help with passing text from window to window

GregArtemides · Jan 13, 2004

I have a page, Page1.htm containing a form with a textfield, and a link which pops up another page, Page2.htm. Page2.htm contains an iframe.

When I press the link on Page1 to popup Page2, I would like to pass the text in the textfield on Page1 to the iframe on Page2.

Finally I would like to do the reverse. Pass the text from the iframe in page2 to the textfield on page1, by clicking a link on page2.

How do I do that?

keepingbusy · Jan 13, 2004

Try using asp pages to pass variables from one page to another

Lee

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JohnBear · Jan 14, 2004

You could create a frame set with two windows. One window would be be hidden i.e 0% width and the other 100%. In the hidden window create a custom object i.e

var objSelected = new Object();

In the main window onsubmit store the form element values in the new object. i.e

var objSelection = parent.frames[0].window.objSelected;
objSelection.State = window.document.myForm.myTextBox.value;

Set the form tag's target to _self and the action to next page.

In the next page retrieve the values and set the form element values by calling a function from the onLoad event .i.e

function Load()
{
var objSelection = parent.frames[0].window.objSelected;
window.document.myForm.mytextBox2.value = objSelection.State;
}

<body onLoad='Load90' >

Cheers

GregArtemides · Jan 14, 2004

JohnBear, your solution would work. I have actually found a different approach that works too. Here it is:
Page1:
<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN">
<html>
<head>
<title>Untitled</title>
<script language="JavaScript" type="text/javascript">

</script>
</head>
<body>
<form>
<table width="0%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0">
<tr>
<td><input type="text" name="textP1" onBlur="javascript: textfieldId=this;"> </td>
<td rowspan="3"> <a href="javascript

penWin()">open Popup</a></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><input type="text" name="textP2" onBlur="javascript: textfieldId=this;"> </td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><input type="text" name="textP3" onBlur="javascript: textfieldId=this;"> </td>
</tr>
</table>
</body>
</html>

Page2:
<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN">
<html>
<head>
<title>Untitled</title>
</head>
<body>
<iframe src="Page3.htm" name="i1"></iframe>
<br>
<br>
</body>
</html>

Page3
<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN">
<html>
<head>
<title>Untitled</title>
<script language="JavaScript" type="text/javascript">

</script>
</head>
<body onload="getIt()">
<form>
Text from parent: <input type="text" name="itext1"><br>
Text to parent: <input type="text" name="itext2"><br>
<input type="button" value="transfer" onclick="transfer()">
</form>
</body>
</html>

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