Running a function in the parent window

[Christopher Finke]

I am writing a Firefox extension. I have a XUL window that opens when a
menu option is chosen. The user fills in a form in the popup window, and
then when the user clicks OK, I would like an http request to be made to a
server and for the popup to close. The problem I am having is that when the
window closes, the http request is stopped as well.

How can I run the function that makes the http request from the main browser
window (or how can I stop the http request function from stopping when the
popup window is closed)?

Thanks,

Chris Finke

 

[Martin Honnen]

I am writing a Firefox extension. I have a XUL window that opens when a
menu option is chosen. The user fills in a form in the popup window, and
then when the user clicks OK, I would like an http request to be made to a
server and for the popup to close. The problem I am having is that when the
window closes, the http request is stopped as well.

How can I run the function that makes the http request from the main browser
window (or how can I stop the http request function from stopping when the
popup window is closed)?

Why can't you wait to close the popup once the response to the HTTP
request is there?