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Adomacro
Inspiring
August 28, 2006
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Passing value from Child window to parent window

  • August 28, 2006
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Hello,

When user click a link on parent page, i want to open a child window.

<a onclick="openWin()">Add Details</a>

In child window i got dynamic checkbox.

<cfoutput query="emp_q">
<tr>
<td>#Name#</td>
<td><input type="checkbox" name="emp_id" value="#emp_id#"></td>
</tr>
</cfoutput>

From child window, i want to pass dynamic checkbox value to parent window and display that value using inner html.

How can i do this?.

Thanks for help.
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    Sojovi
    Inspiring
    August 28, 2006
    Yes, you are rigth. That's what happens when don't review what I'm answering.

    Regards
    S
    Sojovi
    Inspiring
    August 28, 2006
    When you click in the checbox or on a button to close the window, call a function with this JS inside :

    parent.document.getElementById('Tag_ID').innerHTML="the value I want to display"

    Regards
    G
    Grizzly9279
    Participating Frequently
    August 28, 2006
    Important correction:

    "parent.document.getElementById('Tag_ID').innerHTML"

    The 'parent' reference there is incorrect. 'parent' refers to a parent window from within a frameset. Within framesets you can reference parent/sibling frames using the "parent", "top", and "self" objects. You can also reference sibling/child frames by name/id.

    The relationships between actual "windows" is much different than "frames" for many reasons.

    The object you want to use when referring to the main window from a pop-up, is "opener". So replace "parent" above, with "opener".
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    AdomacroAuthor
    Inspiring
    August 30, 2006
    Thanks Grizzly9279.

    Ya...i used
    window.opener.document.all.element_name.innerHTML

    works fine.


    When i pass a javascript varible as cf querystring. It is suppose to pass that varible to child window..right?. I am having some problem.

    var openWin = null;
    function opennewWin(){
    openWin = window.open(edit_page.cfm?listval=#listnames#','newWin','width=560,height=500,scrollbars=yes,menubar=no,status=no,location=no');
    }

    i am not about get listval value in child window. what i did wrong?.
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