window.opener

[Raphael Bowen Giudice]

I'm opening a window in my main page using the window.open() function.
With the new window opened, how do I call a function or an object from
the main page. I'm using the window.opener() function but I receive a
"persmission denied" error from the browser. Is there another way of
doing this? Thanks.

 

[Brian Genisio]

I'm opening a window in my main page using the window.open() function.
With the new window opened, how do I call a function or an object from
the main page. I'm using the window.opener() function but I receive a
"persmission denied" error from the browser. Is there another way of
doing this? Thanks.

opener is a property, not a method...

var myOpener = window.opener; // correct
var myOpener = window.opener(); // incorrect

Brian

 

[Grant Wagner]

I'm opening a window in my main page using the window.open() function.
With the new window opened, how do I call a function or an object from
the main page. I'm using the window.opener() function but I receive a
"persmission denied" error from the browser. Is there another way of
doing this? Thanks.

window.opener() isn't a "function", it's a property, window.opener, which
contains a reference to the window object that opened the current window.
So to call back into the opener to run a function, you'd use:

if (window.opener && window.opener.yourFunction) {
window.opener.yourFunction();
}

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