passing data from a child window to a parent window

[backups2007]

Say for example, i have rows of input textboxes and i would like to pass different data from a popup window. How should I do it?

[dmjpro]

Say for example, i have rows of input textboxes and i would like to pass different data from a popup window. How should I do it?

var child_win = null;
child_win  = window.open(...);
.
.
.
function access_child_values()
{
 if(typeof child_win){
  var val1 = child_win.document.forms["form_name"].elements["element_name"].value;
  .
  .
 }
}
 

Kind regards,
Dmjpro.

[backups2007]

could you explain your code. and is there any other way besides that?

[dmjpro]

var child_win = null;
child_win  = window.open(...);
.
.
.
function access_child_values()
{
 if(typeof child_win){
  var val1 = child_win.document.forms["form_name"].elements["element_name"].value;
  .
  .
 }
}
 

Kind regards,
Dmjpro.

var child_win = null;
child_win  = window.open(...);
//here it opens a new window and having that window reference
.
.
.
function access_child_values()
{
 if(typeof child_win){ //check whether child window opened or not
  var val1 = child_win.document.forms["form_name"].elements["element_name"].value;
//here form_name is the form name of child window
//and element_name is element name of child window
  .
  .
 }
}
 

Anything more buddy :-)

Kind regards,
Dmjpro.

[backups2007]

var child_win = null;
child_win  = window.open(...);
//here it opens a new window and having that window reference
.
.
.
function access_child_values()
{
 if(typeof child_win){ //check whether child window opened or not
  var val1 = child_win.document.forms["form_name"].elements["element_name"].value;
//here form_name is the form name of child window
//and element_name is element name of child window
  .
  .
 }
}
 

Anything more buddy :-)

Kind regards,
Dmjpro.

Thank you very much sir. I'll try it on my program.