[Javascript] Setting a variable in a child window

[Andrew Bush]

Hi Cutter


Thanks for your reply.

> You could pass MyParent in the url
> (http://my.domain.com/page.html?MyParent=name) then access the var through
> the javascript in the new page.

Thats a good idea except that in this case myParent is to be set to a
reference to the parent window.

I dont think passing the name as a string would work would it?


Thanks again for your time.


Yours cheerfully,


    Andrew Bush

> 
>> 
>> I open a new popup type window from my main window using
>> newWin=window.open(etc etc)
>> 
>> the javascript in the new window declars a variable
>> var myParent;
>> 
>> what I want to do from the main window, immediately after opening the new
>> window is somthing like:
>> newWin.myParent=self;
>> 
>> this direct approach doesn't work, I assume because it takes a little time
>> for newWin to load and read the javascript that declares myParent.
>> 
>> does anyone know of an alternative approach that will work?
>> 
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