OT js question (child window passing back to parent)
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=caseAnalysissubaction=createNewCase METHOD=POST
onSubmit=return validateUnits();
Form that I'm trying to populate with Child window data:
INPUT TYPE=text NAME=actionReason VALUE= SIZE=5nbsp;nbsp;A
HREF=javascript:openFrameless2() CLASS=text9ptBlackCodes/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=caseAnalysissubaction=createNewCase METHOD=POST
onSubmit=return passToParent();
INPUT TYPE=checkbox NAME=actionReasonCode VALUE=#actionReasonCode#
Thanks
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Re: OT js question (child window passing back to parent)
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=caseAnalysissubaction=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=text9ptBlackCodes/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=caseAnalysissubaction=createNewCase METHOD=POST
onSubmit=return passToParent();
INPUT TYPE=checkbox NAME=actionReasonCode VALUE=#actionReasonCode#
Thanks
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RE: OT js question (child window passing back to parent)
Tim Do wrote:
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.
[snip]
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=caseAnalysissubaction=createNewCase
METHOD=POST
onSubmit=return passToParent();
INPUT TYPE=checkbox NAME=actionReasonCode VALUE=#actionReasonCode#
It looks like you're defining the path to the parent object just fine. But,
unless it's a typo, the code for accessing the child object is incorrect.
The child object form field name is actionReasonCode contained in a form
named actionCode. But your JS code refers to it as:
document.actionReason.actionReasonCode.value
This should be actionCode as in:
document.actionCode.actionReasonCode.value
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RE: OT js question (child window passing back to parent)
Looks like you may have mis-referenced your child form name -- it's actually
actionCode not actionReason.
Gene
-Original Message-
From: Tim Do [mailto:TDo;lahd.lacity.org]
SNIP
Parent Window:
FORM NAME=newCaseInfo
ACTION=index.cfm?action=caseAnalysissubaction=createNewCase METHOD=POST
onSubmit=return validateUnits();
Form that I'm trying to populate with Child window data:
INPUT TYPE=text NAME=actionReason VALUE= SIZE=5nbsp;nbsp;A
HREF=javascript:openFrameless2() CLASS=text9ptBlackCodes/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=caseAnalysissubaction=createNewCase METHOD=POST
onSubmit=return passToParent();
INPUT TYPE=checkbox NAME=actionReasonCode VALUE=#actionReasonCode#
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RE: OT js question (child window passing back to parent)
Thank you... now I have another issue with this... can I pass back multiple
values? I output a list of checkboxes and want to pass back all the values
the user checks on the child form.
-Original Message-
From: Gene Kraybill [mailto:Gene.Kraybill;adelphia.com]
Sent: Friday, October 18, 2002 8:58 AM
To: CF-Talk
Subject: RE: OT js question (child window passing back to parent)
Looks like you may have mis-referenced your child form name -- it's actually
actionCode not actionReason.
Gene
-Original Message-
From: Tim Do [mailto:TDo;lahd.lacity.org]
SNIP
Parent Window:
FORM NAME=newCaseInfo
ACTION=index.cfm?action=caseAnalysissubaction=createNewCase METHOD=POST
onSubmit=return validateUnits();
Form that I'm trying to populate with Child window data:
INPUT TYPE=text NAME=actionReason VALUE= SIZE=5nbsp;nbsp;A
HREF=javascript:openFrameless2() CLASS=text9ptBlackCodes/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=caseAnalysissubaction=createNewCase METHOD=POST
onSubmit=return passToParent();
INPUT TYPE=checkbox NAME=actionReasonCode VALUE=#actionReasonCode#
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