[Javascript] Passing Selection Data

[greg at krieser.com]

Peter,

That is amazing!  It works perfectly.  Thank you very much!

Greg

The following message was sent by "Peter Brunone" <peter at brunone.com> on Fri, 27 Sep 2002 12:22:06 -0500.

> Greg,
> 
>     I guess you answered your first question already :)
> 
>     From the child window, you can refer to the parent window as
> window.opener and from there, everything is pretty much accessible.  For
> example, if the main window has a form named "mainForm" with a text input
> named "cityName", you could change cityName to whatever you want with the
> following line of script:
> 
> window.opener.document.forms.mainForm.cityName.value = "Dallas";
> 
>     Just about all the objects in the main page can be accessed through 
> the
> opener object.  For older browsers you may have to explicity set the opener
> property when you open the window, i.e.
> 
> var newWin = window.open("whatever, etc.".....)
> newWin.opener = window;
> 
> but most modern browsers (IE and NN 4.0 and up) take care of that so you
> don't have to worry about it.  Let me know if any of this is confusing...
> 
> Cheers,
> 
> Peter
> 
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: <greg at krieser.com>
> 
> 
> | Is it possible to pass selections from a pop-up window to a main page 
> with
> JavaScript?  On the following page
> |
> |
> http://www.cbshome.com/IRP/listing/ListingSearch.asp?ListingType=1&SearchTyp
> e=Geographic
> |
> | a map link provides a pop-up window with a map.  When you click on
> sections of the map, the information of the selection is passed back to 
> the
> main page.  How is this done?  I've got a file with a map that fills in 
> form
> data when a selection is made, but it is all on one page.  I like the pop-up
> idea.  Can't seem to understand how they did it?
> |
> | Anyone have experience with this?
> |
> | Thanks,
> |
> | Greg
> 
> 
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