tr:commandButton has an attribute 'returnListener' that points to a method in the backing bean that gets executed when the dialog is closed, i.e., when RequestContext.getCurrentInstance().returnFromDialog() is called. Maybe this is what you need.
HTH, -- Rafa On Mon, Dec 15, 2008 at 10:46 AM, James <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi, > > I'm trying to access the window that open's my dialog using Javascript > with window.opener, but this reference is null. What I'm trying to do > is the following: > > 1. User selects items in a table on main page > 2. User clicks button which opens dialog page containing a print view > of the items > 3. User closes the dialog page, once a javascript confirm passes, the > main page submits to the backing bean which performs some processing, > and the main page is then reloaded with the updated items > > 1 and 2 is fine, I have that working, its step 3 that I am having > trouble with... it doesn't seem possible with the Trinidad Dialog > Framework (maybe by design). > > Maybe some more clarification: > > ======== > main page: > ======== > ... > <script type="text/javascript"> > function callBack() { > alert('called'); > if (confirm('Proceed')) { > // submit page to allow backing bean to process items > } > } > </script> > ... > <tr:commandButton id="printButtonId" > styleClass="button" > text="Process" > action="dialog:print" > partialSubmit="true" > useWindow="true" > windowWidth="700" > windowHeight="500" > /> > ... > > ===== > dialog > ===== > ... > <head> > <script> > function doOnunload() { > alert('doOnunload'); > window.opener.callBack(); > } > </script> > </head> > <f:view> > <body onunload="doOnunload();"> > ... > > --------------------------- > > The alert('doOnunload') popup shows fine, so the javascript is being > run, the problem is that window.opener is null. Anyone have any ideas > how I can get my desired outcome? I hope I'm not being too vague. > > Thanks in advance, > > James Barrow >
