Pass parent value to pop-up...

[dorandoran]

1. This works great.

   <a href="javascript:void(0)" onclick="window.open('adddept.aspx','welcome','width=400,height=250')">Add a Department </a>

2. I am trying to Pass a value "txtParentI D" to pop up window "txtChildID "

I found a java for the second item. but how do I get # 1 to execute the java function after it opens up pop up window.

http://aspadvice.com/blogs/azamsharp/archive/2006/12/12/Passing-Parameters-from-Child-to-Parent-Window.aspx

[dorandoran]

<a href="javascript:void(0)" onclick="window.open('Assign_Dept.aspx?value = " + txtParent.Text + " ','welcome','width=400,height=250')">
                                            Assign Dept test</a>

theParent.Text is in red and it tells me is not a valid attribute of a. what would be the right syntax?

[gits]

the first param in the window.open() method should look like this:

'Assign_Dept.aspx?value = \"' + txtParent.Text + '\"'

kind regards

[dorandoran]

Hi gits, I tried your suggession but still nothing happens when I click on the button.

This is my textbox

<asp:TextBox ID="txtParent" runat="server" ></asp:TextBox></td>

Here is the href

<a href="javascript:void(0)" onclick="window.open('Assign_Dept.aspx?value = \"' + txtParent.Text + '\"','welcome','width=400,height=250')">
                                            Assign Dept test</a>

Any help will be truly appreciated as I spend more than 8 hours on this.

[gits]

when you call:

alert('Assign_Dept.aspx?value = \"' + txtParent.Text + '\"');

in your onclick handler, does the alert show you the correct url?

kind regards

[dorandoran]

This works but I need to pass value.

<a href="javascript:void(0)" onclick="window.open('Assign_Dept.aspx','welcome','width=400,height=250')">Assign Dept.&nbsp;</a>

[gits]

did the alert work?

kind regards

[dorandoran]

Alert works on the first href but does not work on the 2nd href.

<a href="javascript:void(0)" onclick="alert('Assign_Dept.aspx','welcome','width=400,height=250')">Assign Dept.&nbsp;</a>
<br /> 
<br />
 <a href="javascript:void(0)" onclick="window.open('Assign_Dept.aspx?value = \"' + txtParent.Text + '\"','welcome','width=400,height=250')">
                                            Assign Dept test</a>

[gits]

try the following ... we separate the build of the url here:

onclick="var url = 'Assign_Dept.aspx?value = \"' + txtParent.Text + '\"';  window.open(url,'welcome','width=400,height=250')"

this should work otherwise please tell what value the variable has ...

kind regards

[dorandoran]

<a href="javascript:void(0)" onclick="var url = 'Assign_Dept.aspx?value = \"' + txtParent.Text + '\"';  window.open(url,'welcome','width=400,height=250')" >
                                        Assign Dept </a>

Not working. Nothing happens.
txtParent.text has integer (string to be correct) in it. I am populating this text box when I select a row from a gridview. and I can see it's been populated after i select a row.

    protected void GridView2_SelectedIndexChanged(object sender, EventArgs e)
    {
                txtParent.Text = GridView2.SelectedValue.ToString();
    }

[gits]

ahhhrg .... tried it myself now and we get an unterminatetd string-literal at the first double quote, just try it without concatenating the double quotes:

var url = 'Assign_Dept.aspx?value=' + txtParent.Text;

as far as i'm aware you don't need them, and in case you do we could try the encodeURICompon ent() method, since it seems that in the onclick the escape of the double quotes didn't work. you could even write a function in an extra script-block and call the function in your onclick, that would circumvent this silly problem.

kind regards

[dorandoran]

I am going to give up after 3 day mission on this. Thanks gits for keeping up with me and helping me.

[gits]

the last suggestions i gave above should work ... personally i would prefer the function wrapper way. just put a function like below in a script section in the head of your page:

[CODE=javascript]function openMyWindow() {
var url = 'foo.html?value ="' + myValue + '"';

window.open(url , // more params here);
}[/CODE]
now in your onclick handler just call:

[CODE=html]onclick="openMy Window()"[/CODE]
it's a too small problem to just give up ;) ...

kind regards

[dorandoran]

gits,

Thanks for keeping up with me on this. I understand what you said about not giving up. Thanks for keeping me up and not give up.

Guess what. it FINALLY WORKED. I am posting the final code in case someone wants to implement this.

parent.aspx

1. Put this script before head (form1 is the name of my form where txtParent form is located

<script type="text/javascript" language="javascript">
function openMyWindow() { 
    var myValue = form1.txtParent1.value
    var url = 'PopUp.aspx?value=' + myValue + ''; 
  
    window.open(url);   // more params here, like width, height, etc.
} 
</script>

2. This is my Click Text (you can use button)

    <a href="javascript:void(0)" onclick="openMyWindow()">Open Pop - Bytes</a>

3. popup.aspx , put this code on the pageload of popup.aspx

            string strP = Request["value"].ToString();
            txtPopup2.Text = strP;

ALL THE THANKS TO gits because he has lots of patience and never gave up on me. Thank you gits.

[gits]

glad to hear you got it working ;) ... in case you would have more questions just post back to the forum ;)

kind regards,
gits