<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN">
<HTML>
<HEAD>
<TITLE>Lab 9-3</TITLE>
<SCRIPT LANGUAGE="JavaScript">
<!--
function myFunction(){
myWin = open("","","width=200,height=200");
with(myWin.document){
open();
write("<HTML><HEAD><TITLE>Child Window</TITLE>");
write("<SCRIPT>function myTest(){");
write("alert('This function is defined in the child
window ");
write("and is called from the parent
window.'); this.focus();}");
write("</SCRIPT></HEAD><BODY><H3>Child Window</H3><HR>");
write("<FORM><INPUT TYPE='button' VALUE='parent
window function' ");
// Use opener property
write("onClick='opener.winFunction();'>");
write("<P><INPUT TYPE='button' VALUE='close
window' ");
write("onClick='
window.close();'>");
write("</FORM></BODY></HTML>");
close();
}
}
function winFunction(){
alert("This function is defined in the parent window\n" +
"and is called from the child
window.");
myWin.focus();
}
//-->
</SCRIPT>
</HEAD>
<BODY>
<H3>CIW Web Languages</H3>
<HR>
<FORM NAME="myForm">
<INPUT TYPE="button" VALUE="open new
window" onClick="myFunction();">
<!-- Invoke child
window function -->
<input type="button" value="Click to open child
window" onclick="javascript:void(myWin.myTest());"/>
</FORM>
<P>
</BODY>
</HTML>
To explain further what my initial query was, the code above, should open the child
window (myWin) with the second button, the 'Open child
window' button without the need to open the
window with the first button or do anything else. It should simply call the myWin.myTest()function The child
window will open when the second button is pressed but needs to have the child
window open first (first button push) before it'll work. This is not the intended purpose, the 'Open child
window' button should work without anything else needing to be done. For some reason the parent
window isn't communicating with the myWin
window and myTest fucntion. It's not homework, it's part of a certification course lab and is coded in the manner I have been shown to understand as correct. DTD isn't included as the focus is the JavaScript. I code correctly with regards to that and other W3C requirements.
