Question

I’m trying to call a function on the parent page from a popup window. I keep getting the error Object doesn't support property or method 'GetValueFromChild'. I believe the error is on this line in the popup window –
window.top.opener.parent.Xrm.Page.GetValueFromChild(person);. I tried using window.opener.GetValueFromChild(person); but still get the same error. Any help is much appreciated. Here’s the code –

    //parent
    $(document).ready(function () {
        // This needs to be called from Child window
        function GetValueFromChild(person) {
            alert(person.Id);
            alert(person.Name);
            alert(person.Market);
        }    
    });


//parent - jqgrid

    colModel: [
                            {
                                name: 'Person', index: 'PersonName', width: 70, editable: true, edittype: 'button',
                                editoptions: {
                                    value: 'Select',
                                    dataEvents: [{
                                        type: 'click',
                                        fn: function (elem) {
                                            var left = (screen.width / 2) - (700 / 2);
                                            var top = (screen.height / 2) - (550 / 2);

                                            var popup = window.open("popup.htm", "popup", "resizable=1,copyhistory=0,menubar=0,width=700,height=550,left='+left+',top='+top");
                                            popup.focus();
                                        }
                                    }]
                                }
                            },

//popup window. this page has another jqgrid and an OK button.

  $('#btnOK').click(function() {
                        var person= {
                            Id: grid.jqGrid('getCell', grid.getGridParam('selrow'), 'Id'),
                            Name: grid.jqGrid('getCell', grid.getGridParam('selrow'), 'Name'),
                            Market: grid.jqGrid('getCell', grid.getGridParam('selrow'), 'Market')
                        };

                        window.top.opener.parent.Xrm.Page.GetValueFromChild(person); //Error is on this line.
                        window.close();
                    });

Answer 1

Your GetValueFromChild is scoped to your ready callback. If it doesn’t need to access other scoped functions and variables then simply declare it at the top level instead. If it does need to access them, you need to create a global reference to it in your callback.

1. Declare at top level:

   // This needs to be called from Child window
   function GetValueFromChild(person) {
       alert(person.Id);
       alert(person.Name);
       alert(person.Market);
   }
   

2. Export from scope:

   $(document).ready(function () {
       // This needs to be called from Child window
       function GetValueFromChild(person) {
           alert(person.Id);
           alert(person.Name);
           alert(person.Market);
       }
       window.GetValueFromChild = GetValueFromChild;
   });