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How can I close a window after a certain amount of time?

Mar 1st, 2000 18:12
Martin Honnen,

Use setTimeout for such task
  setTimeout('js code here', delayInMilliseconds)
thus
 <BODY ONLOAD="setTimeout('window.close()', 5000);">
will close the window 5 seconds after it is completely loaded.