specify documents when opening frame page

paulorlowski · Aug 14, 2002

From the navigation link on my index.htm page, I want to load a framed page and specify the corresponding document that should load into the menu frame and data frame.

For example, on the index.htm I have 3 links: rocks, paper, scissors.

If I click rocks, I want the framespage.htm to open and the data frame in it to display rocks.htm and the menu frame to display a submenu page submenu.htm. Similarly if I'm on the index page and click "paper", I want the frameset.htm to open and display paper.htm in the data frame.

I think the link on the index page should start like this
<a href="framespage.htm?menu=submenu.htm@data=rocks.htm">, but I'm not sure where to go with it.

Anyone have a clue?

Thanks,
Paul

jemminger · Aug 15, 2002

hi Paul,

I made something similar for thread216-330835

you can do something like this for the frameset:

[tt]
<html>
<head>
<title>frameset</title>

<script language="javascript">
var sFrame = location.search.split("=&quot

[1];
var sHTML = '<frameset cols="25%,*">' +
'<frame name="left" src="submenu.html">' +
'<frame name="right" src="' + sFrame + '"' +
'</frameset>';

document.write(sHTML);
</script>

</head>
</html>
[/tt]

from your index page, your links will look like:

<a href="frameset.html?frame=rock.html">rock</a>
<a href="frameset.html?frame=paper.html">paper</a>
<a href="frameset.html?frame=scissors.html">scissors</a>

this will open the menu page on the left, and whatever page is passed as "frame=" on the right.

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if (!succeed) try();
-jeff

paulorlowski · Aug 15, 2002

Excellent. That worked and it was exactly what I needed. I appreciate it!

Paul

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