referencing elements in a different window

[sbaral]

Hi,

I want to reference elements of a another window using JavaScript. Is there a way to do it? I have a data entry form on one window and a pick list in a different window. When the user clicks on an item in the picklist I want to transfer the selected value to a text field in the data entry window. This seems like such a simple thing to do but I haven't found a way to do it. Any suggestions will be very helpful. Thank you!

[steurm]

I know you can do it when there is a relation between the 2 windows, for instance if you open a new window, then you can communicate between those 2 (if there is no relation, you are blocked by securityrules of the DOM I think). If win1 is the original, wich opens win2, then in win2 you can reference the elements of win1 by using
[quote]opener.document.MyForm.MyElement....</CODE>

if you gave win2 a name when opening, you can reference it from within win1
[quote]win2.document.MyForm.MyElement....</CODE>

Hope this helps you !




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[sbaral]

Thank you Sterum! That worked wonderfully.