Article ID: 263312
Article Last Modified on 1/27/2007
APPLIES TO
- Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.01
- Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.01
- Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.01
- Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.01
This article was previously published under Q263312
SYMPTOMS
Setting event.returnValue inside an onbeforeunload event for a window causes Internet Explorer to prompt you whether you want to close the current window. In a modal dialog box, if you instruct Internet Explorer to keep the window open, the window may close anyway. This issue affects windows that are created with the window.showModalDialog and window.showModelessDialog functions.
RESOLUTION
To resolve this problem, obtain the latest service pack for Internet Explorer version 5.01. For additional information, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:
267954 How to Obtain the Latest Internet Explorer 5.01 Service Pack
STATUS
Microsoft has confirmed that this is a problem in the Microsoft products that are listed at the beginning of this article. This problem was first corrected in Internet Explorer version 5.01 Service Pack 2.
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