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Passing a variable in JavaScript to open.window

I have variable which is i think global ,,so all my child functions must be able to get that variable,But i am getting a reference error,Variable not declared Here is below code.Please help if i am doing any wrong thing.Thanku

<!DOCTYPE html>
     <html>
        <head>
         <script>
            var Test1Object = 'Testing'; // This is my variable
         </script>
        <script src = 'ch.js'>
        </script>
        </head>
      <body>
        <button onclick="openwindow()">Create window</button>
      </body>
    </html>

My Ch.js

(function(){

    alert(Test1Object)  // Here i am getting this object
   this.openwindow = function() {

    w =window.open("untitled.html",'TheNewpop','height=315,width=625');  
    w.document.write(
    "<body>"+

    "<\/body>" + 
    "<script src = \"windowpo.js\"><\/script>" // THis is where i reference my windowpo.js

    )
    w.document.close();
    w.focus();
}
 })()

My windowpo.js

(function(){
alert(Test1Object)  // Here  there is not Test1Object (Reference error)
})();

My issue is that in my windowp.js how can i get my Test1Object Variable...

about 4 years ago · Santiago Trujillo
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Easy doing by just acessing your refrence inside the window by using window.opener like in this runnable demo plnkr. Inside your window application you can access it via window.opener.Test1Object where window.opener holds a reference of the JavaScript instance where it was opened. In that way you can access all the stuff you configured in your main application:

  • Source: window.opener MDN reference

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<!DOCTYPE html>
<html ng-app="myApp">

<head lang="en">
  <meta charset="utf-8" />
  <title>Custom Plunker</title>
 <script type="text/javascript"> 
    var Test1Object = 'Testing';
 </script>
 <script src="main.js"></script>
</head> 
<body>
  <a onclick="openwindow()">Open Window</a>
</body>
</html>

main.js

this.openwindow = function() {
  w = window.open(location.href+"untitled.html",'TheNewpop','height=315,width=625');  
  w.document.close(); 
  w.focus();
}

unitiled.html

Some Test
<script src="windowpo.js"></script>

windowpo.js

alert(window.opener.Test1Object);
about 4 years ago · Santiago Trujillo Report

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As most other answers don't seem to even read the question properly, I'll add my 2 cents as an answer, too:

The main problem in your code, is that you have to JS execution contexts here: One for the original page (the HTML code you show) and one for the popup you open in Ch.js. In general both do not share any data, variables or whatever.

You have, however, a window object reference in your variable w after calling window.open(). You use this already to inject HTML code to the popup.

If you now want to have JS variables available in the popup JS context, you can either inject additional <script> tags into the popups HTML code and set the variables there (bad choice, imho) or use postMessage() to send data across. I give some sample code for the postMessage() variant below:

Ch.js

this.openwindow = function() {

  w = window.open("untitled.html",'TheNewpop','height=315,width=625');  
  w.document.write(
    "<body>"+
    "<\/body>" + 
    "<script src = \"windowpo.js\"><\/script>" // THis is where i reference my windowpo.js
    );
  w.document.close();
  w.focus();

  // wait for pupup to be ready
  window.addEventListener( 'message', function( e ){
    // send the variable
    if( e.data == 'inited' ) {
      w.postMessage( Test1Object, '*' );
    }
  })
}

windowpo.js

// wait for messages from opener
window.addEventListener( 'message', function( e ) {
  alert( e.data );
});

// tell the opener we are waiting
window.opener.postMessage( 'inited', '*' );

For some more information see the respective MDN article on Window.postMessage().

about 4 years ago · Santiago Trujillo Report

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You need to declare the variable before you include in any file. Simply create a script tag above the included files define it there.

<script type='text/javascript' > 
  var Test1Object = 'Testing';
</script>
<script type='text/javascript' src='js/Ch.js'></script> 
<script type='text/javascript' src='js/windowpo.js'></script>

this way you should be able to use withing all files

about 4 years ago · Santiago Trujillo Report
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