Open Child Window with some data from parent 1

ABinBoston · Jan 14, 2002

I would like to open a new window from a parent form that contains several values from the parent form..

For example.. I'd like to add a new contact for a specific company, when I click the "add new contact" link, I'd like the new window that opens to have the values CompanyName and CompanyID.

I have seen code that will populate the parent form with the new contact info, what I want to do is the opposite.. I wish to populate the child withdata from the parent first..

Thanks! AB

fayna · Jan 14, 2002

Here you'll find the answer to your question:

http://www.coolnerds.com/jscript/winopen.htm#pageTop

what i'd like to know is how you populate the parent form with child info

Thanks
fayna

DoubleV · Jan 14, 2002

I hope the following code will be helpful:

Code:

<HTML>
<HEAD>
	<TITLE>Untitled</TITLE>
<script language=&quot;javascript&quot;><!--

function subm() {
var openwindow = window.open(&quot;&quot;, &quot;newWin&quot;, config='height=200,width=200,menubar=yes,resizable');

var text
text = &quot;<html><head><title>New Window Title</title></head>&quot;
text += &quot;<body><form name='frm'>&quot;
text += &quot;<input type='text' name='co_name' value='&quot; + document.my_form.coName.value + &quot;'><br>&quot;
text += &quot;<input type='text' name='co_id' value='&quot; + document.my_form.coId.value + &quot;'><br>&quot;
text += &quot;</form></body></html>&quot;

openwindow.document.write(text)
openwindow.document.close()

}
//-->
</script>
</HEAD>

<BODY>
<form name=&quot;my_form&quot;>
<input type=&quot;text&quot; name=&quot;coName&quot; value=&quot;This is some name&quot;><br>
<input type=&quot;text&quot; name=&quot;coId&quot; value=&quot;This is some id&quot;><br><br>
<input type=&quot;button&quot; name=&quot;opn&quot; value=&quot;open a window&quot; onClick=&quot;subm()&quot;>
</form>
</BODY>
</HTML>

DoubleV · Jan 14, 2002

fayna,
when you open a new window, give it a name ("newWin" in my example) and then you just refer to that window by its name. for example, newWin.document.form_name.field_name.value

hth

ABinBoston · Jan 14, 2002

Hi:

Thanks.. that puts me on the right track! sort of..

Is there another way to do it without writing the html..

The popup I am trying to populate is a form to add a new contact on the fly. The parent form is a form that a user will use to add a message to a database.

There are dropdowns on the page allowing the user to select a company, then it refreshes to list available contacts in another dropdown... if the contact does not exist.. I'd like to have the user click "add contact" to open the popup, populated with the company name and id, allow the user to enter the contact name, number, etc.. then submit to add the data to a table. After a conformation, the user will close the form, and the data will be written to the appropriate fields on the parent form and they can continue with their message entry..

Thanks! - AB

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