Repost of:[Javascript] Adding an item to a select list fromanotherwindow

[Robert Pollard]

I was able to make it work by adding the row before I open the other  
window.  Netscape is fine and works as expected.  I even tried using  
the add() method that Explorer supposedly uses and it still bombed.  So  
what I do is add the row to the Select list before I open the new  
window to get the selection for the new element.  It works fine.

It would be nice to know why Explorer bombs.  I tried to connect from  
my Windoze system and it won't even load the page correctly.  I would  
change the JavaScript code to show an alert and it wouldn't even show  
the alert as it did on the Mac.  Go figure!

Thanks for your time,

Robert Pollard

On Thursday, September 25, 2003, at 12:23 PM, David Lovering wrote:

> Interesting.  I'll have to think about this...
>
> -- Dave
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Robert Pollard" <rpollard at apple.com>
> To: "[JavaScript List]" <javascript at LaTech.edu>
> Sent: Thursday, September 25, 2003 9:16 AM
> Subject: Re: Repost of:[Javascript] Adding an item to a select list
> fromanotherwindow
>
>
>> Hey David,
>>
>> This is what I am doing:
>>
>> Select from list: Add a comma delimited list to the new line to this
>> list:
>>
>> A <--select this one A,B,D
>> B <--select this one
>> C
>> D <--and this one
>> E
>>
>> Select the options again and my newly added element in the list in the
>> source window looks like:
>> A A,B,D
>> B <--select this one B,D
>> C
>> D <--and this one
>> E
>>
>> I'll allow the user to continue making these selections until they  
>> have
>> all the patterns they need.  Each comma delimited list gets assigned  
>> to
>> a new element in the source list.  This what we refer to as day
>> patterns.  Each combination of letters represents what days will be
>> used.
>>
>> Thanks for your response and help.
>>
>> I just discovered that Exploder 5.2 is blowing up but Netscape 7.0
>> seems to work fine.
>>
>> Thanks,
>>
>> Robert
>>
>> On Thursday, September 25, 2003, at 08:55 AM, David Lovering wrote:
>>
>>> I think you are getting bitten by the comma-delimited list here.  You
>>> can't
>>> stuff that into a single option.
>>>
>>> You are much better off by running a 'for loop' around the array
>>> generated
>>> by splitting the comma delimeted list, and doing each entry by itself
>>> with
>>> the new Object declaration.
>>>
>>> That should work ok -- I do it all the time.
>>>
>>> -- Dave Lovering
>>>
>>> ----- Original Message -----
>>> From: "Robert Pollard" <rpollard at apple.com>
>>> To: <javascript at LaTech.edu>
>>> Sent: Thursday, September 25, 2003 8:44 AM
>>> Subject: Repost of:[Javascript] Adding an item to a select list from
>>> anotherwindow
>>>
>>>
>>>> I'm sorry I posted this with the typo.  I had to change the code  
>>>> after
>>>> I copied into the email and didn't notice I replaced the text
>>>> incorrectly.
>>>> My code doesn't have 2 options[j] in it.  I just posted it  
>>>> incorrectly
>>>> to the list.
>>>>
>>>> I apologize for wasting your time with a typo.
>>>>
>>>> Here is the code as it is in my source:
>>>>
>>>> var vFields = new Option(commaDelimitedList, "",false,false);
>>>> var j = window.opener.document.forms[0].elements[aValue[i]].length;
>>>>
>>>> It's good up until here.  This next line causes Explorer to
>>>> unexpectedly quit.
>>>> window.opener.document.forms[0].elements[aValue[i]].options[j] =
>>>> vFields;
>>>> This next line just returns a no object error.
>>>> window.opener.document.forms[0].elements[aValue[i]].options[j].value 
>>>>  =
>>>> commaDelimitedList;
>>>>
>>>> Platform is Mac OS X 10.2.3
>>>> Explorer: 5.2
>>>>
>>>> Any ideas why this wouldn't work?  Notice the second line actually
>>>> returns a value.
>>>>
>>>> Thanks for any insight,
>>>>
>>>> Robert Pollard
>>>>
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