Popupate a popup from parent 2

[travisbrown]

I know how to populate and fire javascript functions in a parent page from a popup; however, how does one do the opposite? I need to open a window and populate form elements in it from the parent. There's a little too much do it through a query string.

Thanks.

 

[feherke]

Hi

It is not [tt]parent[/tt], is called [tt]opener[/tt]. All other steps will be the same.

Feherke.

http://rootshell.be/~feherke/

 

[travisbrown]

Yeah, I know how to use opener. I want to target elements on the opened page, not the opener.

 

[feherke]

Hi

Show us what you have. ( Cut off the decorations. )

Feherke.

http://rootshell.be/~feherke/

 

[adam0101]

A small example:

var popup = window.open("page.htm");
popup.document.getElementById("someDiv").innerHTML = "hi";
popup.document.formName.fieldName.value = "hello";

Adam

http://adameslinger.blogspot.com/

 

[feherke]

Hi

Possible. Or maybe this :

var popup = window.open("page.htm");
[red]function populate()
{[/red]
  popup.document.getElementById("someDiv").innerHTML = "hi";
  popup.document.formName.fieldName.value = "hello";
[red]}
setTimeout('populate()',1000);[/red]

Or maybe this :

var popup = window.open("page.htm");
[red]function populate()
{
  if (popup.document && popup.document.getElementById("someDiv")) {[/red]
    popup.document.getElementById("someDiv").innerHTML = "hi";
    popup.document.formName.fieldName.value = "hello";
[red]  } else setTimeout('populate()',100);
}
setTimeout('populate()',100);[/red]

Or maybe else. Personally I do not understand at which step has the OP problem.

Feherke.

http://rootshell.be/~feherke/

 

[travisbrown]

Thanks Adam. I see it's as simple as referencing the window name rather than the generic .opener

 

[travisbrown]

Hmm.. I'm getting a 'createBKB is undefined'. Does the var declaration have to be outside the function? I'm triggering it with an onclick so if I put the declaration outside the function, it will fire onload.

function createNewArticle() {
var createKB = window.open('kb_add_article.asp');
setTimeout('populateKB();',5000);
}

function populateKB() {
createKB.document.gteElementById('kb_title').value = 'test';
//create.tinyMCE.execInstanceCommand("desc_description","mceInsertContent",false,'test');	
}

 

[travisbrown]

oops. Pasted the wrong thing

function createNewArticle() {
alert('working on this right now');
var createKB = window.open('kb_add_article.asp');
setTimeout('populateKB(createKB);',5000);
}

function populateKB(target) {
target.document.getElementById('kb_title').value = 'test';
//create.tinyMCE.execInstanceCommand("desc_description","mceInsertContent",false,'test');	
}

 

[travisbrown]

Anyone have a suggestion on how to pop a window and populate some form items? I've run out of things to try. If I move the var declaration out of the function, it will incessantly open windows everytime the page loads.

Thanks.

 

[feherke]

Hi

[red]var createKB[/red]
function createNewArticle() {
  alert('working on this right now');
  createKB = window.open('kb_add_article.asp'[red],'unique_target_name_here'[/red]);
  setTimeout('populateKB(createKB);',5000);
}

function populateKB(target) {
  target.document.getElementById('kb_title').value = 'test';
  //create.tinyMCE.execInstanceCommand("desc_description","mceInsertContent",false,'test');    
}

Feherke.

http://rootshell.be/~feherke/

 

[travisbrown]

Excellent. Thank you.

var createKB
function createNewArticle() {
  alert('working on this right now');
  createKB = window.open('kb_add_article.asp','createKB');
  setTimeout('populateKB();',3000);
}

function populateKB() {
  createKB.document.getElementById('kb_title').value = 'test';
  //create.tinyMCE.execInstanceCommand("desc_description","mceInsertContent",false,'test');    
}