accessing the root window

@dongzkyOct 08.2008

i have these windows structure:

for this structure:
root_window -> window1(opened by root_window using window.open)

– root_window can be accessed from window1 by doing “window.opener”

How about for this?
root_window -> window1(opened by root_window using window.showModalDialog)

how do i access the root_window from window1?

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@TheBearMayOct 08.2008 — #showModalDialog is opened in a new address space and is not connected to its opener. You can pass information to the modal window, but it's a one way street.

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms536759(VS.85).aspx

@dongzkyauthorOct 09.2008 — #hi all,

what i really want is to be able to access the variables, functions, etc. in the main window from the opened window(using showModalDialog). I have come up a way in doing it and just wanna share. You need to pass arguments when using showModalDialog. For my purpose, since I want to access the elements in the root window, I do it this way:

root_window:

window.showModalDialog("modal02.cfm",window,"resizable:no;dialogWidt:50;dialogHeight:50");

the opened window:

function closeModal()

{

//to replace the URL of the root window, you can do this

dialogArguments.top.location.href = "http://www.webdeveloper.com";

window.close();

}

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Of coure, if you want to pass other arguments aside from the window object, you might also wanna do this:

root_window:

var objArg = new Object();

objArg.testing = "test only";

objArg.rootwindow = window;

for the opened window:

function closeModal()

{

alert("testing value = " + dialogArguments.testing);

dialogArguments.rootwindow.location.href = "http://www.webdeveloper.com";

window.close();

}

And it works fine with me.

@dongzkyauthorOct 09.2008 — #Sorry, i forgot to add the showModalDialog function in the root_window for the post above, so i am rewriting, coz i can't seem to edit my previous post.

If you want to pass other arguments aside from the window object, you might also wanna do this:

int the root_window:

var objArg = new Object();

objArg.testing = "test only";

objArg.rootwindow = window;

window.showModalDialog("modal02.cfm",objArg,"resizable:no;dialogWidt:50;dialogHeight:50");

for the opened window:

function closeModal()

{

alert("testing value = " + dialogArguments.testing);

dialogArguments.rootwindow.location.href = "http://www.webdeveloper.com";

window.close();

}

And it works fine with me.

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