get object reference in a window

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#1

how do you get a reference to an object contained in a window? if I open a new window, adding an url to it, how do I access the elements in this window? there must exist something like parent.window(thisName).thisObject or maybe opener or something similar, but I cannot find it out by testing; anybody knows the answer?

#2

We will add more easy way to access inner window in next version of component for now it may be accessed as

    window(name)._content.childNodes[2].firstChild.contentWindow

( kind of ugly , but it works )

#3


This does not work for me.  I do this -



addProjectCommentWindow._content.childNodes[2].firstChild.contentWindow



and get an Object is NULL error.

#4

You can try to use attached js file instead of original one, it allows to acces the inline document directly as
    window(name)._frame.contentWindow

codebase.zip (15.1 KB)

#5


After some Time of research , this function gives me the window.object



function getWindow(wndName){




return dhxWins.window(wndName).firstChild.firstChild.childNodes[1].firstChild.firstChild.firstChild.firstChild.childNodes[1].firstChild.firstChild.contentWindow;



}



again kind of ugly, but working fo me



it would be fine to have this as a standard feature.



 



 

#6

We will add native API method with similar functionality in oncoming update.

#7

I’ve tried the approaches noted in this post, but my only success is in receiving errors (_frame.contentWindow or childNodes[2] or whatever). I am loading window using attachHTMLString, and then trying to access some content from the parent (i.e., parent-to-child, not child-to-parent using parent.xxxx). I’m using v2.5. Was there ever an autosize feature added???

#8

Here is the approach that can be used in you load content into an iframe (attachURL method)
viewtopic.php?f=5&t=14259

In case of attachHTMLString you just need to call document.getElementById method to get html element

#9

Thanks. I’ve got a utility dialog window function (e.g., “Do you really want to delete…”) which I can now dynamically auto-size (expand or contract) to encapsulate all content.