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[bardley]

First, since I'm asking a window-opening question, I apologize if it was already answered somewhere else, but I couldn't find a solution.

I have a form, and I need to have the form-handler(the action attribute) open into a new window. I'd use target=_blank, but I need to also be able to automatically close the opened window.
I have used <a href=&quot;javascript: var win=window.open(...)&quot;> before, so I tried <form method=post action=&quot;javascript: var win=window.open(...)&quot;>, and the form actually caused the pop-up, but the POST variables from the form were nowhere to be found.
Any ideas on how to make the form-handler pop-up in a new window??

TIA
Brad Brad Gunsalus
Cymtec Systems, Inc.
bgunsalus@cymtec.com

 

[xutopia]

Unfortunatly there is not easy way to do this.

But a solution I did have was to lauch a popup, get all the values from opener.document.form and put them inside a form inside my popup wich was the exact same (except all input elements were hidden) and submit that form in my popup window using form.submit().

It works but it is a bit tough to do.

function reflectForm(fromForm, toForm)
{
var len = fromForm.elements.length;

for(var i = 0; i < len; i++)
{
var eltName = fromForm.elements.name;
var eltValue = fromForm.elements.value;
var eltObject = toForm.elements[eltName];

if(eltObject != null && eltObject != 'undefined')
{
toForm.elements[eltName].value = eltValue;
}
}
} Gary

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Haran

 

[elegidito]

<form action=&quot;whatever&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; onSubmit=&quot;setTimeout('window.children.close()',10000)&quot;>

that closes the window after ten seconds, er..it sounds like it should. Didnt test it. Suceess, thats the way you spell success!
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[xutopia]

Dookie2k2 has good ideas however once you do a submit on a page the javascript engine shuts off for that particular page.

For example setTimeout(&quot;alert('slim shaddy is not art')&quot;, 10000) should alert after 10 seconds. However if the page is reloaded (or a form submited is the same) before the 10 seconds are up it will never execute.

Hope this helps. Gary

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Haran

 

[elegidito]

heh, wasnt sure if that would work or not. anyway, ive been wondering this too, so you get a star. Suceess, thats the way you spell success!
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[xutopia]

thank you for the stars. Glad I can be helpful. Gary

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Haran