url of frameset from child frame javascript

jwhittlestone · Apr 19, 2006

Hi there,

I'm having a bit of difficulty with a function that will open a link
depending on the calling frameset.
The function (promoLink()) is located in a frame
(trinity.getminted.com) and depending on the frameset
(

http://www.instanwinmirror.com

or

http://www.sundaymailinstantwin.com)

I wish to
open the link

http://www.instantwincasino.com

and

http://www.sundaymailcasino.com

respectively.

I am having trouble testing the properties of the frameset, I have
tried the following and javaScript does not seem to recognise them as a
string.

function promoLink()
{

if (parent.topFrame.location.href = ...
if (top.location.href=..
if (window.top.document.location.href=..
if (window.frames['topFrame'].location.href = ...
}

I'd appreciate any pointers! Thanks in advance for looking.
Jon

tsuji · Apr 19, 2006

This? (toLowerCase is just additional certainty.)
[tt]
if (top.location.href.toLowerCase().indexOf("

http://www.instanwinmirror.com")

!= -1) {
//serve up

http://www.instantwincasino.com

page
} else if {top.location.href.toLowerCase().indexOf("

http://www.sundaymailinstantwin.com")

!= -1) {
//serve up

http://www.sundaymailcasino.com

page
} else {
//do whatever necessary
}
[/tt]

rac2 · Apr 19, 2006

<framesets> contain <frames>. They do not have names although they can have IDs.

Reference a particular frame named gilbert

the main.html defining the frames

Code:

<frameset rows="50%,*">
  <frame name="gilbert" src="words.html">
  <frame name="sullivan" src="music.html">
</frameset>

a document in a frame, perhaps words.html

Code:

...
<script>
...
  //Test the url of the document currently in a frame.
  if ( window.gilbert.location.href [COLOR=red]==[/color] "walk_down_the_avenue.html" ) {
    //sing along.
  }
...
  //Load a new document into a frame.
  window.gilbert.location.href = "gentlemen_of_japan.html";
...
</script>
...

Note that the comparison operator in Javascript is two equal signs, ==. A single equal sign is the assignment operator. I suppose if ( a = b ) in Javascript might mean first assign the value of b to the variable a, then test that operation for true/false. I believe that makes sense in Perl, but I dont know whether it is valid Javascript.

Sorry if I got the facts wrong about Gilbert & Sullivan, I am a coder, not an entertainer.

HTH

jwhittlestone · Apr 20, 2006

Oh thanks Rac2, I want to test the href of the frameset, ie the Top page - do I specify a name or an ID for the frameset and test that? (which is on a diff. domain)the HTML for the frameset:
---
<frameset rows="110,*" frameborder="no" border="0" framespacing="0">
<frame src="header_mirror.html" name="topFrame" scrolling="No" noresize="noresize" id="topFrame" title="mirrorHeader" />
<frame src="

http://media.ccsaint.net/clicknoimp/00001123/398"

name="mainFrame" id="mainFrame" title="mainFrame" />
</frameset>

---

The script resides with the child frame

rac2 · Apr 20, 2006

The outermost window can be referred to as top by Javascript in a page loaded in one of the frames within it.

Code:

top.location.href

A page containing frames -

Code:

<html>
<head>
	<title>Top URL</title>
</head>

<frameset cols="80%,*">
<frame name="left" src="hover_craft.html">
<frame name="right" src="top_url_checker.html">
</frameset>

</html>

A page loaded in a frame, in this case the page is top_url_checker.html -

Code:

<html>
<head>
	<title>Top URL</title>
</head>

<body>

The URL in the top window is:
<script>document.write(top.location.href);</script>
</body>

</html>

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url of frameset from child frame javascript

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