pop up window problem

[shakes911]

hi, i'm using a form to select items from 2 dropdown menus, which, when posted is processed by a perl script on another site. I want the results of this query to be displayed in a pop-up window with a frameset. the top frame is the nav bar and the content frame containing the results of the query. does anyone have any idea how to do this?

 

[iza]

yes : <form ... target=&quot;_blank&quot;> will open the page sent back by the server in a pop up ------
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[WildWill]

The way I have achieved this in the past is to open a window with a hidden form pass the parameters to this form and call the new forms submit method (Calling your server side query).

This will create the perception of a query entered in one window having the result posted in another

Tip in the new window show a message such as data loading or something similar, to keep users from getting impatient if there are any delays

EG

function infoCreator(teamNo,membNo)
{
   
   if (!infowin || infowin.closed)
   {
      infowin=window.open("teamdetail.html","mem","menubar=yes,width=360,height=200");
   }
   else
   {
      infowin.close();
	  infowin=window.open("teamdetail.html","mem","menubar=yes,width=360,height=200");
   }
   infowin.document.forms['teamForm'].elements['_team'].value = teamNo;
   infowin.document.forms['teamForm'].elements['_memb'].value = membNo;
   infowin.document.forms['teamForm'].submit();
  
}

 

[baad]

hie
didnt checked my suggestion myself, but what about
<form ... target=&quot;windowname.frames.framename&quot;> ?
i mean this window named windowname must be opened before submittin this form.. (window.open(url,windowname,prefs)) regards, vic

 

[iza]

i didn't read the question carefully ! i gave a sol to display the result in a new window
to display it in a subframe of a ALREADY OPENED window use vituz's trick
else onSubmit : build the window (ww=window.open and ww.write(frameset)) and then set form.target=ww.framename and return true (so that it submits) ------
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[baad]

iza u're here? i think i saw u elsewhere second before.. wooo, u're quick!! regards, vic

 

[iza]

yeah, who knows, maybe i'm 2 or 3 ... maybe i don't even exist ... ;] ------
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