how to get 1 html window to talk to another one?

Question

i have an html question for you. i'm doing some html development here and knowledge is limited. i found a javascript to open a new popup window:


i have a form on a webpage that has the following call:

when the button is pressed, a new popup window appears poperly.

my question is, depending on how the popup window is closed, i need my original window to either disable or enable a RADIO button.
any idea on how to do this? i can use hidden form fields in the popup window if it helps, like:


thanks

i forgot to mention that this website is a testing system
on the main webpage i have a list of tests using radio buttons in a form that opens up a newwindow for that specific test.

i am a c/c++ programmer and know a little html. the form on the html page calls executables that i've written.

i would like to disable the entire window while a test is being run on another window.

when that test is finished and the webpage is closed, i would like to enable that test window. assuming the test was finished completely, i need to disable the specific test that was used. if the user just closed the test window then i need to keep the test radio button enables so the user can select the test again.

Answer 1

Recycling my previous answer to this class of question...

parent.html
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value="type msg to child window here"
id="msgText" />



value="click to send message"
onclick="sendToChild();" />



value="click to open child window"
onclick="openChildWin();" />

Answer 2

I'd suggest looking up and reading about cookies :)
Have the popup set up a cookie with whether or not the radio button should be enabled, and when you close the popup, have the main page refresh to check the cookie.

Just an idea.

Answer 3

Your best bet will be to send the results of the form as a call to a php routine on the server, have the server write out the second window, have the server read the results of the second window and rewrite a fresh copy of the first window with the appropriate button clicked.