Refreshing "main" page from "pop up" window

acedanger · May 12th, 2006, 08:24 AM

I need some help with some javascript. From my main screen, I'm using a window.open() to open a popup window with a form and a submit button. What I want to happen is that when the user clicks the submit button, the popup window closes and the main page refreshes itself. I'm sure this is possible but I just don't know how to do it. Could someone help me out?

joefawcett · May 12th, 2006, 08:32 AM

In your popup use a standard button rather than a submit button and add a handler to its onclick attribute:

Code:

<input onclick="handleSubmit();" type="input" value="Submit">

Your handleSubmit function is:

Code:

function handleSubmit()
{
  document.forms[0].submit();
  self.opener.location.reload();
  self.close();
}

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Joe (Microsoft MVP - XML)

acedanger · May 12th, 2006, 08:44 AM

Joe, That worked. Thank you for your help.