Reading content of a HTML that I've open in a subwindow...

Hugo

Hi all,

Well I don't know if it's possible, but I would like to able to read
the content of a html file that I've opened in a new window, but do
this from the parent html file.
I think that maybe this isn't at all possible. But if anybody as an
idea it would be great.

The code is bellow
thx
Hugo
Parent page:
------------
<html>
<head>
<title>Test</title>
<script language="JavaScript1.2" type="text/javascript">

</script>
</head>
<body>
<form>
<input type="button" VALUE=" Test Server" ONCLICK="detect();">
</form>
</body>
</html>

Child file:
----------
<html>
<head>
<title>Server</title>
</head>
<body>
<form name="my_form">
<input type="hidden" name="hidden_status" value="on"/>
</form>
</body>
</html>

Jul 20 '05 #1

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Lasse Reichstein Nielsen

Hu*********@web.de (Hugo) writes:

Hi all,

Well I don't know if it's possible, but I would like to able to read
the content of a html file that I've opened in a new window, but do
this from the parent html file.
I think that maybe this isn't at all possible. But if anybody as an
idea it would be great.
It is not possible if the page is from another domain. The standard
security measures prevents scripts from gaining cross-domain
information.

If the page is from the same domain, you can access it as you do the
current page, only writing "myWindow.document" instead of just
"document".
function detect(){
myWindow = window.open("http://localhost/webapp1/status.html",
"Status");
alert(myWindow.document.forms[0].hidden_status);
Here you might be a little too fast. The contents of the window
is loaded asynchroneously, so it is probably not loaded yet when
the alert statment is executed.

You can either delay the alert
setTimeout(function(){
alert(myWindow.document.forms[0].hidden_status);},
1000);
(or however long you expect it to take ... the safest bet would be to check
if the page has loaded and reschedule the alert for later if it hasn't).
myWindow.document.close() ;

You probably mean
myWindow.close()
to close the window.

/L
--
Lasse Reichstein Nielsen - lr*@hotpop.com
Art D'HTML: <URL:http://www.infimum.dk/HTML/randomArtSplit.html>
'Faith without judgement merely degrades the spirit divine.'

Jul 20 '05 #2

Hugo wrote:

Hi all,

DO NOT MULTI-POST in several newsgroups.

You posted the same question in netscape.devs-javascript

DU
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Javascript and Browser bugs:
http://www10.brinkster.com/doctorunclear/

Jul 20 '05 #3

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