loading page in a frame of another window. 1

soonkhoo · Mar 19, 2001

Hi, I have a windowA with links to load in windowB. BUT..
what if windowB is a frameset? For example, topFrame and mainFrame, and I want to load the links only in the mainFrame...

currently, in windowA, I have links something like this...

<a href="SOMETHING.htm" target="windowB">Blahblah</a>

what should I add in?

Thanks
Soon

soonkhoo · Mar 19, 2001

Oh...actually, what if in windowA, I want to have a link to load the topFrame with page1 and along with the click, the mainFrame loads page2?

Soon

AndrewGrabovsky · Mar 19, 2001

Here it is:

Add this script to <HEAD> section:

function loadAll() {
parent.frame1.location.href= "first.htm";
parent.frame2.location.href= "second.htm";
}

Add this to navigation frame:

<a href="javascript:loadAll()">first and second</a>

Dont forget to change "frame1" and "frame2" to your frame names.

Andrew

soonkhoo · Mar 19, 2001

that is exactly what I did...but it didn't work. Is it because parent is only use for within a FRAMESET and will ignore other framesets? I tried self.frame1.location......
and it still didn't work. I also tried the same way you coded it but at the link,
<a href="javacascript:loadAll()" target="windowB">something</a> and it still didn't work...hmmm

Soon

iza · Mar 19, 2001

+----+----+
| A | |
+----+ C |
| B | |
+----+----+
ok, say A and B are INSIDE a frameset (call it A_B)
and C and A_B are inside another frameset (the top level of the page)

now, try to think logical :
from top level, you "see" C and A_B
from C and A_B you see top level
from A_B you see A and B
from A and B you see A_B

so, you're in A and want to adress C : first find A_B then top level then C :
top.top.C is enough !!!!!! (top accesses A_B, top.top accesses top level and from top level you "see" C)

you can use the "parent" keyword but it sounds like you really need to understand frames first

and btw, why do you use 2 frame levels ??? !!!!!!!

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