I am creating multiple popup windows for chatting. Now my problem is how to find uniquely from which SendMessage() is called from popup window for sending message to other person. At least how to find the name of pop window.

Please help me so that I can move forward

I am creating multiple popup windows for chatting. Now my problem is how to find uniquely from which SendMessage() is called from popup window for sending message to other person. At least how to find the name of pop window.

Please help me so that I can move forward

• javascript
• popup

• Could you please provide more details? The question is quite vague, in my opinion. I'm not even sure what SendMessage() is. ;-) Is it a built in function? Something you wrote? Maybe explain more about what you're hoping to acplish because there might also be a better alternative. – senfo Commented Aug 28, 2012 at 12:10
• Are you trying to get find out the name variable of a previous call to window.open(name, url [, ...])? – line-o Commented Aug 28, 2012 at 12:22
• @line-o it's (url, name [, ...]) :P – jbabey Commented Aug 28, 2012 at 12:36
• SendMessage() is not a built in function but a user defined method to send msgs using websocket. – sasi krishna Commented Aug 28, 2012 at 12:39

2 Answers 2

to just answer your question, it is the name property the window object.

window.name

Ex:

var myWindow = window.open('','someName','width=200,height=100');
myWindow.document.write("<p>This window's name is: " + myWindow.name + "</p>");

You can provide your name to the window like this

window.open(URL,name,specs,replace);
myWindow=window.open('','MsgWindow','width=200,height=100');
myWindow.document.write("This window's name is: " + myWindow.name );

Cheers