[prashantSum]

hi,
I don't know exactly where to post this exactly, please forgive if I should not have posted it here.

I have a problem, I have to open a popup window in which I have to show some check boxes, now when the user selects some check boxes I want get these values back to the window from where the popup window has been opened.

how can I do this.. I am using J2EE on the server side, does request has to sent back to server,.. or can I do it in some other way...

please help me...

[shabbir]

This can be done using the plain JavaScript and does not need to be passed to the server. You can just write a JS function to reflect the changes from the child to the parent in the following manner

<script language="javascript">
function reflect()
{
	parent.opener.window.document.<FormName>.<FieldName>.value = document.<ChildFormName>.<Field>.value;
	return true;
}
</script>

[pradeep]

To pass on some values to the "opener" window from the "opened" window, you have to use the window.opener object.

Example:

//in the original window
  var bValueFromPopup = false;
  document.form.myForm.button.onClick=function()
  {
     window.open("pop.htm","testt");
  }
  
  //this opens the file pop.htm in a new pop-up window.
  
  //in pop.htm, if you want to change/pass a value to the orginal window
  document.form.newForm.myButton.onClick=function()
  {
     window.opener.bValueFronPopup=true;
  }
  
  //this will change the value of the variable bValueFronPopup in the main window.

You got the logic, hope now u can work on your problem.In case of any prob, dont worry, I am just a mouse click away ;-)

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[prashantSum]

thx for the replies,

I got that it....

one more thing is, I have some check boxes in the popup window, now when select some check boxes in the that window and close that window and again open it check boxes which I have selected previously are not persisted (they are again coming to non select state)..

how can we persist those selections until the parent form is submmited

[pradeep]

Yes, you can do that, all you have to do is read the data from the main page,using the same logic.

[prashantSum]

thx for the replies,

parent.opener.window.document.<FormName>.<FieldNam e>.value = document.<ChildFormName>.<Field>.value;

now the above code is working fine when I opened a window with window.open

but...
it's not working when I open a MODAL window....

with window.showModalDialog(....)

does it not work with the modal windows or do I need to change some code

[pradeep]

parent.opener wont work with showModalDialog, 'cause its not a pop-up window, its a dialog.You can pass & retrive values in ModalDialog too, for more help on that check this link http://www.webreference.com/js/column90/3.html

[prashantSum]

thx pradeep,

I got it.