View info from Pop up window into parent that invoked pop up.

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(OT) Re: View info from Pop up window into parent that invoked pop up. by cLive ;-) (Prior) on Jul 09, 2002 at 19:41 UTC
`<form ... target="_parent">` [download] and then do yoyr stuff - should do the trick. cLive ;-) -- seek(JOB,$$LA,0);	[reply] [d/l]
Re: View info from Pop up window into parent that invoked pop up. by defyance (Curate) on Jul 09, 2002 at 18:22 UTC
Not quite a perl question, but you could use meta tags, or even java script like so: `<meta http-equiv="refresh" content="0; URL=http://www.you.net/">` [download] Don't kill me for posting this!! `<script language="javascript" type="text/javascript"> <!-- if (window != window.top) top.location.href = location.href; //--> </script>` [download] --~~--~~--~~--~~--~~--~~--~~--~~--~~--~~--~~--~~--~~-- perl -e '$a="3567"; $b=hex($a); printf("%2X\n",$a);'	[reply] [d/l] [select]
Re: Re: View info from Pop up window into parent that invoked pop up. by TexasTess (Beadle) on Jul 09, 2002 at 21:51 UTC
Why can't you just have the popup form have it's action set to the url of the parent..then put a catcher in the parent that catches the ....oh...hang on let me show you.. `<FORM METHOD=POST ACTION="url_to_cgi_script_that_CREATES_FRAME_That_HO +LDS_PARENT.cgi?action_PARAM">` [download] TexasTess "Great Spirits Often Encounter Violent Opposition From Mediocre Minds" --Albert Einstein	[reply] [d/l]
Re: View info from Pop up window into parent that invoked pop up. by earthboundmisfit (Chaplain) on Jul 09, 2002 at 18:40 UTC
I understand that this is not a pure PERL question It's not a Perl question at all, but I need the XP adjustment and I feel your pain :) `opener.location` is your friend. After the form submits, set the opener location to whatever you want.	[reply] [d/l]
Re: View info from Pop up window into parent that invoked pop up. by Aristotle (Chancellor) on Jul 09, 2002 at 18:52 UTC
I believe what you want would be done by giving the parent page a frame name, then adding `target="parent_frame_name"` to the `<form>` tag in the popup window. You can also add an `onLoad=""` to the `<body>` in the output of the Perl script that will close the popup. Makeshifts last the longest.	[reply]
Re: View info from Pop up window into parent that invoked pop up. by Moonie (Friar) on Jul 09, 2002 at 22:28 UTC
You could also use this: `window.opener.location.reload();` [download] Non-perl solution...erg.	[reply] [d/l]