How do you send a URL as a variable to a frame?

[JerryH]

I'm trying to send a url to a 2nd frame of a new frameset. The url is in the form of a variable called &quot;menu.&quot; Eventually I will get the value of &quot;menu&quot; from another script but for testing I'm just setting the value to &quot;history.html.&quot; Below is the script I'm trying to get to work. What's wrong with it?<br><br>&lt;HTML&gt;<br>&lt;HEAD&gt;<br>&lt;SCRIPT Language=&quot;JavaScript&quot;&gt;<br>&lt;!--<br>//menu = location.search.substring(1)<br>menu = &quot;history.html&quot;<br>--&gt;<br>&lt;/SCRIPT&gt;<br>&lt;/HEAD&gt;<br><br>&lt;frameset rows=&quot;65,*&quot;&gt;<br>&lt;frame name=&quot;nav&quot; SRC=&quot;menu.htm&quot; target=&quot;body&quot;&gt;<br>&lt;frame name=&quot;body&quot; SRC=&quot;javascriptarent.menu&quot;&gt;<br>&lt;/frameset&gt;<br><br>&lt;/HTML&gt;<br>

 

[palbano]

Dear Jerry,<br><br>Here is one way.<br><br>&lt;html&gt;<br>&lt;HEAD&gt;<br>&lt;SCRIPT LANGUAGE=javascript&gt;<br>&lt;!--<br>menu = &quot;history.htm&quot;;<br>document.write(&quot;&lt;frameset rows='65,*'&gt;&quot;<br>document.write(&quot;&lt;frame name='nav' src='menu.htm'&gt;&quot;<br>document.write(&quot;&lt;frame name='body' src='&quot; + menu +&quot;'&gt;&quot;<br>document.write(&quot;&lt;/frameset&gt;&quot;<br>//--&gt;<br>&lt;/SCRIPT&gt;<br>&lt;/html&gt;<br><br><br>Good luck<br>-pete

 

[crays]

Jerry, <br><br>Quick comment about your original Script.&nbsp;&nbsp;The &quot;--&gt;&quot; should be &quot;//--&gt;&quot;.&nbsp;&nbsp;<br><br>The way you have it will cause an error in Netscape but not Internet Explorer.<br><br>This is an error that I see made on many sites and I just had to make you aware of it.<br> <p>Ray<br><a href=mailto: > </a><br><a href=

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[JerryH]

Thanks for the tips!&nbsp;&nbsp;I found a good article on what I wanted to do at <A HREF="

http://www.irt.org/articles/js190/index.htm"

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http://www.irt.org/articles/js190/index.htm</A>

It also will not allow a page to be loaded without your frameset, as well as, break out of someone elses frameset.