Re: Javascript between parent and child windows

><Floyd>
>I've done what I *think* you're saying.  Maybe not the best or cleanest but it
>worked.
>
>Create an input form with no manual input but just a hidden variable to carry
>the value you want to transfer, and then put at refresh line at the
>bottom.  It
>goes to whatever action page the form is directed to.  Put the whole thing
>in an
>if-then to use when appropriate.

That's exactly what I tried to do at first too, but I couldn't get it to
work. It turned out that what I needed to do was pass an object reference
of the form on the original page to the child window. Then communicating
backwards is as easy as communicating within a single page. :)



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