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Closing a Docked AIM Module Window

It has come to my attention that you can’t programmatically close an AIM Module window while it is docked. The window.external.window.close() method does not appear to work in this situation.

For now, the only workaround is to un-dock the window before closing it:

// global aliases as described in a prior post
wnd = window.external.window;
client = window.external.client;
prefs = window.external.prefs;
 
function CloseDockedWindowWorkAround()
{
    // un-dock the window briefly.
    if (client.apiVersion == 1)
       client.docked = false;
    wnd.close();
}

This workaround will be needed in AIM 6.8 through AIM 6.9 Beta 2 (they all return an API version of 1).

I will get this issue fixed in the next AIM 6.9 beta since the plugin window is briefly shown in its undocked state before disappearing.

NOTE: This only applies to the dockable plugin window. All extra windows opened by the plugin can be closed without this workaround since those windows can never be docked.

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