Best way to fire an event in the opener from a popup

Hi there

What's the best way for a popup to cause an event to fire in the
opener? I've got a popup which currently returns a value to the opener
by setting a hidden input in the opener:

window.opener.d ocument.forms[0].myHiddenField. value=returnVal ue;
window.close();

I then want the opener window to perform some work on the returned
value. The best I've come up with so far is to put a button on the
opener page, try to hide it with css, give it an onclick value which
calls the function I want to run, then have the popup click it:

window.opener.d ocument.forms[0].myHiddenField. value=returnVal ue;
window.opener.d ocument.forms[0].myHiddenButton .click();
window.close();

Is there any less clunky method than using an invisible button like
this?

Thanks, TH.

Dec 4 '06 #1

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pangea33

TH wrote:

Hi there

What's the best way for a popup to cause an event to fire in the
opener? I've got a popup which currently returns a value to the opener
by setting a hidden input in the opener:

window.opener.d ocument.forms[0].myHiddenField. value=returnVal ue;
window.close();

I then want the opener window to perform some work on the returned
value. The best I've come up with so far is to put a button on the
opener page, try to hide it with css, give it an onclick value which
calls the function I want to run, then have the popup click it:

window.opener.d ocument.forms[0].myHiddenField. value=returnVal ue;
window.opener.d ocument.forms[0].myHiddenButton .click();
window.close();

Is there any less clunky method than using an invisible button like
this?

Thanks, TH.

Just execute the same method that the button does when clicked. For
instance if it calls "fDoStuff() " in the onclick event, just call it
from the child window like this: window.opener.f DoStuff();

*** popTest.php ***
<html>
<head>
<script language="javas cript">
function fDoStuff() {
alert(document. forms[0].myHiddenField. value);
}
function fPopIt() {
window.open('po pTest2.php', 'mywin');
}
</script>
</head>
<body onload="fPopIt( );">
<form>
<input type="hidden" name="myHiddenF ield" id="myHiddenFie ld">
</form>
<body>
</html>

*** popTest2.php ***
<html>
<head>
<script language="javas cript">
function fDoStuff() {
window.opener.d ocument.forms[0].myHiddenField. value='bennie';
window.opener.f DoStuff();
self.close();
}
</script>
</head>
<body onload="fDoStuf f();">

<body>
</html>

Dec 4 '06 #2

Cheers pangea!

Jan 4 '07 #3

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