window.open problem

Forum Moderators: open

Message Too Old, No Replies

window.open problem

wizzz

4:10 pm on Jul 16, 2008 (gmt 0)

If someone click the link in main window a new window will(second window) open, but how can i refresh the main window automatically after closing the second window.

Fotiman

4:46 pm on Jul 16, 2008 (gmt 0)

In the second window, before closing you could access the window.opener (which is a reference to the window that opened the second window).

rocknbil

6:14 pm on Jul 16, 2008 (gmt 0)

You'd need to do it on some event in the open window, namely,

Although if the opener requires variables for it's current state, this won't work (example: you're on a page to edit data, which requires a record ID to get to that page.) So a function that accepts the parameters you need to get to that state would work in combination with document.location:


function refreshMain(pid,state) { 
 if ((! pid) ŚŚ (! state)) { 
  alert('Record ID and script state required to close and refresh.'); 
  return; 
 }  
 if (window.opener && !window.opener.closed) { 
  window.opener.document.location='yourscript.cgi?yourfunction='+state+'&record_id='+pid;  
  window.close(); 
 } 
}

Note that Ś must be replaced with logical OR pipes.

wizzz

8:55 pm on Jul 16, 2008 (gmt 0)

i will put this in opened window?
<body onUnload="window.opener.document.reload();">

this in main window?
<body onUnload="refreshMain('1234','edit_record');">

and function in main window?

Is this working in all browsers?

rocknbil

8:57 pm on Jul 16, 2008 (gmt 0)

No those are "either/or," and would go in the pop-up. To my knowledge, no cross-browser issues. If the main page (the opener) is a static page or script page that doesn't need variables to recreate on refresh, use reload(). If it does, use the function as described.