showModalDialog and submit

Joel · Nov 25, 2003

Hi there,

My original window (A) opens a modal dialog window (B).
In B, you fill out a form and submit it to itself for
processing. When B reloads, it knows that is successfully
processed the form and it suppose to close itself after
returning "1" or "0" to A.

My problem is that B will never close. When I submit it,
it kind of opens a new window and close that one before
return to itself (B).

Here is a code sample:

A
---
function newEntry(){
var sReturn=window.showModalDialog('b.asp');
alert(sReturn);
}

B
---
<%@LANGUAGE="VBSCRIPT" CODEPAGE="1252"%>
<%
dim bSave

bSave=Request.QueryString("save")
if bSave="1" then
'process
end if
%>
....
function init(bSave){
if(bSave=='1'){
window.returnValue=bSave;
window.close();
}
}
....
<body onLoad="init('<% Response.Write(bSave)%>');">
.....
<form id="b" name="b" action="?save=1" method="post"
target="_self">
....

Any idea ?

William Morris · Nov 25, 2003

I'm team lead on an intranet application that uses lots of modal dialogs,
and I can tell you that "Submit"s don't work. What you have to do is have a
script that concantenates all the values together from the form when the
"submit" button is clicked, assigns that value to a variable and returns it
before closing the window. The hardest part is coordinating what's sent
back and forth, and what's processed.

So, you've got the right idea, with one two many steps. Take a look:
<form>

<input type=button value="Submit" onClick="submitButton_OnClick">

</form>

<script language="javascript" type="text/javascript">
function submitButton_OnClick(){
// the form is never submitted
frm = document.forms[0]
sTemp = 'email=' + frm.email.value
sTemp += "&fname=" + frm.fname.value
sTemp += "&lname=" + frm.lname.value
sTemp += "&open=" + frm.openContact.checked
returnValue = sTemp
window.close()
}

</script>

Hope this helps,

- Wm

Tim Williams · Nov 26, 2003

Put an iframe in the modal dialog and host the form in that.

tim

Joel · Nov 26, 2003

I knew it ! What I've done is that I created an xml tag
inside of my dialog and a function to fill it with my
form's fields and I return the xml string to the caller.

Works fine like this.

Thank You very much.

Joel said:
-----Original Message-----
I'm team lead on an intranet application that uses lots of modal dialogs,
and I can tell you that "Submit"s don't work. What you have to do is have a
script that concantenates all the values together from the form when the
"submit" button is clicked, assigns that value to a variable and returns it
before closing the window. The hardest part is coordinating what's sent
back and forth, and what's processed.

So, you've got the right idea, with one two many steps. Take a look:
<form>

<input type=button value="Submit" onClick="submitButton_OnClick">

</form>

<script language="javascript" type="text/javascript">
function submitButton_OnClick(){
// the form is never submitted
frm = document.forms[0]
sTemp = 'email=' + frm.email.value
sTemp += "&fname=" + frm.fname.value
sTemp += "&lname=" + frm.lname.value
sTemp += "&open=" + frm.openContact.checked
returnValue = sTemp
window.close()
}

</script>

Hope this helps,

- Wm

Joel said:

Hi there,

My original window (A) opens a modal dialog window (B).
In B, you fill out a form and submit it to itself for
processing. When B reloads, it knows that is successfully
processed the form and it suppose to close itself after
returning "1" or "0" to A.

My problem is that B will never close. When I submit it,
it kind of opens a new window and close that one before
return to itself (B).

Here is a code sample:

A
---
function newEntry(){
var sReturn=window.showModalDialog('b.asp');
alert(sReturn);
}

B
---
<%@LANGUAGE="VBSCRIPT" CODEPAGE="1252"%>
<%
dim bSave

bSave=Request.QueryString("save")
if bSave="1" then
'process
end if
%>
...
function init(bSave){
if(bSave=='1'){
window.returnValue=bSave;
window.close();
}
}
...
<body onLoad="init('<% Response.Write(bSave)%>');">
....
<form id="b" name="b" action="?save=1" method="post"
target="_self">
...

Any idea ?

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