Help need: document.write

[adi]

I have a email form and i want users to be able to click on a link who opens a new window with content pulled out from a emailadresses database .When the user clicks on a adress i want to insert the adress directly into the textbox on the mainpage and close the popup.
Someone told me to use javascript :document.write, but if use it then the whole mainpage is overwrited with the code from the popup.
Thank u!

[thoand]

document.write is similar to echo or print it writes a string to the document.

What you need is to copy the selected value in the pop up to the window openers input field.

In this example I am having the emails in the pop up in a SELECT box and using no database, of course with a bit of modifing you can use something else, eg. a text link.

main_document.php

<script language="JavaScript">
<!--
	function openWin( windowURL, windowName, windowFeatures ) { 
		return window.open( windowURL, windowName, windowFeatures ) ; 
	} 
// -->
</script>



<form action="sdf" name="to" id="to">
e-mail:
<input type="text" name="email">
<a href="JavaScript: newWindow = openWin( './emails.php', 'foo', 'width=300,height=300,toolbar=0,location=0,directories=0,status=1,menuBar=0,scrollBars=0,resizable=0' ); newWindow.focus()">
Open</a>

</form>

emails.php

<form action="sdf" name="from" id="from">
<select name="emails" size="8" onChange="JavaScript:window.opener.document.forms.to.email.value = document.forms.from.emails.value; window.close();">
<option value="[e-mail]">[e-mail]</option>
<option value="[e-mail]">[e-mail]</option>
<option value="[e-mail]">[e-mail]</option>

</select>
</form>

Explore this example, I am sure you will get it working,

best regards
Thomas A.

[thoand]

java script:window.opener.document.forms.to.email.value = document.forms.from.emails.value; window.close();

remember to change the names of the forms and email field to the names you are using

eg.
window.opener.document.forms.to.email
(to.email) = your form, your email field

Thomas A

[adi]

Thank you! Ill try to adapt your code to my problem.

[adi]

I get this error:

Forbidden
You don't have permission to access /test/java script: newWindow = openWin( 'emails.php', 'foo', 'width=300,height=300,toolbar=0,location=0,directories=0,status=1,menuBar=0,scrollBars=0,resizable=0' ); newWindow.focus() on this server.

[thoand]

As I can see from you error the problem is your URL
the HREF="" should contain just the javascript

eg.

<a href="java script: newWindow = openWin( './emails.php', 'foo', 'width=300,height=300,toolbar=0,location=0,directo
ries=0,status=1,menuBar=0,scrollBars=0,resizable=0
' ); newWindow.focus()">

In the openWin function change see the first parameter ('./emails.php')
Change this to the url of the emails.php or whatever your ar calling the file that should opens in the pop up.

Thomas

[adi]

I created the "email.php". the problem was i typed "java script" instead of "javascript". It works now. Thank u very much!