Question

Struts and Popup Window

Asked by: zenMistress2004

I need to be able to open a pop up window.  The popup window takes the lineId from the parent window.  E.g.  I click on Item # 2355.  The child window opens and shows me details of Item#2355 then I can change the qty ordered.  And when I click submit in the child window, the child window closes and updates and refreshes the data in the parent window.  



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2004-06-15 at 22:07:29ID21026919
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popup

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Java Server Pages (JSP)

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Answers

 

by: gernstPosted on 2004-06-15 at 23:46:31ID: 11321976

Hi zenMistress2004,

A very open question. What you want to do is:

1. Create a JavaBean of your item.
2. Create a page which shows all items and a links to page edititem.jsp?id=2355 like this for example.
3. In page edititem you set the itembean to this id and show a form.
3. After submit update the bean and close screen.

Key technology is a javabean of the item with properties and de technique to show and save properties in a jsp.

Regards,
Gerben Ernst

 

by: gernstPosted on 2004-06-15 at 23:49:14ID: 11321985

gernst,

Here a link to a course createing a javabean and showing and updating it from a jsp-page:

http://www.gulland.com/courses/JavaServerPages/jsp_beans.jsp

 

by: jarasaPosted on 2004-06-16 at 01:12:12ID: 11322324

Hi there.

If you want just to update the info from the child window to the Parent one, you have to do it with JavaScript

Open Window

myChild = window.open("yourPage.jsp");

From Child

parent.document.Forms['FormName'].Field.value="Your Value"
this.close()

That's all you have to do, If you pretend to call the server in the middle and save the info to db and then update the parent window. well basically you have to do exactly the same but you have to submit the parent window, not the child.

Any further questions, go ahead.

:c)

Javier

 

by: zenMistress2004Posted on 2004-06-16 at 09:38:49ID: 11326284

Thank you for your comment.  However, I would like to do most of the work in Struts.  When I click the link, the link passes an Item Id to the child window. The link calls a form whose action="doSomething.do"  after doing something, I click submit.  After submit, the child window updates DB.  The child neeeds to close and refresh the parent.

Currently, I can open a child window, update db but I cannot close the child window.  I end up with two html pages.  The second page is updated but the first page is not updated.

 

by: jarasaPosted on 2004-06-16 at 09:57:47ID: 11326439

As I told you. You must update the Parent From the Child, and has to be with JavaScript you can't do it with Java. If you submit child window you can close it just doing this.close() after submit, but then you can't submit parent window.

Understand that?

 

by: zenMistress2004Posted on 2004-06-16 at 15:17:48ID: 11329502

Jarasa,
What you suggested works except I need to be able to pass a dynamic parameter.

currently this is my code
<html:submit onclick="popwin('Display.do?supptId=<bean:write name="suppRegId" />')">sold</html:submit></td>
                 

This does not work.  

however this does work
   <a href="../Display.do?supptId=<c:out value="${row.suppId}" escapeXml="true" />" title="Exchange thiswith another Multi" target="_blank">
                             
However, this opens a new window and refreshes the data in the new window.  I end up having two windows open.

 

by: jarasaPosted on 2004-06-17 at 01:03:03ID: 11332433

I hate STRUTS, I see nothing on the code, it cost me a lot, but anyway can you post the full code for both pages, I'll try to undesrtand it

Javier

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