submit opener form after submitting pop-up form

[Marco Alting]

Hi,

I want to use the submit button of a new window to submit the form of the
new window (which carries two values to the opener window) and then submit
the opener form.

Can anyone tell me how to do this?

[Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn]

Marco Alting wrote:

I want to use the submit button of a new window to submit the form of the
new window (which carries two values to the opener window) and then submit
the opener form.

Can anyone tell me how to do this?

In the document of the new window:

<form ...
onsubmit="window.setTimeout('opener.document.forms[...].submit()', 42);
return true;"> <!-- one line recommended -->

YMMV
PointedEars

[Marco Alting]

It doesn't seem to work, the onsubmit in the pop-up has a function to it
called setOpener(this), which sends values to variables in the opener form,
after that it should submit the opener form, but it doesn't. Here's the
setOpener function:

function setOpener(oForm) {
if (opener && !opener.closed) {
var recordNo =
self.location.search.substring(1,self.location.sea rch.length);
var opener_form = opener.document.forms[0];
if (opener_form){
var chNo = eval('opener_form.changeNumber' + recordNo);
chNo.value = oForm.chNo.value;
var chDesc = eval('opener_form.changeDescription' + recordNo);
chDesc.value = oForm.chDesc.value;
}
self.close();
window.setTimeout('opener.document.forms[0].checkForm()', 42);
return true;
}
}
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Marco Alting wrote:

I want to use the submit button of a new window to submit the form of the new window (which carries two values to the opener window) and then submit the opener form.

Can anyone tell me how to do this?

In the document of the new window:

<form ...
onsubmit="window.setTimeout('opener.document.forms[...].submit()', 42);
return true;"> <!-- one line recommended -->

YMMV
PointedEars

[Marco Alting]

It doesn't seem to work, the onsubmit in the pop-up has a function to it
called setOpener(this), which sends values to variables in the opener form,
after that it should submit the opener form, but it doesn't. Here's the
setOpener function:

function setOpener(oForm) {
if (opener && !opener.closed) {
var recordNo =
self.location.search.substring(1,self.location.sea rch.length);
var opener_form = opener.document.forms[0];
if (opener_form){
var chNo = eval('opener_form.changeNumber' + recordNo);
chNo.value = oForm.chNo.value;
var chDesc = eval('opener_form.changeDescription' + recordNo);
chDesc.value = oForm.chDesc.value;
}
self.close();
window.setTimeout('opener.document.forms[0].checkForm()', 42);
return true;
}
}
"Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn" <Po*********@web.de> schreef in bericht
news:3F************@PointedEars.de...

Marco Alting wrote:

I want to use the submit button of a new window to submit the form of the new window (which carries two values to the opener window) and then submit the opener form.

Can anyone tell me how to do this?

In the document of the new window:

<form ...
onsubmit="window.setTimeout('opener.document.forms[...].submit()', 42);
return true;"> <!-- one line recommended -->

YMMV
PointedEars

[Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn]

Marco Alting wrote:

It doesn't seem to work, [...]
self.close();
window.setTimeout('opener.document.forms[0].checkForm()', 42);

`self' is in fact a reference to the same object as `window' is. Once
a window is closed, no further statements of its code can be executed.
Exchange the two lines and it should work (if `checkForm()' actually
submits the opener form.) YMMV for the number of milliseconds to wait
until the opener form should be submitted (here: 42.)
HTH

PointedEars

P.S.
Your way of intendation is IMHO not suited for legible code.
(Most important: Don't use tabs but spaces since the former's
width depends on the display device.)

P.P.S.
Please read http://www.allmyfaqs.com/faq.pl?How_to_post about
top-posts.

[Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn]

Thomas 'Ingrid' Lahn wrote:

P.S.
Your way of intendation is IMHO not suited for legible code.

^^^^^^^^^^^
Typo. Of course `indentation' was meant.
PointedEars

[Marco Alting]

Ofcourse you're right, when a window is closed it cannot perform any action,
but now I've changed the lines around and now the pop-up doesn't close and
the opener is not submitted...

Any more ideas?

Thanks,
M

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Thomas 'Ingrid' Lahn wrote:

P.S.
Your way of intendation is IMHO not suited for legible code.

^^^^^^^^^^^
Typo. Of course `indentation' was meant.
PointedEars

[Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn]

Marco Alting wrote:

[...]
but now I've changed the lines around and now the pop-up doesn't close and
the opener is not submitted...

Any more ideas?
Have you tried to adjust the milliseconds for timeout?
What error messages do you get (in the JavaScript console)?
[...]

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actually referring to *above* your text, not below it:

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