[Javascript] Closing pop-up window on form submit

[javascript@xxxxxxxxxx (Jay Wright)]

Rodney, Mark, all, thank you for the help.  

one last question:  when i do the submit(), then close() all on the same
onclick event, the form processing doesn't actually happen (ie,
/content_upload.jsp is never run).  a seemingly silly oversight on my part.
i assume the best solution is to have a servlet process the form parameters,
then a thankyou.html page use an onload in the body tag to close the window?
is there a better way?

thanks again,
jay

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Rodney Myers [mailto:rodney@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]
> Sent: Tuesday, September 25, 2001 2:42 PM
> To: javascript@xxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: Re: [Javascript] Closing pop-up window on form submit
> 
> 
> onClick="self.formname.submit();
> 
> self refers to the window, and a form is a property of a document
> 
> 
> onClick="this.form.submit(); ...
> 
> should do it.
> 
> "this" refers to the button
> 
> this.form is the form object to which the button (this) belongs
> (To my mind an upside-down sort of property but wonderfully helpful)
> 
> 
> h "this" h
> 
> Rodney
> 
> 
> Jay Wright wrote:
> 
> > hmmm.  something still doesn't work.  when i open a new 
> window, i give it
> > the name "childWindow".  the form is named "formname".
> >
> > none of the following work:
> > document.formname.submit();
> > self.formname.submit();
> > childWindow.formname.submit();
> >
> > what am I missing?  i'm sure it's something obvious
> >
> > <form name="formname" action="/content_upload.jsp" method="post"
> > enctype="multipart/form-data">
> > <input type="text" name="data"><br/>
> > <input type="submit" name="submit" value="Finish"
> > 
> onClick="self.formname.submit();opener.location.href='/main_pa
> ge.jsp';self.c
> > lose()"><br>
> > </form>
> >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: Lau [mailto:lau@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]
> > > Sent: Tuesday, September 25, 2001 5:40 AM
> > > To: javascript@xxxxxxxxxx
> > > Subject: Re: [Javascript] Closing pop-up window on form submit
> > >
> > >
> > > Instead of using a button of TYPE=SUBMIT just use TYPE=BUTTON
> > > then
> > > onclick=document.myFormname.submit();opener.location.href='/ma
> > > in_page.jsp';self.close()
> > >
> > >
> > > Peace
> > > Lau
> > >
> > > > ----- Original Message -----
> > > > From: "Jay Wright" <jwright@xxxxxxxx>
> > > > To: <javascript@xxxxxxxxxx>
> > > > Sent: Monday, September 24, 2001 3:56 PM
> > > > Subject: [Javascript] Closing pop-up window on form submit
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > >
> > > > > I have created a small set of web pages, that will open a
> > > pop-up window
> > > > with
> > > > > javascript, present the user a form, and then, on submit,
> > > close the pop-up
> > > > > window and reload the main site page.
> > > > > Below is the form code that I am using. This works,
> > > except, of course,
> > > > that
> > > > > the data is never POSTED to /content_upload.jsp. The
> > > window closes and the
> > > > > "opener" web page is reloaded with "/main_page.jsp", but
> > > the data is never
> > > > > processed.
> > > > > What is the work around. Is there something I can do in
> > > the form that will
> > > > > allow the post to take place before closing the page. 
> Or is there
> > > > something
> > > > > I can do in the /content_upload.jsp that would do the
> > > processing and then
> > > > > close the window?
> > > > > Looking for a JavaScript guru to lend a little advice. Thanks,
> > > > > Jay
> > > > > -------------------------------------------------
> > > > > PS. Yes, I do need enctype to be multipart, this form is
> > > simplified, but
> > > > > many of them load images.
> > > > > <form action="/content_upload.jsp" method="post"
> > > > > enctype="multipart/form-data">
> > > > > <input type="text" name="data"><br/>
> > > > > input type="submit" name="submit" value="Finish"
> > > > > 
> onClick="self.close();opener.location.href='/main_page.jsp'"><br>
> > > > > </form>
> > > > >
> > > > >
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