Look it over, then we'll break it on down
<HTML>
<HEAD>
<SCRIPT LANGUAGE="JavaScript">
<!-- Beginning of JavaScript -
function MyWindow(message) {
//Define Date to display in local syntax
now = new Date();
LocalTime = now.toLocaleString();
//Define contents of page
contents =
'<body bgcolor="beige">' +
'<h2>Hello</h2>' +
'Click on the message below to close this window<br>' +
'<A HREF="javascript:window.close()" >' +
message +
'</A>'
//Create new Window
options = "toolbar=0,status=0,menubar=0,scrollbars=0," +
"resizable=0,width=300,height=200";
newwindow = window.open("", "mywindow", options);
newwindow.document.writeln(LocalTime);
newwindow.document.write(contents);
newwindow.document.close();
}
// - End of JavaScript - -->
</SCRIPT>
</HEAD>
<BODY bgcolor="white" onLoad="this.form1.text1.focus()">
<TABLE BORDER=1 bgcolor="beige">
<tr>
<td>
<B>Type a message in the box, <br>it will become a link to close the new window.</B>
<FORM NAME="form1">
<INPUT NAME="text1" TYPE=Text SIZE="50" MAXLENGTH="50">
<br>
<INPUT TYPE=Button VALUE="Create my window" onClick="MyWindow(form.text1.value)">
</FORM>
</TABLE>
</BODY>
</HTML>