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[scroce]

is it possible (maybe using javascript??)to open a frameset from a link on a non-framed page and then to set the source documents to that frame?

I know this is possible when you are already within the frameset, but how about from outside it?

thanks. How much more water would there be in the ocean if it weren't for sponges?

 

[romannl]

Hi,

Try this Javascript to make your wish happen!

You have to make some adjstment i think though...

http://www.essex1.com/people/timothy/js-rm1.htm

good luck!

 

[scroce]

Many thanks to you romanni, however, it's not exactly what I was looking for, but it's certainly pretty cool. I'm sure I can use that bit of code somewhere on some of my sites.

It does open several windows from a separate window, however it does not address the issue of setting frame sources within those windows. How much more water would there be in the ocean if it weren't for sponges?

 

[scroce]

for anyone who this might help in the future:

After much reading, I finally figured it out. The answer is that you use ASP "QueryString" to do this. In the link that you want to control frames with you put somehing like:

<A HREF=&quot;Frames.asp?myVariable1=somepage.html&myVariable2=otherpage.html>myexample</a>

this will pass value2 and value3 in the querystring found in the address window to whatever page comes next, in this case &quot;frames.asp&quot;

The trick is to remember the &quot;?&quot; and that means whatever comes after it will be passed in the QueryString.

Then, on frames.asp page, you do something like this for each frame you want to specify the source for:

<frame src=&quot;<% Response.Write (Request.QueryString (&quot;myVariable1&quot)%>&quot; frameborder=&quot;NO&quot; marginwidth=&quot;0&quot; marginheight=&quot;0&quot; name=&quot;frameSide&quot; scrolling=&quot;NO&quot; noresize>

Two relevant postings can be found at:

thread333-75292 How much more water would there be in the ocean if it weren't for sponges?