Stefan
Fri Jun 03 03:44:30 CDT 2005
You will find the info on how to do it w/ JavaScript at
http://irt.org/script/form.htm
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"Frank H. Shaw" <FrankHShaw@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:C10BA07B-1839-4FA7-B438-1AFD48BA91BE@microsoft.com...
| Ok You can not call the function in a child window so when in the child
| window after passing a string to the child what mechanism do you supose to
| use to call the function? so the string can be processed. As far as the
| browser java script being disabled will not real be a problem because the
| user will just enter the information by hand.
|
| "Steve Easton" wrote:
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| > Frank,
| > You can pass the data to the child, and you can pass a function to the child, but the function has
| > to be called within the child
| >
| > You would pass the data to the new window as a variable ( string ), and then have the function in
| > the child write the string to the element in the page.
| >
| > That said, I've been sort of following what you're trying to do here, and I don't mean this to
| > dampen your enthusiasm, but you're heavily relying on javascript and to be honest, according to some
| > web statistics, 10 to 15% of people have javascript disabled in their browsers. For these people
| > your site won't function.
| >
| > You may want to consider using a server side solution such as ASP to accomplish what you want.
| >
| > If you need an ASP programmer, "in my humble opinion" Thomas Rowe, one of the MVP's is among the
| > best in the business. He's usually at the : microsoft.public.frontpage.client newsgroup
| >
| >
| >
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| > Steve Easton
| > Microsoft MVP FrontPage
| > 95isalive
| > This site is best viewed............
| > ........................with a computer
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| > "Frank H. Shaw" <FrankHShaw@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
| > news:2F5BE934-3073-4BF1-ADB8-5A70EF5F9C63@microsoft.com...
| > > Can a parent document which is the web page the user is on display a child
| > > window which is a form for the user to fill out I want to pass to the child
| > > window text information from the parent window that called the child the text
| > > is a item number description and price. Can this be done without using the
| > > frameset document model. What I want to do is call a function in the child
| > > window and pass the data to it. After reciveing the data the function will
| > > place the data in the proper object in the form. WE ARE HAVING TROUBLE WITH
| > > making the parent window call the function in the child window. Can you show
| > > me a example of how this can be done. THANKS
| >
| >
| >