CLOSING A CHILD APPLICATION WINDOW OF A PARENT WINDOW

• US 20160077697A1
• Filed: 11/13/2015
• Published: 03/17/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 02/15/2002
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Kyndryl Incorporated (Kyndryl Holdings, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Inventors: Adams, Michael C., Phillips, Jonathan R., Whyley, Christopher J. M.
• Granted Patent: US 10,216,375 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0484 for the control of specific functions or operations, e.g. selecting or manipulating an object, an image or a displayed text element, setting a parameter value or selecting a range
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 40/134 Hyperlinking
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 9/451 Execution arrangements for user interfaces

Abstract

A method, and associated system, for closing a child application window of a parent window. An indicator in data loaded into the parent window is instantiated. After the indicator is instantiated, it is determined that the data currently loaded into the parent window does not include the indicator and in response, a first number of seconds is paused followed by ascertaining that the data currently loaded into the parent window does not comprise the indicator and in response, the child application window is closed.

Claims

1. A method for closing a child application window of a parent window, said method comprising:

instantiating an indicator in data loaded into the parent window;

after said instantiating the indicator, determining that the data currently loaded into the parent window does not comprises the indicator and in response, pausing a first number of seconds followed by ascertaining that the data currently loaded into the parent window does not comprise the indicator and in response, closing the child application window.

2. The method of claim 1, said method comprising:

after said instantiating the indicator and before said determining that the data currently loaded into the parent window does not comprise the indicator, making a determination that the data currently loaded into the parent window does not comprise the indicator and in response, pausing the first number of seconds followed by ascertaining that the data currently loaded into the parent window comprises the indicator and in response, pausing a second number of seconds.

3. The method of claim 2, said method comprising:

during said pausing the second number of seconds, refreshing the parent window.

4. The method of claim 2, wherein the first number of seconds and the second number of seconds differ from each other.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein said ascertaining that the data currently loaded into the parent window does not comprise the indicator is triggered by a closing of the parent window.

6. The method of claim 5, wherein the closing of the parent window resulted from an event associated with the parent window.

7. The method of claim 6, wherein the parent window is associated with a portal home page of a parent application, and wherein the event comprises navigation to a resource outside of an environment of the parent application.

8. The method of claim 1, wherein the parent window is associated with a portal home page of a parent application, and wherein said method comprises:

launching the child application by selecting a text link from the portal homepage.

9. A system comprising a computer and a computer readable storage medium, said storage medium containing computer program code that when executed on the computer performs a method for closing a child application window of a parent window, said method comprising:

instantiating an indicator in data loaded into the parent window;

after said instantiating the indicator, determining that the data currently loaded into the parent window does not comprises the indicator and in response, pausing a first number of seconds followed by ascertaining that the data currently loaded into the parent window does not comprise the indicator and in response, closing the child application window.

10. The system of claim 9, said method comprising:

after said instantiating the indicator and before said determining that the data currently loaded into the parent window does not comprise the indicator, making a determination that the data currently loaded into the parent window does not comprise the indicator and in response, pausing the first number of seconds followed by ascertaining that the data currently loaded into the parent window comprises the indicator and in response, pausing a second number of seconds.

11. The system of claim 10, said method comprising:

during said pausing the second number of seconds, refreshing the parent window.

12. The system of claim 10, wherein the first number of seconds and the second number of seconds differ from each other.

13. The system of claim 9, wherein said ascertaining that the data currently loaded into the parent window does not comprise the indicator is triggered by a closing of the parent window.

14. The system of claim 13, wherein the closing of the parent window resulted from an event associated with the parent window.

15. A computer program product comprising a computer program code stored on a non-transitory computer readable storage medium, said program code, upon being executed on a computer, performs a method for closing a child application window of a parent window, said method comprising:

instantiating an indicator in data loaded into the parent window;

after said instantiating the indicator, determining that the data currently loaded into the parent window does not comprises the indicator and in response, pausing a first number of seconds followed by ascertaining that the data currently loaded into the parent window does not comprise the indicator and in response, closing the child application window.

16. The computer program product of claim 15, said method comprising:

after said instantiating the indicator and before said determining that the data currently loaded into the parent window does not comprise the indicator, making a determination that the data currently loaded into the parent window does not comprise the indicator and in response, pausing the first number of seconds followed by ascertaining that the data currently loaded into the parent window comprises the indicator and in response, pausing a second number of seconds.

17. The computer program product of claim 16, said method comprising:

during said pausing the second number of seconds, refreshing the parent window.

18. The computer program product of claim 16, wherein the first number of seconds and the second number of seconds differ from each other.

19. The computer program product of claim 15, wherein said ascertaining that the data currently loaded into the parent window does not comprise the indicator is triggered by a closing of the parent window.

20. The computer program product of claim 19, wherein the closing of the parent window resulted from an event associated with the parent window.