Pass value from Pop-up to Hidden Form Field on Parent window

rudy23 · Feb 26, 2004

This topics been covered before but it wasnt resolved. So can this be done at all?

I need to pass a value from the child window and assign it to a hidden form field in the Parent window.

Here is the sample code. (not mine just took it from a previous post)

Main Window

Code:

<html>
<head>
<title>IRC Database Management</title>

<script language="javascript">
function openMe(){
  var x = window.open('add_item.htm', 'newWindow');
}
</script>

</head>
<form name="place">

<input type=text name=theBox onclick="javascript:openMe();">
<input type=hidden name=window>

</form>
</html>

PopUp Window

Code:

<HTML>
<HEAD>
<TITLE>Deluxe Advertising Entry Form</TITLE>

<BODY BGCOLOR="#FFFFFF" TEXT="#000000" LINK="#0000FF" VLINK="#800080">

<script language=javascript>
  function setOther(){
    window.opener.place.theBox.value = document.myForm.thisBox.value;
    window.opener.place.window.value = document.myForm.window1.value;
  }
</script>
</head>
<body>
<form name=myForm>
  <input type=text name=thisBox>
  <input type=text name=window1>
  <input type=button value="Click Me" onClick="setOther();">

</form>
</html>

Any help appreciated guys.

mwolf00 · Feb 26, 2004

try this

window.opener.document.place.theBox.value = document.myForm.thisBox.value;
window.opener.document.place.window.value = document.myForm.window1.value;

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rudy23 · Feb 26, 2004

Nopes. I even tried passing a hard coded value. It can pass it to a text box but not to a Hidden Form Field.

BlindPete · Feb 26, 2004

sure it can I do it all the time. so probably something simple is a miss. What browser? what OS?

you might also add a default value to the hidden field

Code:

<form name="place">

<input type="text" name="theBox" onclick="javascript:openMe();">
<input type="hidden" name="window" [COLOR=red]value=""[/color]>

</form>

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Einstein47 · Feb 26, 2004

I know this is a workaround - but it has worked for me. Put a function on the parent page that accepts 2 variables as parameters and in that function populate your form. Then the child window only needs to call the parent's function passing the parameters. Like this:

Code:

--- in the parent add this
<script>
function populate(box1,hidden1) {
  var form=document.getElementById('place');
  form.theBox.value = box1;
  form.windows.value = hidden1;
}
</script>

--- in the child add this:
<script>
function sendToParent() {
  var form=document.getElementById('myForm');
  opener.populate(form.thisBox.value,form.window1.value);
}
</script>

--- and change the onclick in the popup to call sendToParent()

Does that make sense - again it is a work around, but it makes the naming convention much less problematic.

Einstein47
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rudy23 · Feb 27, 2004

Einstein47. Thats working. Doesnt hurt to add another function to the main page.

Thanks

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