Q216 In a popup window how can I submit a form, close the popup window and target the results of the form into the main window?

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Use a timer to close the window, and add a TARGET to the form:

<form action="apage.html" target="mywindowname" onSubmit="setTimeout('window.close()',2000)">
<input type="submit">
</form>

Now make sure that in the main window you set its name (by default the main window has no name):

<script language="JavaScript"><!--
window.name="mywindowname"; // will not work in Netscape Navigator 2 as name is read only
//--></script>

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