Suppose you want to creae a frameset where 1 frame is initially empty, e.g. because it's going to be filled in response to user action in another frame.<br><br>IE presents no problem - you can create a frame with no SRC attribute and IE will display a blank area and allow you to fill it via e.g. Javascript.<br><br>Netscape's something else!<br>* you must give the empty frame a SRC attribute, otherwise NN won't create the frame object and, when you try to refer to it in Javascript, you'll get errors like "frame_name has no properties."<br>* you must put something in the SRC attribute - SRC="" causes NN to display the directory listing!<br>* the something must exist, otherwise you'll get a 404 error in the empty frame.<br>* so create a dummy page and set the empty frame's SRC to point to this. The dummy page can contain either "watch this space text" or whitespace.<br>
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why not use src="about:blank" ? <p>nick bulka<br><a href=mailto: > </a><br><a href= </a><br>Get your technical books at Bulka's Books<br>
Karl Blessing
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about:blank is a IE path. <p>Karl<br><a href=mailto:kb244@kb244.com>kb244@kb244.com</a><br><a href= </a><br>Experienced in : C++(both VC++ and Borland),VB1(dos) thru VB6, Delphi 3 pro, HTML, Visual InterDev 6(ASP(WebProgramming/Vbscript)<br>
Karl Blessing
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hrm, my bad I had to download Netscape and try it for myself. <p>Karl<br><a href=mailto:kb244@kb244.com>kb244@kb244.com</a><br><a href= </a><br>Experienced in : C++(both VC++ and Borland),VB1(dos) thru VB6, Delphi 3 pro, HTML, Visual InterDev 6(ASP(WebProgramming/Vbscript)<br>
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Karl Blessing
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Its the second time today, first I didnt Mistaken a person post in the VB forum for an ASP, now I forget to test netscape first (even though about:blank works, it has a horrible side effect, if you put something over the blank area, the image isnt refreshed so you see a peice of what ever was over it) <p>Karl<br><a href=mailto:kb244@kb244.com>kb244@kb244.com</a><br><a href= </a><br>Experienced in : C++(both VC++ and Borland),VB1(dos) thru VB6, Delphi 3 pro, HTML, Visual InterDev 6(ASP(WebProgramming/Vbscript)<br>
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