Save and close popup window

Question

I have a typical popup window launched using the builtin javascript:popupURL().
I would like a Save and Close button on this popup window that does
1. Submits the popup page so that changes are saved into session state
2. Close the popup window
3. Refresh the parent window so that updates in (1) are reflected
What is the recommended way of doing this? I was thinking of the following URL redirect on the Save & Close button
doSubmit('SAVE');
window.opener.location.reload();
window.close();Do I need a same-page branch on the popup page? If so, why? If not, why? ;-)
Comments?
Thanks

Answer 1

This is a bit of javascript that I nicked which works well for me:
-- 1. Add the folowing to your page header or create a new page template --
-- (popup window template) and put it in the header section. --
SCRIPT LANGUAGE="JavaScript">
function loadinparent(url, closeSelf){
     self.opener.location = url;
     if(closeSelf) self.close();
</SCRIPT>
-- 2. Use the following to call the function. the true and false keeps the parent--
-- window open or closed. Obviously set any values in the URL. --
javascript:loadinparent(''<URL>'', true)
eg. javascript:loadinparent(''f?p=&APP_ID.:40:&SESSION.::NO::P40_ID:'||ID||''', true)
-- Inc the following comment in your header --
-- Version 1.0
-- Last Updated: May 18, 2000
-- Code maintained at:
-- http://www.moock.org/webdesign/javascript/
-- Copy permission granted any use provided this notice is unaltered.
-- Written by Colin Moock.
Simon