[Javascript] Enumerating Other Window Objects

Fri Mar 21 14:05:38 CST 2003

I guess my earlier email wasn't very clear. What I was attempting to do was to 
enumerate through objects on the child window opened with the window.open 
method.
Here is my entire html document:

<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN">
<html>
<head>
<title>Link Test</title>
<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1">
<script language="JavaScript" type="text/JavaScript">
<!--
var myWin 

function openWin()
{
    myWin = window.open("http://www.drudgereport.com","myWin")
}

function printLinks()
{
    var str = "";
    for (i=0;i< myWin.document.links.length;i++)
    {
        str = str +  myWin.document.links[i] + "<BR>";
    }
    document.write(str);
}
//-->
</script>
</head>

<body>
<input name="Button2" type="button" onClick="printLinks()" value="Print">
<input type="button" name="Button" value="Open" onClick="openWin()">
</body>
</html>

Perhaps this isn't possible, I'm pretty new to javascript.
> I thought so too, until I did a descending tree analysis.  Apparently, the
> window.opener sees as its first object a 'document', much like a 'frame'
> does.  Again, to get at the soft and squishy insides you need to punch
> through this crust by de-referencing to document.  [I've heard tell that
> this is somewhat variable, depending on which version of IE you are running,
> and/or whether you are using a Netscape model browser].
> 
> If you can wave your magic wand to make this go away, I'll be glad to cheer
> the process from the sidelines.
> 
> -- Dave Lovering
> 
> (BTW -- many of the things inside Microsoft manuals don't work as described.
> If you think you've found a case where this convention is broken, try using
> a getProps routine to map out the properties associated with a given object
> layer.  I guarantee you many hours of fear, loathing, and surprise).
> 
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Peter Brunone" <peter at brunone.com>
> To: "[JavaScript List]" <javascript at LaTech.edu>
> Sent: Friday, March 21, 2003 11:34 AM
> Subject: Re: [Javascript] Enumerating Other Window
> 
> 
> > Point of parliamentary procedure:  shouldn't
> >
> > window.opener.parent.document.framename
> >
> > be
> >
> > window.opener.parent.framename
> >
> > ?  I don't think you can get to the frameset through the document
> (although with IE 5.5 and above, you can treat iframes as CSS elements).
> >
> > Cheers,
> >
> > Peter
> >
> > ---------- Original Message ----------------------------------
> > From: "David Lovering" <dlovering at gazos.com>
> > Reply-To: "[JavaScript List]" <javascript at LaTech.edu>
> > Date: Fri, 21 Mar 2003 11:29:36 -0700
> >
> > >It isn't quite that simple.
> > >
> > >When a program spawns a remote, the parent can do pretty much as you
> said,
> > >and use
> > >
> > >    windowname.document.formname.varname.attribute  -- OR --
> > >    windowname.document.framename.document.formname.varname.attribute
> > >// one or more frames
> > >
> > >to call up the bits in the child window(s).
> > >
> > >When the child program wants to access items in the parent window, it is
> a
> > >bit more complicated.
> > >
> > >    For a single form, no-frame parent:
> > >
> > >    window.opener.document.formname.varname.attribute
> > >
> > >    For multiframe, multiform parent(s):
> > >
> > >    window.opener.parent.document.formname.varname.attribute -- OR --
> > >
> >
> >window.opener.parent.document.framename.document.formname.varname.attribute
> > >
> > >  It gets REALLY tedious when you start embedding things inside <OBJECT>
> > >declarations, as it appears with
> > >MicroSloth's defective DOM structure you can only go from the parent to
> the
> > >child, and not backwards.  I won't even attempt to give you a path map
> for
> > >this -- it is too complicated to explain lucidly in a few sentences.
> > >
> > >  The reason the second 'document' declarations are needed inside pages
> with
> > >frames is that the frame acts as a document boundary, and to access the
> > >internals of one you must 'bust-through' the hard outer layer to get at
> the
> > >soft and chewy insides.
> > >
> > >  Hope this helps.
> > >
> > >  -- Dave Lovering
> > >
> > >----- Original Message -----
> > >From: "Chris Tifer" <christ at saeweb.com>
> > >To: "[JavaScript List]" <javascript at LaTech.edu>
> > >Sent: Friday, March 21, 2003 7:49 AM
> > >Subject: Re: [Javascript] Enumerating Other Window
> > >
> > >
> > >> You just have to target which window you want to look through by
> > >> using the handler you used when opening the window.
> > >>
> > >> Chris Tifer
> > >> http://www.emailajoke.com
> > >>
> > >> ----- Original Message -----
> > >> From: <uplate at attbi.com>
> > >> To: <Javascript at LaTech.edu>
> > >> Sent: Friday, March 21, 2003 9:30 AM
> > >> Subject: [Javascript] Enumerating Other Window
> > >>
> > >>
> > >> > Greetings;
> > >> >
> > >> > using the window.open() method is it possible to open another URL and
> > >then
> > >> > enumerating through it's links or images arrays?
> > >> > Opening the window is no problem and even using a for loop to
> retrieve
> > >the
> > >> links
> > >> > on the current document is no probllem, but I can't seem to get the
> two
> > >> working
> > >> > together.
> > >> > Any ideas?
> > >> > Thanks.
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