Q307 Is there a way to have a Pop Up window ask for a Name and Password and then send this infomation to a cgi script?

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In the main document:

<SCRIPT LANGUAGE="JavaScript"><!--
function windowOpen() {
    var myWindow=window.open('popup.html','windowRef','width=200,height=200');
    myWindow.location.href = 'popup.html';
    if (!myWindow.opener)
        myWindow.opener = self;
}

windowOpen();
//--></SCRIPT>

And then in the popup.html document:

<SCRIPT LANGUAGE="JavaScript"><!--
function returnDetails() {
    opener.location.href = 'whatever.cgi?login=' + escape(document.myForm.loginname.value) + '&password=' + escape(document.myForm.loginpassword.value);
    setTimeout('window.close()',500);
}
//--></SCRIPT>

<FORM NAME="myForm">
Name: <INPUT TYPE="TEXT" NAME="loginname">
Password: <INPUT TYPE="PASSWORD" NAME="loginpassword">
<INPUT TYPE="BUTTON" VALUE="ENTER" onClick="returnDetails()">
</FORM>