I have a data entry screen that I have created that collects an ID number. I have created a screen opens a second window and allows the user to do a search on a name to find the ID number. What I am not sure about, is how to pass the data from my "popup" window back to my main window.

Thanks

S

S.Berger,

You may want to consider utilizing the DIALOG_BOX function to pass the data. Another option would be to use the COMMON statement.

Hope this helps,

Stephen Revelation

You included 'WEB' in your title

Are you building OI forms or HTML forms?

Bob

I guess I wasn't clear. I am building web forms.

S

S Berger,

On the web, you do not typically "pass back" a value. Instead look at it this way:

Page #1: Empty form, user clicks on "options" button, which goes to …

Page #2: Options list, user clicks on an item (a key), which goes to …

Page #3: Same form as #1, but filled in with the information from the selected key

In other words, there is only "forwards" on the web. You can do some mighty clever stuff with JavaScript etc. but this is a good starting point.

Cameron Purdy

Revelation Software

So you have to re-load the form when you pass the data back?

Thanks

S

S Berger,

So you have to re-load the form when you pass the data back?

In a word, yes. It is better, though, to imagine it as a different request. In my example, page #1 is a response to the request "give me form x", page #2 is a response to the request "give me a list of keys for form x", and page #3 is a response to the request "give me form x with key y". The magic is that the link from 1 to 2 and from 2 to 3 is generated by your INET_ procedure(s), so the user is just clicking.

Cameron Purdy

Revelation Software

I ended up resolving this using Java script. I used the window.open and opener properties.

Thanks for the help.

S

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