Problem window.opener.doSubmit

Question

Hello,
We have one application, say with URL
http://localhost/some_app
This is not an APEX application.
On this application on click of a button we popup an APEX page (with public access) and when user clicks on "Ok" button of this APEX page we pop the page down and want
to refresh the original application page. We do this by following javascript function from the APEX page
function close(url) {
window.opener.location.href = decodeBIURL(url);
window.opener.doSubmit('REFRESH');
window.close();
We pass the url of the original application to this APEX page as one of the parameters.
This works fine as long as APEX page has URL of the form http://localhost:8085/apex/f?p=101:3, i.e. original application URL and APEX URL both have same hostname part (in the example above localhost ), but moment they are differnet IE pops up another window for original URL.
does anyone know fix to this problem?
regards, Yora

Answer 1

It is impossible to set the value of the file input thing. But if they realy want it in a popup, then you can try something like this:
-1. Put the attatchement list in a iframe
0. Open the parent file with some with somewhere a unique id (like a session id or something
1. Open your child page in a popup, give that uniqueid as parameter ("like child.jsp?id=<uniqueId>")
2. Use regular file input things in that popup, and replace the 'close' button by a submit button
3. Track the submit of the form, show a 'now uploading to server, please wait' message
4. The child page sends the attatchements to the server, stored in a tempory folder named <uniqueId> (store it in the form as a hidden input thing)
5. When the upload is ready, display some message 'files uploaded, close this window to return to your mail'.
6. When the user clicks that 'close' button, close the popup and then reload the attachment-frame
7. The attachment-frame just lists the files stored in that <sessionid> folder, and it seems like the user has added those files to it
If you want i can create an example of it
koentjepoppe
note: if you add the date to that unique id, you know when that folder is created and then you know wich folders you have to delete if the user aborts his mail for example (then those files are still in that folder wasting space)