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Nov 27.2007

Hi Guys,

I have a popup window from which I need to open a link into its parent. It works fine on firefox, but it won’t work on IE6 or 7… the code is as follows:

[QUOTE]

if (window.opener != null && !window.opener.closed){
alert(window.opener);
window.opener.location = theLink;
}
self.close();

[/QUOTE]

The alert will appear in both browsers to indicate that the opener exists, but the redirect only works in firefox. Please help it’s driving me nutso!

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@TJ111Nov 27.2007 — Try adding :
<i>
</i>window.opener.location[B].href[/B] = theLink;
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@blue-eye-labsNov 27.2007 — This will only work if the parent window used [CODE]window.open()[/CODE] to open the popup, otherwise it should work as far as I know. Is it necessary to include the window.opener bit though? I mean, will anyone be able to access this popup without it being from a popup?

ANDDD


I just realised that someone answered you much better than I did... :o
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@prigoauthorNov 27.2007 — I tried adding href, and now the code just won't work at all? Added an alert afterwards to check but it appears not to go past

window.opener.location.href = theLink;
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@prigoauthorNov 27.2007 — oh and the parent window did use window.open()...
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