Re: Javascript between parent and child windows

You can refer to the parent of a child window as "opener".  So, if the
parent has a JS function called "validate()", you can call it from the child
as:

opener.validate();

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----- Original Message -----
From: "Nathan Lyle" <natlyle(at)nmu.edu>
To: <hwg-techniques(at)hwg.org>
Sent: Wednesday, December 06, 2000 12:11 AM
Subject: Javascript between parent and child windows


> Okay, I'm really pulling my hair out on this one. I've found a billion web
> sites that come just short of telling me what I need to know, but I
haven't
> found any yet that say it *can't* be done, so my hopes still egg me on a
bit.
>
> What I want to do, is pass a variable from a javascript created window
back
> to the one that made it, when someone clicks on a link in the newest
> window. (So that the link activates in the original window, and then the
> new window closes itself.)  I've got all the parts figured out except for
> the talking backwards. I know how to send info *to* the new window, but
can
> it also go the other way?
>
> Thoughts? Opinions? Help?!?
>
> ~Nathan Lyle
>
> http://euclid.nmu.edu/~natlyle
> natlyle(at)nmu.edu or jopling(at)geocities.com
> (906)227-5736
>
> "The shortest distance between two points is under construction." - NOELIE
> ALTILE

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