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dwbh

07-01-2002, 04:28 PM

Hi,

I have a frameset which contains a navigator function I've created in the top frame, and a form in the bottom frame. In the form's onLoad event, I'm trying to call a function contained in the top page's <HEAD> tag. When I first load the frameset, it loads fine, but when I use the navigator to jump to a different form on the bottom and the onLoad event is called again, I get a "Permission denied" error.

The forms I'm using have the following function:

if(parent.frames[0] && parent.frames[0].Go) {parent.frames[0].Go();}

If I put an alert(parent.frames[0]) statement just before this statement in the onLoad event, I get an [object] message back. However, if I try to call any property of parent.frames[0] in the alert statement, such as parent.frames[0].name, I get the error. So, for some reason, I have access to the frame object, but not the properties of the frame object. I get the same problem if I call the frame by name (i.e. parent.frames['navig']).

Any ideas why I wouldn't be able to do this?

Thanks in advance,
Sam

tamienne

07-01-2002, 04:40 PM

try changing it from parent.xxx to top.xxx

dwbh

07-01-2002, 05:18 PM

Thanks, I tried it with the same result. I can access the object but not the properties of the object. Any other ideas??

dwbh

07-01-2002, 05:29 PM

Here's some more info: in IE, the error message is:

Line: 79
Char: 1
Error: Access is denied.
Code: 0

In Netscape, it is:

Error: uncaught exception: Permission denied to get property window.frames.

Here's my HTML for the frameset...nothing special:
************
<html>
<head>
<title>Contracting Opportunities On Line (COOL)</title>
<script LANGUAGE="JavaScript">

</SCRIPT>
</head>

<frameset ROWS="14*,86*">

<frame NORESIZE NAME="navig" SRC="/mydatabase.nsf/TopPage?OpenPage">

<frame NORESIZE NAME="space" SRC="/mydatabase.nsf/BottomPage?OpenPage">
</frameset>
</html>
*******************

If you need anything else, let me know.
Sam

tamienne

07-01-2002, 07:22 PM

Can you post the code for the top frame with the Go function?