Re: Header() to a different browser instance

This may be a stupid question, but how does one name a window from within that window? Ryan On Sat, Jul 08, 2000 at 10:47:40AM -0400, Dan Krumlauf wrote: > Erik Stainsby wrote: > > > > Eric, > > > > You will not be able to redirect programmatic flow from a > > child window back to the parent window. You can spawn a > > child because the parent "knows how to" - there is no > > mechanism in the protocols that I've ever come accross > > which would allow the child to return control to a parent > > browser. > > I guess I might be confused but doesnt the TARGET entity in the > html protocol access the parent window from a child window. > I mean if you pop a window and in that child window you have > a <A HREF="URL" TARGET="parent_window_name"></A> link, when you > click the > link it will refresh the parent window to grab the url. So you should be > able to use the document.window object in javascript to both update the > parent window and close the popup. > > Simple javascript psudeo code would be: > > document.parent_window_name.location.href=new url > document.child_window_name.window.close() > > or something close to that > > And then use a javascript url in the link in the child window > like <A HREF=javascript:function()>CLOSE ME</A> > > Seems that should work. Can anyone tell me why it wouldnt work or if it > does work post the code? > > -- > PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > To unsubscribe, e-mail: php-general-unsubscribe@lists.php.net > For additional commands, e-mail: php-general-help@lists.php.net > To contact the list administrators, e-mail: php-list-admin@lists.php.net ---end quoted text---