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Communicating with a New Window
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<html>
<head>
<title>Recipe 6.6</title>
<script type="text/javascript">
var newWindow;
function makeNewWindow() {
if (!newWindow || newWindow.closed) {
newWindow = window.open("","sub","status,height=200,width=300");
setTimeout("writeToWindow()", 50);
} else if (newWindow.focus) {
newWindow.focus();
}
}
function writeToWindow() {
var newContent = "<html><head><title>Secondary Window</title></head>";
newContent += "<body><h1>This is a script-created window.</h1>";
newContent += "</body></html>";
newWindow.document.write(newContent);
newWindow.document.close();
}
</script>
</head>
<body>
<h1>Communicating with a New Window</h1>
<hr />
<form>
<input type="button" value="Create New Window" onclick="makeNewWindow();" />
</form>
</body>
</html>
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