no probs in that ...
you can get a handle to the parent window from the child window by using
window.opener.
to set some variable in the parent page you can use
window.opener.forms(0).getElementById("the_id_of_variable").value.

Once you set that u can close your child window. Do let me know if you find
any difficulty in the same

-----Original Message-----
From: Hi Servlet [mailto:freeservlet@y...]
Sent: Thursday, July 11, 2002 3:23 PM
To: javascript
Subject: [javascript] How to pass the values selected from dropdown list
in the child window to the parent window


Hi, 

When i click "Open new window" button, the child window will pop up, From 
there, the user will choose an option from the dropdown list. This 
selected option will be returned to the parent and close the child window 
automatically.

Can anyone help me in this? 
Thanks

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