generate popup for search, then populate parent window with selection

[Mark]

Any suggestions on how to go about generating a popup, giving the user a way
of searching for something, and then taking their selection after closing
the pop-up and populating the parent form with the selection from the child?
I can do everything up until the point of having to populate the parent form
with the selection from the child form. How do I put the information back
into the parent so that the asp.net code in the parent can actually retrieve
what the user selected in the child?

JavaScript is the answer, but a snippet of code and/or a link to an example
would be great! Thanks in advance.

Mark

 

[S. Justin Gengo]

Mark,

The easiest way to do this is to send the information back to the original
window in the query string. You may use a javascript window.open command to
"re-open" the original window. The trick to making the javascript re-use the
original window is to name the original window and then target that window
name with the window.open command.

So:

Place a javascript in your original page like this:

<script language="JavaScript">
<!-- Begin
name='first';
// End -->
</script>

Then in your popup when you call the orignal page:

<script language="JavaScript">
<!-- Begin
window.open('FirstPage.aspx?info=[your querystring info
here...]&moreinfo=[more querystring info here...]', 'first')

window.close()

// End -->
<script language="JavaScript">


Since the javascript in the popup opens a window named: "first" it
automatically re-uses the already opened "first" window, then closes itself.

Hope this helps!

If you have any questions let me know.

--
Sincerely,

S. Justin Gengo, MCP
Web Developer / Programmer

Free code library at:
www.aboutfortunate.com

"Out of chaos comes order."
Nietzche

 

[Mark]

Query string - great idea. Thanks Justin!

Mark

Mark,

The easiest way to do this is to send the information back to the original
window in the query string. You may use a javascript window.open command to
"re-open" the original window. The trick to making the javascript re-use the
original window is to name the original window and then target that window
name with the window.open command.

So:

Place a javascript in your original page like this:

<script language="JavaScript">
<!-- Begin
name='first';
// End -->
</script>

Then in your popup when you call the orignal page:

<script language="JavaScript">
<!-- Begin
window.open('FirstPage.aspx?info=[your querystring info
here...]&moreinfo=[more querystring info here...]', 'first')

window.close()

// End -->
<script language="JavaScript">


Since the javascript in the popup opens a window named: "first" it
automatically re-uses the already opened "first" window, then closes itself.

Hope this helps!

If you have any questions let me know.

--
Sincerely,

S. Justin Gengo, MCP
Web Developer / Programmer

Free code library at:
www.aboutfortunate.com

"Out of chaos comes order."
Nietzche

Any suggestions on how to go about generating a popup, giving the user a way
of searching for something, and then taking their selection after closing
the pop-up and populating the parent form with the selection from the child?
I can do everything up until the point of having to populate the parent form
with the selection from the child form. How do I put the information back
into the parent so that the asp.net code in the parent can actually retrieve
what the user selected in the child?

JavaScript is the answer, but a snippet of code and/or a link to an example
would be great! Thanks in advance.

Mark