[Javascript] Controling a SELECT from a child window

[David Stoltz]

Actually - everything works now except ADDING an option to the select
box (on the parent page)...the following fails:
 
window.opener.document.form1.mylist.options[window.opener.document.form1
.mylist.length] = new Option('yourText', 'yourValue');
 
So does this:
 
var opt = new Option('text', 'value');
var sel = window.opener.document.form1.mylist;
sel.options[sel.options.length] = opt;
window.opener.document.form1.mylist.options[window.opener.document.form1
.mylist.options.length] = opt;
 
Both give a "Server threw an exception" error...
 
Any ideas?
 
Perhaps you cannot add an item to a select box on a parent window?

________________________________

From: javascript-bounces at LaTech.edu
[mailto:javascript-bounces at LaTech.edu] On Behalf Of David Stoltz
Sent: Tuesday, September 20, 2005 8:04 AM
To: [JavaScript List]
Subject: RE: [Javascript] Controling a SELECT from a child window


I get an error that says "window.opener.document.form1.mylist.option" is
null or is not an object
 
________________________________

From: javascript-bounces at LaTech.edu
[mailto:javascript-bounces at LaTech.edu] On Behalf Of Peter Brunone
Sent: Monday, September 19, 2005 2:24 PM
To: javascript at LaTech.edu
Subject: re: [Javascript] Controling a SELECT from a child window


Hi David,

   You should be able to use the same syntax, as long as you refer to it
through the window.opener object...

   When someone tells me "it doesn't work", I automatically ask what is
really going on.  Are you seeing an error message -- and if so, what
does it say -- or is something unexpected happening, or is nothing at
all happening?

Cheers,

Peter

From: "David Stoltz" Dstoltz at SHH.ORG

Hi All,

I have a problem - I am popping up a child window, and I need to:

1) Clear a select box on the parent of all it's options
2) Add new options to the select box on the parent window
3) Select (highlight) an option in the select box on the parent window

Can anyone give me any code how I can do this from the CHILD window? I
am trying with this so far to select an option, with no luck:

window.opener.document.form1.mylist.option[0].selected=true;

Thanks for any help    
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