Find popup by name?

[Daniel Loose]

Hello,

I want to give a function that manipulates a document's content a
variable owner that contains either a frame/iframe name or a popup
name. I.e. the function automatically should perform the manipulation
with the correct target document. Like so

function do_something(owner) {

if (find_frame(owner)) doc = find_frame(owner).document
else if (find_popup(owner)) doc = find_popup(owner).document
else return false;

doc.write('bla');
}

find_frame is no problem, I simply cycle through the frame tree, i.e.
through all document.frames[] recursively. But how to do that with
popups?? Seems there is no popup array in the object model to walk
through (as it is for frames)?? How then to write find_popup?? Thanx a
lot, friends!!

Daniel

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Marty - it's perfect! You're just not thinking fourth dimensionally!
[Emmett "Doc" Brown]

If you wish to email me, please use newsreply at wuwei minus webservices dot de

 

[GArlington]

Hello,

I want to give a function that manipulates a document's content a
variable owner that contains either a frame/iframe name or a popup
name. I.e. the function automatically should perform the manipulation
with the correct target document. Like so

function do_something(owner) {

if (find_frame(owner)) doc = find_frame(owner).document
else if (find_popup(owner)) doc = find_popup(owner).document
else return false;

doc.write('bla');

}

find_frame is no problem, I simply cycle through the frame tree, i.e.
through all document.frames[] recursively. But how to do that with
popups?? Seems there is no popup array in the object model to walk
through (as it is for frames)?? How then to write find_popup?? Thanx a
lot, friends!!

Daniel

*************

Marty - it's perfect! You're just not thinking fourth dimensionally!
[Emmett "Doc" Brown]

If you wish to email me, please use newsreply at wuwei minus webservices dot de

It is NOT popups - it is windows, if you gave window (or a tab) a name
when you opened it you can address it again, though the only way I
found so far was to use javascript window.open() specifying the name.
This method leaves you with the possibility of opening the window
AGAIN after it was closed by the user...