Communication between 2 windows (not parent/child) 1

[jrotondo]

Here's my situation. I have a "main page" that uses an iframe in it. The iframe page has a link in it that opens another window via javascript popup. I then allow the user to do some database interaction within the popup. What I wanted to happen, is that after the database interaction is done, the window closes and the main page reloads to reflect the data changes. Within the popup, I used:

window.opener.location.reload();
window.close();

The problem here is, the opener is the iframe, not the main page, so only the iframe updates. How can I get the popup window to talk with the main page and get it to reload without it having a parent/child relationship with it?

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

 

[BillyRayPreachersSon]

I've not tested this, but try:

window.opener.top.location.reload();

or

window.opener.parent.location.reload();

Hope this helps,
Dan




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[jrotondo]

This one worked:

window.opener.parent.location.reload();

Many thanks!