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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

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.

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... ;)

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.

Code:

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

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Now in the popup window write this...

Code:

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

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

WOW!...

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

Thanks peejavery :)

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Originally Posted by gilly914

WOW!...

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

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Thank you too!

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.

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Originally Posted by amitvb

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

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

Code:

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

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

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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.

Code:

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windowname.window.function();

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Sorry gilly914 for making that one hard on you.