open(customer_report.php);

can i check like this ?

how do i have control of opening a new window ?

Please help me.

http://stackoverflow.com/questions/528671/javascript-window-open-only-if-the-window-does-not-already-exist — ArK, Apr 11 '13 at 06:44
please check this post http://stackoverflow.com/questions/7655938/how-to-make-popup-window-in-javascript-only-show-once to check the answer — Shafqat Masood, Apr 11 '13 at 06:53
@Paniyar : I tried a/c that post but it gives me an error saying winRefs is undefined. — Mausami, Apr 11 '13 at 07:02

score 1 · Answer 1 · answered Apr 11 '13 at 06:46

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According to this link, you can specify a target.

example: window.open(customer_report.php, "myReport");

answered Apr 11 '13 at 06:46

Jacob

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ya i tried that but i have urls like this. customer_report.php?id=25 and customer_report.php?id=123. so with the name i cannot open two customer's report at a time. i need to prevent user to open same customer report twice. – Mausami Apr 11 '13 at 07:04

score 0 · Accepted Answer · edited May 23 '17 at 12:32

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my problem got solved with this post.

how to prevent reopening new window using jQuery?

the second answer worked for me.

Thanks a lott everyone for your help.

edited May 23 '17 at 12:32

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answered Apr 11 '13 at 07:14

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how to stop user to open a window which is already opened?

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