Get the value of a variable through window.opener not work in IE (OK for FF, opera)

[syl77]

Hi,

In my main window, i have a link that opens a popup: <a.....onclick="reftype='text1';..."/>.
In the popup, i have a button written in Javascript.I would like to get through this button, the value of the reftype variable of the main window. So, in the JS code, i extract the value of this variable with the following code:
window.opener.reftype
For Firefox and Opera, if i do an alert(window.opener.reftype), i obtain text1 that is correct. With IE, i obtain undefined.
Do you have any solutions to solve this problem with IE?

Thanks
Sylvain

[Abdul Haque]

Try using window.opener.document.getElementById("abcd").valu e

where abcd is the name of element of the parent window

[acoder]

Have you defined reftype to be a global variable?

If you're still having problems, consider setting the value of a hidden element and accessing that instead.