Home/ Questions/Q 856083
In Process

The Archive Base Latest Questions

Editorial Team
  • 0
Asked: 2026-05-15T08:11:02+00:00

In my asp.net web app, I create a popup window with a button. When

  • 0

In my asp.net web app, I create a popup window with a button. When that button is clicked, I want to set the value of an asp:TextBox (id=TextBox1) contained in the parent window. However, it doesn’t work like all the examples I’ve read indicate.

I’ve tried the following lines of code in my javascript onclick handler:

  1. window.opener.document.getElementById(‘<%= TextBox1.ClientID %>’).value = “abc”;
  2. window.opener.document.getElementById(“TextBox1”).value = “abc”;
  3. window.opener.document.getElementById(“ctl00_ContentPlaceHolder1_TextBox1”).value = “abc”;

Only example 3 works. All the stuff I’ve read indicates that #1 is the preferred method, but I can’t seem to make it work at all. Does anyone have any ideas what I’m doing wrong?

I’ve tried this in Firefox, Chrome and IE.

Thanks

Share

Leave an answer

You must login to add an answer.

Need An Account,

1 Answer

  1. Editorial Team

    Is this line of JavaScript contained in the markup for the popup window itself? If so, the server-side code for that won’t be aware that TextBox1 exists on the server-side code for the parent window, and won’t be able to determine its ClientID property. You either need to pass that client ID to the popup window somehow (querystring, cookie, session, whatever) or hard code it. Alternatively, you may be able to put this line of JavaScript in a function on your parent page, and then call something along the lines of window.opener.functionName().

    • 0