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Opening a window with dependent=1 doesn't work

Hi all...

According to a Javascript manual I have, I can use the command dependent=1 when calling the window.open( ) method to cause the new window to be a child of the window who called that method... the problem is that I want to modify a value of an object of the parent window, but that object isn't found. Another fact.. if a window is opened with dependent=1 it should close when the parent close, but it doesn't work either..

Any help will be greatly appreciated
Demarcy

CJ_S

dammit, I lost everything I wrote here. Here goes again

dependent is not a valid variable in the window.open function. To achieve what you want however, you need to do something like:

to open:
mychildwindow = window.open(...)

to close:
mychildwindow.close();

to pass values to the parent:
window.opener.etcetc
(with etcetc being the object you want to refer to)

this isn't as long as i wrote it before, but hope it helps,
regards,CJ

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If you have a java script object MyObject you can call a fn or change a variable in the object of the opener from the child window by calling

window.opener.myObj.name = "Child name";

Here's all the code

Parent.htm
_____________

<HTML>
<HEAD>
<script>
function myObject(name){
      this.name = name;
}
</script>

</HEAD>
<BODY>
This is the parent....
After the child is opened then click the button to see the value of the variable in the object
<form name="myForm">
      <input type="text" name="myText" value = "this is text from the parent">
      <input type="button" name="blag" value = "get value" onclick="document.myForm.myText.value=myObj.name;">
</form>
<script>

myObj = new myObject("parentname");
document.myForm.myText.value = myObj.name;
childWindow = window.open("child.htm");

</script>
</BODY>
</HTML>

Child.htm
___________

<HTML>
<HEAD>

</HEAD>

<BODY>
This is the child window
<script>
window.opener.myObj.name = "Child name";
</script>
</BODY>
</HTML>