I removed Netscape, trying to upgrade but gave up..., so I can't test much.
Try writing:
window.opener.document.title
instead of the input box value and build up. It may be the value is being
referred to incorrectly, although I see nothing wrong. Try the full syntax:
window.opener.document.forms["myForm"].elemnts["oneVal"].value;
What version of NN is this, I'll try to find a machine with it on.
Joe
>From: "John Hollis" <johnhollis@h...>
>Reply-To: "javascript" <javascript@p...>
>To: "javascript" <javascript@p...>
>Subject: [javascript] Re: window.opener in Netscape
>Date: Sun, 11 Aug 2002 22:49:54
>
> > ----- Original Message -----
>From: "John Hollis" <highnightflyer@y...>
>To: "javascript" <javascript@p...>
>Sent: Saturday, August 10, 2002 12:28 PM
>Subject: [javascript] window.opener in Netscape
>
>
> > Hello, I'm trying to pass a value, held by a variable, from a parent
> > window to a child window using the window.opener method which
> > works in IE but does not in Netscape.
> > A hyperlink calls a function which opens a new window and passes
>a
> > value to that function.In order to make that value global it is
>assigned
> > to a hidden form. The new window simply displays that value using
> > the code:
> > window.opener.formName.inputName.value
> >
> > this works fine in IE but NN displays 'undefined', and it needs to
>work
> > in netscape, this seems so simple but my code doesnot function in
> > NN.
> >
> > here is the code of the parent window:
> >
> >
> > function newWindow(varNum)
> > {
> > var varNum;
> > document.myForm.oneVal.value = varNum;
> >
> > var newWin;
> > newWin
> > window.open("child.html","window","width=200,height=200");
> > newWin.focus;
> > }
> > var passVal = document.myForm.oneVal.value;
> > </script>
> > </head>
> > <body>
> > <a href="javascript:newWindow(4)">Click Here for 4</a><br>
> > <a href="javascript:newWindow(2)">Click Here for 2</a>
> > <form name="myForm">
> > <input type="hidden" name="oneVal" value="">
> > </form>
> >
> > and here is the code for the child window:
> >
> > <script language="javascript" type="text/javascript">
> > var current = window.opener.document.myForm.oneVal.value;
> > </script>
> > <body>
> > <script language="javascript">document.write(current)</script>
> >
> > Thanks for any suggestions as to why this does not work in
>Netscape
>
>Probably because you're using the pseudo-protocol of JavaScript
>instead of
>the correct method of opening the window using a function attached
>to the
>onclick attribute of the 'a' tag and returning false to cancel the actual
>hyperlinking.
>
>Joe
>
>
>Thanks Joe- I tried invoking the function using the onClick event
>handler and again it works fine in IE however not in NN, same
>problem, it opens the window and displays 'undefined'. Any
>thoughts?
>Here is my updated code for the parent window:
>
>
>function newWindow(varNum)
> {
>var varNum;
>document.myForm.oneVal.value = varNum;
> var newWin;
>newWin
>window.open("child.html","window","width=200,height=200");
> newWin.focus;
> return false;
> }
></script>
> </head>
><body>
> <a href="" name="child" onClick="newWindow(4)">Click Here for
>4</a><br>
> <a href="" name="child" onClick="newWindow(2)">Click Here for
>2</a>
>
><form name="myForm">
> <input type="hidden" name="oneVal" value="">
> </form>
></body>
></html>
>
>
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>
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