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What I want to do is have a function that will open a window (got that) with a precpecified, off-site document (i.e. I can't modify the page I am loading). However this page has a form on it, and I want to be able to fill in some of the values of the form with ones I specify. I've searched google but any attempts to reference the external window have failed. Here is my code so far:

function opengb() {
gbook = window.open ("url.com", "gb", "toolbar=0,scrollbars=1,location=0,statusbar=0,menubar=0,resizable=0,width=500,height=500");
gbook.form.name.value = "predeterminedvalue";
}

quisja: You forgot that the FORM element is nested in the DOCUMENT, thus your function should be:

function opengb{

	gbook = window.open ("url.com", "gb", "toolbar=0,scrollbars=1,location=0,statusbar=0,menubar=0,resizable=0,width=500,height=500");

	gbook.document.theFormElement.theFormFieldElement.value = "predeterminedvalue";

}

Notice that for some security reasons, it's not possible ( via the normal way ) to alter the properties of a document coming from another domain.

Cheers,

Mathieu "POÏ" HENRI

Hence I get an "access denied" error message when I try to do that. What are these abnormal ways that you speak of then..?


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It's possible you may be able to append parameters in the URL to fill out the form fields - that way you don't have to worry about cross-domain scripting security issues etc.

eg. somedomain.com/somepage?userName=mrMagoo

Where the name matches a form input element tag name.
I could be completely wrong about this but I vaguely recall trying something like this once.

Hmm, nope, no workie... oh well, I'll have to look at doing this a different way...


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