pass popup form value to main window

[William Starr Moake]

The browser-based WYSIWYG editor I'm developing has a popup window
with a form that generates table code from user input (width, border,
cols, rows, bgcolor.) But the user has to copy-paste the generated
table HTML into the editor window as it works now. How do I pass the
form-generated HTML directly to the editor window so copy-paste is not
necessary? I know I have to set focus on the editor window in the
generate table code function, but I don't understand how to use
javascript opener to pass generated code.

Do I have to create the popup window from within the main window HTML
or can I leave it as an external popup opened by the ordinary
javascript method? The editor is strictly for offline use, so
server-side scripts are not the answer.

[Csaba Gabor]

Re: pass popup form value to main window

I think what you're looking for is window.opener
That way that popup window can pass back pretty much
whatever it likes to the original window that created it:
For example:

window.opener.g eneratedTableCo ntents =
document.getEle mentById('myTab le').innerHTML

HTH
Csaba Gabor

"William Starr Moake" <wsmoake@yahoo. com> wrote in message
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> The browser-based WYSIWYG editor I'm developing has a popup window
> with a form that generates table code from user input (width, border,
> cols, rows, bgcolor.) But the user has to copy-paste the generated
> table HTML into the editor window as it works now. How do I pass the
> form-generated HTML directly to the editor window so copy-paste is not
> necessary? I know I have to set focus on the editor window in the
> generate table code function, but I don't understand how to use
> javascript opener to pass generated code.
>
> Do I have to create the popup window from within the main window HTML
> or can I leave it as an external popup opened by the ordinary
> javascript method? The editor is strictly for offline use, so
> server-side scripts are not the answer.[/color]