Tim, window.opener is the parent object. You can set any form element from the child window using the Javascript statement window.opener.formname.inputelementname.value = document.formname.fieldname.value;
I hope this helps. ---------- Original Message ---------------------------------- From: Tim Do <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Fri, 18 Oct 2002 08:28:09 -0700 >Could anybody show me how I would pass values from a child window back to >the parent window? I have a form with a link that spawns a window, and from >the new page, the user selects some checkboxes. I wanted to pass the >values back into a form field in the parent window. I'm getting an error >message that says the parent window's form field is null or not an object. > >Here is what I have: > >Parent Window: > ><FORM NAME="newCaseInfo" >ACTION="index.cfm?action=caseAnalysis&subaction=createNewCase" METHOD="POST" >onSubmit="return validateUnits();"> > >Form that I'm trying to populate with Child window data: ><INPUT TYPE="text" NAME="actionReason" VALUE="" SIZE="5"> <A >HREF="javascript:openFrameless2()" CLASS="text9ptBlack">Codes</A> > > >Child Window: > ><SCRIPT LANGUAGE="JavaScript"> >function passToParent() >{ > window.opener.document.newCaseInfo.actionReason.value = >document.actionReason.actionReasonCode.value; > return false; > window.close(); >} ></SCRIPT> > ><FORM NAME="actionCode" >ACTION="index.cfm?action=caseAnalysis&subaction=createNewCase" METHOD="POST" >onSubmit="return passToParent();"> > ><INPUT TYPE="checkbox" NAME="actionReasonCode" VALUE="#actionReasonCode#"> > > > >Thanks > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?forumid=4 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/index.cfm?sidebar=lists&body=lists/cf_talk FAQ: http://www.thenetprofits.co.uk/coldfusion/faq Your ad could be here. Monies from ads go to support these lists and provide more resources for the community. http://www.fusionauthority.com/ads.cfm