parent document question...

[gilly914]

I created a form, that opens a new window with some more options...

now, once the user pushes a button on the newly opened window, I want some thins to happen in the main form window.

I know that if I want some values to change, all I need to do is :
parent.opener.document.getElementById("UserInput").value = usrValue;

now I wanna know, how to run a certain function on the main window, once a button on the new window was pushed???



thanks, gilly914

[PeejAvery]

To my knowledge this is impossible. I do not have time to research it now but I can look into it after work. The only thing I have ever seen is working with objects from other windows, never actual JavaScript function calls from other windows. Sorry.

[gilly914]

I just solved my problem, almost as usual, in a different way...

I just created a setInterval() to a function on the main window that checks if a certain flag is changed on the new window...
Than it knows when to activate...

Thanks for the help anyway...

[PeejAvery]

Good thinking. I was thinking of using setTimeout but then I realized it couldn't be created dynamically. Then I thought to myself why not write it dynamically to a DIV?

Okay, here is another option... On the parent page create a DIV.

<div id="dynwrite" style="visibility:hidden"></div>

Now in the popup window write this...

<script language="JavaScript">
newhtmlline = "<script language='JavaScript'>";
newhtmlline = newhtmlline + "setTimeout('FUNCTIONNAME', 10);"
newhtmlline = newhtmlline + "</script>";
parent.opener.document.getElementByID('dynwrite').innerHTML = newhtmlline;
</script>

[PeejAvery]

Note that I edited my previous post and this will keep you from having to have an interval running and taking up resources.

[gilly914]

WOW!...

Thanks alot! You always supply me with good and creative solutions...

Thanks peejavery

[PeejAvery]

WOW!...

Thanks alot! You always supply me with good and creative solutions...

Thank you too!

[amitvb]

This would look silly..
Keep a hidden button in the parent which calls a function on click.
Click this button from the popup.

as simple as that if u want it that way.

[PeejAvery]

Keep a hidden button in the parent which calls a function on click.
Click this button from the popup.

Nice one. I tried the code below and it works nicely.

<input id="execbutton" type="button" value="Click Here" onclick="alert('It Worked!')" style="display:none">

<script language="JavaScript">
document.getElementById('execbutton').click();
</script>

One other thing, newer browsers even accept function calls between windows. I just found it and I never knew about it even though it seemed dumb to not work this way.

All you have to do is call the window's name and then the function.

windowname.window.function();

Sorry gilly914 for making that one hard on you.