Can I retrieve the object of the window opened by window.open

[sowen]

I know I can get the window object by using

obj = window.open( .... );

but what I need is, after the new window is popped up, the opener will
be redirected to another page, I want the another page able to control
the popup window

is it possible? is there something like getWindowById

Thanks a lot!

 

[sowen]

sowen said the following on 8/8/2007 11:35 AM:





Have the "another page" open the popup window instead.

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no, that's not the process.

forget it, I think that's really impossible.

 

[Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn]

I know I can get the window object by using

obj = window.open( .... );

but what I need is, after the new window is popped up, the opener will
be redirected to another page, I want the another page able to control
the popup window

is it possible? is there something like getWindowById

The only reliable possibility I know of (besides a data-storing frameset) is
that you open the popup with a name and then open it with the same name in
"another page". That would include reloading the popup document which can
maybe be prevented. As always, the environment this should run in is relevant.


PointedEars