About opener.document .forms[0]

[Omar]

Hi,
I've been working with this without problems:

function regresaValor()
{
var indexValor = document.forms[0].eleccion.selec tedIndex;
var valueValor =
document.forms[0].eleccion.optio ns[indexValor].value;
opener.document .forms[0].valorTxt.value = valueValor;
window.close();
}

As you can see, this JS function returns 1 value to the parent.
However, I'm trying to return several values to the same parent's
element (valorTxt). Something like this:

function regresaValor()
{
var indexValor0 = document.forms[0].eleccion0.sele ctedIndex;
var valueValor0 =
document.forms[0].eleccion0.opti ons[indexValor].value;
var indexValor1 = document.forms[0].eleccion1.sele ctedIndex;
var valueValor1 =
document.forms[0].eleccion1.opti ons[indexValor].value;
var indexValor2 = document.forms[0].eleccion2.sele ctedIndex;
var valueValor2 =
document.forms[0].eleccion2.opti ons[indexValor].value;
var total = valueValor0 + ";" + valueValor1 + ";" valueValor2;
opener.document .forms[0].valorTxt.value = total;
window.close();
}

This should return a String value to the parent, where I can do
further analysis.

Is this approach the best? Can it be done? Thank you for your time and
advices.

- Omar.

[RobB]

Omar wrote:

Hi,
I've been working with this without problems:

function regresaValor()
{
var indexValor = document.forms[0].eleccion.selec tedIndex;
var valueValor =
document.forms[0].eleccion.optio ns[indexValor].value;
opener.document .forms[0].valorTxt.value = valueValor;
window.close();
}

As you can see, this JS function returns 1 value to the parent.
However, I'm trying to return several values to the same parent's
element (valorTxt). Something like this:

function regresaValor()
{
var indexValor0 = document.forms[0].eleccion0.sele ctedIndex;
var valueValor0 =
document.forms[0].eleccion0.opti ons[indexValor].value;
var indexValor1 = document.forms[0].eleccion1.sele ctedIndex;
var valueValor1 =
document.forms[0].eleccion1.opti ons[indexValor].value;
var indexValor2 = document.forms[0].eleccion2.sele ctedIndex;
var valueValor2 =
document.forms[0].eleccion2.opti ons[indexValor].value;
var total = valueValor0 + ";" + valueValor1 + ";" valueValor2;
opener.document .forms[0].valorTxt.value = total;
window.close();
}

This should return a String value to the parent, where I can do
further analysis.

Is this approach the best? Can it be done? Thank you for your time and advices.

- Omar.

You don't necessarily need to send that to a text input (which is not a
programming construct) to 'analyze' it...depends on what you had in
mind. #;-)

Anyway...

function regresaValor()
{
var els = document.forms[0].elements,
opform, valorTxt, sel, n = 0, els,
data = [];
if (opener
&& !opener.closed
&& (opform = opener.document .forms[0])
&& (valorTxt = opform.elements .valorTxt))
{
while (sel = els['eleccion' + n++])
data.push(sel.v alue);
valorTxt.value = data.join('; ');
}
window.close();
}

Will process elements named 'eleccion0', 'eleccion1', etc., until there
isn't one. Array.push() adds to the end of the array, .join() pastes
the elements into a string with its argument as seperator. Just one
approach.

[sancha]

ro*****@yahoo.c om (Omar) wrote in message news:<8b******* *************** ****@posting.go ogle.com>...

Hi,
I've been working with this without problems:

function regresaValor()
{
var indexValor = document.forms[0].eleccion.selec tedIndex;
var valueValor =
document.forms[0].eleccion.optio ns[indexValor].value;
opener.document .forms[0].valorTxt.value = valueValor;
window.close();
}

As you can see, this JS function returns 1 value to the parent.
However, I'm trying to return several values to the same parent's
element (valorTxt). Something like this:

function regresaValor() {
var indexValor0 = document.forms[0].eleccion0.sele ctedIndex;
var valueValor0 =
document.forms[0].eleccion0.opti ons[indexValor].value;
var indexValor1 = document.forms[0].eleccion1.sele ctedIndex;
var valueValor1 =
document.forms[0].eleccion1.opti ons[indexValor].value;
var indexValor2 = document.forms[0].eleccion2.sele ctedIndex;
var valueValor2 =
document.forms[0].eleccion2.opti ons[indexValor].value;
var total = valueValor0 + ";" + valueValor1 + ";" valueValor2;
opener.document .forms[0].valorTxt.value = total;
window.close();
}

This should return a String value to the parent, where I can do
further analysis.

Is this approach the best? Can it be done? Thank you for your time and
advices.

- Omar.

i don't know exactly but what value is the function returning ???
try using ',' instead of ';' maybe that will help.

[RobG]

RobB wrote:
[...]

Anyway...

function regresaValor()
{
var els = document.forms[0].elements,
opform, valorTxt, sel, n = 0, els,
data = [];

You have declared 'els' twice, but (to my surprise) it doesn't seem
to cause an error. Even something like:

var els = document.forms[0].elements;
var els;

does not seem to be an issue. I guess this highlights that a variable
is not given a value until it is assigned one, so simply initialising
'els' a second time does nothing?
[...]
--
Rob

[Richard Cornford]

RobG wrote:

RobB wrote:
[...]

Anyway...

function regresaValor()
{
var els = document.forms[0].elements,
opform, valorTxt, sel, n = 0, els,
data = [];

You have declared 'els' twice, but (to my surprise) it
doesn't seem to cause an error. Even something like:

var els = document.forms[0].elements;
var els;

does not seem to be an issue. I guess this highlights that a
variable is not given a value until it is assigned one, so
simply initialising 'els' a second time does nothing?

It is more surprising to find that:-

var els;
var els = document.forms[0].elements;

- also works, and results in - els - having the assigned value in
subsequent code. But ECMA 262 Section10.1.3 explains why it is not a
problem. But also why there is wasted processing in defining local
variables more than once.

Richard.