Submit Form Then Open PopUp Window

[Riparian]

Scenario.

 

I have a simple form and on the same page a link to open a popup window.

The client completes the form then click the upload link.

In the popup window the client uploads a file.

 

Problem

On closing the popup window the main page is refreshed (to indicate the upload was successful)

As the form was not initially submitted - All Form Data is then Lost

 

Question

Is there a way of submitting the form and opening a popup window at the same time (to preserve the data entered by the client) or is there another fix for this problem ?

 

Any help is greatly appreciated. Cheers

[Mahngiel]

if you're passing the information to the popup menu from the form they've filled out, you could use the GET method and instruct the pop up to pull it's info from the url

[Riparian]

Thank you for the reply.

 

To be able to obtain the input info in the get variables I still  have to submit the form.

 

My problem is that I do not know how to open a popup window immediately after the form is submitted while still keeping the parent window open .

 

[Krash]

 

Not sure what you're trying to do, but you can add an onClick event to the 'submit' input that will submit the form data and open a popup at the same time.

 

<input type="submit" value="Upload" onClick="window.open('http://www.your_url.com/popup_content.htm','popup_player','height=200,width=300,top=150,left=300,scrollbars=no')">

 

The popup will open over the parent window.