display value from opened window

hosefo81 · December 29th, 2003, 08:58 AM

I want to display the value selected in the specat to be displayed on textbox in salesreport.html. Below are my code, and it's not working. Please correct my code.
Besides, i would like to know if i could put two function in the onclick like catsubmit button below?

//salesreport.html
<form name="myform>
<input type="radio" name="view_by" value="overall">Overall<br>
<input type="radio" name="view_by" value="category">View Category<br>
<input type="radio" name="view_by" value="specategory" onclick="window.open('chosecat.html', 'mywindow', 'height=100, width=400')">View Specified Category<br>
<input type="text" name="text1" value="name">

//chosecat.html
<script type="text/javascript">
function function1()
{
        document.myform.text1.value = specat;
}
</script>

<select name="specat">
    <option>category1</option>
    <option>category2</option>
    <option>category3</option>
    <option>category4</option>
    <option>category5</option>
</select>
<input id="but1" type="submit" name="catsubmit" value="OK" onclick="function1(), self.close()">
<input id="but2" type="button" name="btncancel" value="CANCEL" onclick="self.close()">

Greg Griffiths · December 29th, 2003, 03:48 PM

To refer to the window that opened the window you are in, you will need to use the OPENER object, so your code becomes :

opener.document.myform.text1.value = specat;

You may also need to expand the specat call to be a full path to the field to support all browsers.

Snib · December 29th, 2003, 07:23 PM

hosefo81,

In addition to what Greg said:

I am not sure if your script is a direct quote, but if it is, you forgot to close the name attribute quotes...

Code:

<form name="myform">

I don't know if this is simply a typo from when you posted the message, but if not, this should help you a great deal.

Snib

hosefo81 · December 30th, 2003, 01:27 AM

Thanks, Snib! <form name="myform"> is a typing error so that's not the problem.i've changed
function function1()
{
opener.document.myform.text1.value = specat;
}

but nothing happens. The value is not displayed and the window is not closed. What's the problem?

besides, what is greg means by "expand the specat call to be a full path to the field to support all browsers".

Snib · December 30th, 2003, 03:48 PM

hosefo81,

I think what Greg is saying is that instead of refering to the select menu simply by the name, you need to attach the path to the beginning.

Also, to gain a value from the select menu, you must have a value attribute on each option tag.

Code:

// using getElementById()...
opener.document.forms.myform.text1.value = document.getElementById("specat").options[document.getElementById("specat").selectedIndex].value;

// give ID attribute and value attributes...
<select id="specat">
<option value="value1">1</option>
<option value="value2">2</option>
</select>

HTH

Snib