Code not returning value from iFrame to parent page 1

[NeeNee]

I am using an iFrame to look up a course name and display the value in the parent page using Javascript.

document.parent.frmCancellation.txtCourseName.value = 'CUISINE A LA CARTE 2';

Now this code works great in IE but I get the following error from the Firefox Error console;
Warning: reference to undefined property document.parent

I suspect this error is due to the difference in the DOM between IE and FF, but I can't find explicit documentation telling me how to place values on a parent page.

Any help would be appreciated.


Denis
Programmer, Canada

 

[Clueful]

Use window.parent.

 

[adam0101]

How about this?

parent.document.frmCancellation.txtCourseName.value

Adam

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[NeeNee]

Thanks Adam,

I had tried document.parent but not parent.document.

Do you know where I can find explicit comparisons between FF and IE?

Denis

Denis
Programmer, Canada

 

[BillyRayPreachersSon]

If you mean reference material that shows DOM methods for one browser with the matching methods in a different browser, then I'd say you're looking for the wrong thing.

Adam's syntax should work cross-browser, as it's pretty standard. It just so happens that your original syntax was wrong, not browser-specific. Just because it happened to work in IE doesn't make it right

Dan



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[NeeNee]

Thanks Dan,

Where is a good site where I could learn more about DOM methods and syntax. I am new to javascript.


Denis
Programmer, Canada

 

[BillyRayPreachersSon]

This throws up many sites:

http://www.google.co.uk/search?hl=en&q=dom+methods+tutorial&btnG=Google+Search&meta=

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