Q339 How can I submit a form on a popup window and target the results into the main window and close the popup window at the same time, even if the location of the main page has changed?

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Q339 How can I submit a form on a popup window and target the results into the main window and close the popup window at the same time, even if the location of the main page has changed?

topFrame.html:

<HTML>
<FRAMESET ROWS="100%,*">
<FRAME SRC="visiblePage.html" NAME="visibleFrame">
<FRAME SRC="hiddenPage.html" NAME="hiddenFrame">
</FRAMESET>
</HTML>

visiblePage.html:

<HTML>
<HEAD>
<SCRIPT LANGUAGE="JavaScript"><!--
myPopup = '';

function openPopup(url) {
    myPopup = window.open(url,'popupWindow','width=640,height=480');
    if (!myPopup.opener)
         myPopup.opener = self; 
}
//--></SCRIPT>
</HEAD>
<BODY>
<FORM>
<INPUT TYPE="BUTTON" VALUE="Open Popup" onClick="openPopup('popupPage.html')">
</FORM>
</BODY>
</HTML>

hiddenPage.html:

<HTML>
<BODY>
<FORM NAME="hiddenForm" ACTION="targetPage.html" TARGET="visibleFrame">
<INPUT TYPE="TEXT" NAME="myTextField">
</FORM>
</BODY>
</HTML>

popupPage.html:

<HTML>
<HEAD>
<SCRIPT LANGUAGE="JavaScript"><!--
function copyForm() {
    opener.top.hiddenFrame.document.hiddenForm.myTextField.value = document.popupForm.myTextField.value;
    opener.top.hiddenFrame.document.hiddenForm.submit();
    window.close();
    return false;
}
//--></SCRIPT>
</HEAD>
<BODY onLoad="opener.location.href='nextPage.html'">
<FORM NAME="popupForm" onSubmit="return copyForm()">
<INPUT TYPE="TEXT" NAME="myTextField">
<INPUT TYPE="BUTTON" VALUE="Submit" onClick="copyForm()">
</FORM>
</BODY>
</HTML>

nextPage.html:

<HTML>
<BODY>
<H1>nextPage.html</H1>
</BODY>
</HTML>

targetPage.html:

<HTML>
<BODY>
<H1>targetPage.html</H1>
<SCRIPT LANGUAGE="JavaScript"><!--
document.write('<P>Data passed = ' + location.search);
//--></SCRIPT>
</HTML>

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