Selecting the value in child form and sending it to parent form

<!form id="Form1" method="get" runat="server">

<!asp:TextBox id="txtSelect" style="Z-INDEX: 101; LEFT: 186px; POSITION: absolute; TOP: ...The Code below has :

- main.aspx page which has a textbox and a link to select the catergoryname
- main2.aspx page has the actual selection criteria of the Categoryname to be selected from dropdownlist
- On selection of the data from the dropdown the data should be send back to the main.aspx

[bold]Step 1:main.aspx[/bold]
[code]
<form id="Form1" method="get" runat="server">

<asp:TextBox id="txtSelect" style="Z-INDEX: 101; LEFT: 186px; POSITION: absolute; TOP: 19px" runat="server"></asp:TextBox>

<a href="javascript:my_window=window.open('main2.aspx?formn ame=Form1.txtSelect','my_window','width=300,height =300');my_window.focus()"> Select CategoryName</a>

</form>



[bold]Step 2: main2.aspx[/bold]

<form id="Form1" method="post" runat="server">

<aspropDownList id="DropDownList1" style="Z-INDEX: 101; LEFT: 180px; POSITION: absolute; TOP: 66px" runat="server" AutoPostBack="True"></aspropDownList>

<asp:Label id="Label1" style="Z-INDEX: 102; LEFT: 16px; POSITION: absolute; TOP: 66px" runat="server">Select Category Name</asp:Label>

<asp:Literal id="Literal1" runat="server"></asp:Literal>

</form>



[bold]Step 3: main2.aspx.vb[/bold]

Private Sub DropDownList1_SelectedIndexChanged(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles DropDownList1.SelectedIndexChanged

Try

Dim strjscript As String = "<script language=""javascript"">"

strjscript = strjscript & "window.opener." & HttpContext.Current.Request.QueryString("formname") & ".value = '" & DropDownList1.SelectedItem.Text & "';window.close();"

strjscript = strjscript & "</script>"

Literal1.Text = strjscript

Catch ex As Exception

Response.Write(ex.Message)

End Try

End Sub

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