$50 BOUNTY for a working close/exit button in Explorer 8

I will pay $50 to the first person that shows me a way using Javascript or the like, to make a working close button, that closes the current Captivate window in Explorer 8.
"Problematic at best" is not a solution.
I've searched and cannot find a working solution, but one has to exist since Lectora can and does do it in Explorer 8.
I have code that works in Explorer 6 and 7 but it does not work in 8.
-- window.opener='X'; window.open('','_parent',''); window.close();
So, if you have a TRUE working way to make a button in a Captive project, close a Explorer 8 browser window then I have $50 for the person with the first working solution. If they do not object, I will share the solution with the rest of the community.
Thanks, rt

Hi there
I'm quite happy to accept anything you will throw my way, but it's really not necessary. My goal was just to illustrate the issue. But if you insist, I log into PayPal using my email address of rstone75 (at) kc.rr.com. (@ symbol replaced with (at) to obfuscate and avoid SPAM)
You are more than welcome to share any code. Especially if it will help another developer out.
The example depicts two methods of operating. One method configures the Captivate project to close as it completes. I've outlined how to accomplish that on many occasions. You essentially click Edit > Preferences > Project > Start and End and configure the Project End Options to Close project. Then if you want a button to close the project, you configure the button to jump to the last slide. You configure the last slide to be super short. Perhaps .1 seconds. Note that I also demonstrated two different ways of opening the window presenting the Captivate movie with the buttons. One way simply opened the Captivate. So if you already had an instance of IE running or if it just opened Captivate in a fresh instance of IE, you were prompted first with a message that the window was about to be closed. The other link opened the Captivate created HTML page allowing you to view the Captivate as a Full Screen presentation. In this case, the HTML page scripted a child window. Because the Captivate presentation was presented within a Child window, it closed without issue and without notification mentioned earlier. And therein is the trick I believe. I believe things like Articulate and whatever else presents Captivate where the window always closes without issue are presenting that Captivate in a child window.
The JavaScript solution involves configuring the Button as follows:
You assign the action to be "Execute Javascript". Then you click the Ellipsis button (Captivate 4 and earlier and it looks like ...) or you click the "Script Window" button (Captivate 5) and you insert the following code into the window:
javascript:window.opener='x';window.close();
Cheers... Rick
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