Child Window Function

[pwillia3]

Is it possible to call a member function on a global object that lives in a child window?

Example:
Parent A - Calls window.open("Child B", "child);

Child B - Contains object X

Parent A - Calls X.function(); <-- Is this possible in any way?


Thanks,
Patrick

 

[DaZZleD]

try windowName.document.X.function();
where window name is the windowHandler attached to window.open (windowName = window.open("...", "..."));

 

[BillyRayPreachersSon]

Failing that, use the handle returned by the window.open method:

var winHandle = window.open(...);

I think that you would use either:

winHandle.objName.objMethod();

or

winHandle.document.objName.objMethod();

Hope this helps,
Dan

 

[pwillia3]

Nothing worked unless I declared X in Child B like this:

document.X = ...

 

[BillyRayPreachersSon]

If you declare X as a global variable (e.g. var X = 0 in the popup window, the methods described above should work, I believe.

Dan

 

[pwillia3]

Yea I tried that and it didn't work. That was the first thing I tried.

Thanks for the help. I decided to scrap the idea.