send url to external webpage opened via a form

[llamatron]

I have a main window that submits a form to a website and opens up the results in a new window,
the action of the form is an external webpage. :

<form name=&quot;form1&quot; method=&quot;post&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; action=&quot;

http://www.externalpage.com/external.asp&quot;

>

and I obviouslly have a submit button :

<input name=&quot;submit&quot; type=&quot;submit&quot; value=&quot;Submit&quot;>

However I want to communicate with this new window and change the URL of it after the page has been fully loaded,
automatically.
How do i reference the new window to do this?

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I have tried doing this :

<input name=&quot;submit&quot; type=&quot;submit&quot; value=&quot;Submit&quot; onsubmit&quot;=newin()&quot;>

where newin is the following function :

function newin()
{
var new_window = window.open(&quot;

http://www.externalpage.com/externa...name&quot;,&quot;width=200,height=600&quot;);

}

I tried changing onsubmit=&quot;newin()&quot; to onclick&quot;=newin()&quot; but it still did nothing. But I think this somehow conflicts with the form submit method? How do I name the externalpage.asp window as a variable so I can communicate with it and send a URL to it?
Thanks,

 

[jemminger]

you should be able to like so:

function newin()
{
var new_window = window.open(&quot;about:blank&quot;,&quot;html_name&quot;,&quot;width=200,height=600&quot;;
}

<form name=&quot;form1&quot; method=&quot;post&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; action=&quot;

http://www.externalpage.com/external.asp&quot;;

>


<input name=&quot;submit&quot; type=&quot;submit&quot; value=&quot;Submit&quot; onclick=&quot;newin()&quot;>



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-jeff

http://www.jeffemminger.com

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[llamatron]

No; that would go to a brand new blank web page NOT the window I submit the form to, which isn't what I want.
Anyway, I figured out how to do what I want but only with a manual link on the main page:

<form name=&quot;form1&quot; method=&quot;post&quot; target=&quot;popup&quot; action=&quot;

http://www.external.com/external.asp&quot;

onsubmit=&quot;window.open ('about :blank','popup','width=300,height=300');&quot;>

and put the following link into the main page :

<a href=&quot;

http://www.external.com/external.asp?anyparameters&quot;

target=&quot;popup&quot;>link text</a>

When I click this link, the link opens up in the popup-page I want and correctly displays the data I want. However I want this link to be loaded automatically not as a clickable link from the main page (there doesn't appear to be a target=&quot;&quot; for windows.location.href). Does anyone know how to do this?
Thanks again,


Last edited by llamatron on

 

[jemminger]

if you wanted that second URL to be submitted automatically, you could do this:

var f = document.forms[0];
f.action = &quot;

http://www.external.com/external.asp?anyparameters&quot;

f.target = &quot;popup&quot;;
window.open('about:blank','popup','width=300,height=300');
f.submit();


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-jeff

http://www.jeffemminger.com

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