[Javascript] Closing pop-up window on form submit

[Lau]

Instead of using a button of TYPE=SUBMIT just use TYPE=BUTTON
then 
onclick=document.myFormname.submit();opener.location.href='/main_page.jsp';self.close()


Peace
Lau

> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Jay Wright" <jwright at once.com>
> To: <javascript at LaTech.edu>
> Sent: Monday, September 24, 2001 3:56 PM
> Subject: [Javascript] Closing pop-up window on form submit
> 
> 
> >
> > I have created a small set of web pages, that will open a pop-up window
> with
> > javascript, present the user a form, and then, on submit, close the pop-up
> > window and reload the main site page.
> > Below is the form code that I am using. This works, except, of course,
> that
> > the data is never POSTED to /content_upload.jsp. The window closes and the
> > "opener" web page is reloaded with "/main_page.jsp", but the data is never
> > processed.
> > What is the work around. Is there something I can do in the form that will
> > allow the post to take place before closing the page. Or is there
> something
> > I can do in the /content_upload.jsp that would do the processing and then
> > close the window?
> > Looking for a JavaScript guru to lend a little advice. Thanks,
> > Jay
> > -------------------------------------------------
> > PS. Yes, I do need enctype to be multipart, this form is simplified, but
> > many of them load images.
> > <form action="/content_upload.jsp" method="post"
> > enctype="multipart/form-data">
> > <input type="text" name="data"><br/>
> > input type="submit" name="submit" value="Finish"
> > onClick="self.close();opener.location.href='/main_page.jsp'"><br>
> > </form>
> >
> >
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