Run function defined in parent window from sub window

[littlegiant]

Greetings,

I'd like to know if it's possible to run a function defined in a parent window from a sub window (new window opened by parent window)?

I've tried using this in the subwindow:

window.opener.document.parentWindowFunction()

...and FireBug keeps telling me that parentWindowFunction() is not a function even though I have no problems running parentWindowFunction() directly from the parent window.

The only way I figured out to run this function is to do this:

window.opener.location = "javascript:parentWindowFunction();

...which seems kind of ugly (and hacky).

Is there a better way?

[mikedee]

I think that the functions become global variables in the WINDOW scope.

Something like opener.parentFunction() will work.

[daveVk]

Try window.opener.parentWindowFunction() works for me

Dave

[littlegiant]

Thanks!

window.opener.parentWindowFunction(); does indeed work. I think adding the 'document' property was the thing that was messing it up in my original.

(sorry about the delayed response)