Chris,

Before the Modal Dialog is closed, create an object and define member value
and return the object via window.returnValue.

// In the Modal Dialog
function ReturnIngredient(IngrId, IngrName, retValue)
{
	var oRetIngredient = new Object;
	// Set up the object values
	oRetIngredient.IngrId = IngrId;		
	oRetIngredient.IngrName = IngrName;
	oRetIngredient.Return = retValue;
				
	window.returnValue = oRetIngredient;
	window.close();
}

And in the Main window which popped up this Modal Dialog, get the object as
a return and access the members in the object.

var oRetObject = null;
oRetObject 
window.showModalDialog("Recipe_SelectIngredients.asp?RecType=RET" ,
oIngredient, "dialogWidth:750px; dialogHeight:500px; dialogLeft:100px;");
alert(oRetIngredient.IngrId);
alert(oRetIngredient.IngrName);
alert(oRetIngredient.Return);

The members in the object can also be an array. This works for me in IE, i
am not sure (and not tested) if this works in NN.

Hope it helps..

-Suresh




-----Original Message-----
From: Chris Cote [mailto:cotec@s...]
Sent: Friday, April 12, 2002 11:34 AM
To: JavaScript HowTo
Subject: [javascript_howto] RE: Need to send info to opener of a Modal
Dialog


Hi Suresh,
   I understand this code for sending objects to a modalDialog (to just 
add it as an argument).  However, I'm sorry to say, I'm still not sure how 
to send an object back to the opener window.  My project doesn't need to 
send an object to the popup, but the popup creates an object that is to be 
sent to the main window.  Do I still need to put in the object as an 
argument so that I can get it back?  
   I'm sorry if my questions sound dumb, but I've never done anything like 
this.

Chris


> try this.. I used the following to send objects to modaldialog.. 

From the window to ModalDialog:

var oIngredient = new Object();
oIngredient.IngrCatId = new Array();
oIngredient.IngrId = new Array();
oIngredient.IngrName = new Array();
oIngredient.Mode = "ADD";

// Form the Array elements
var indx = 0;
for ( i=1;i<window.tblIngredients.rows.length;i++)
{
	if (tblIngredients.rows(i).cells(10).children.item(0).value == 1)
	{
		oIngredient.IngrCatId[indx] 
tblIngredients.rows(i).cells(4).children.item(1).value;
		oIngredient.IngrId[indx] 
tblIngredients.rows(i).cells(4).children.item(2).value;
		oIngredient.IngrName[indx] 
tblIngredients.rows(i).cells(4).children.item(0).value;
		indx++;
	}
}

// oRetObject  can be an object returned by window.returnValue from
ModalDialog
oRetObject 
window.showModalDialog("Recipe_SelectIngredients.asp?RecType=RET" ,
oIngredient, "dialogWidth:750px; dialogHeight:500px; dialogLeft:100px;");



In the Modal Dialog:
<SCRIPT Language=javascript>
<!--
	var oIngredient = window.dialogArguments;
	// Access the memebrs of oIngredient as you passed in some function
	function CheckValue()
	{
		for ( i=0;i<oIngredient.IngrCatId.length;i++)
		{
		oOption = document.createElement("OPTION");
		oOption.value = oIngredient.IngrCatId[i] + "-" +
oIngredient.IngrId[i];
		oOption.text = oIngredient.IngrName[i];
		window.cboSelectedIngredient.options.add(oOption);
		}
	}

//-->
</SCRIPT>


using the same procedure you could send back values from Modal Dialog to
opener window. 

Hope it makes sense..

Suresh

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