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01-29-2003, 11:06 PM
alright...so this seems like a very stupid question (hope i don't get a stupid answer!)

i have some frames. the frameset window is called "master".

if a user types in a URL from outside of the framed document, i want the URL to open in the frameset, in the proper frame, called "content".

the code below seems pretty simple...but for some reason, i can't access the new window with its name, "master". very strange. i must be missing something simple, but i can't figure out what it is...

//---------
<script type="text/javascript">
if (parent.name != "master"){
newContent = window.location;
window.open("http://www.someURL.com","master","width=1025,height=400,menubar,toolbar,location,status,resizable");
//master.content.location = newContent;
window.history.back();
//master.focus();
}
</script>
//----------

note that the two lines i have commented out are the two that don't work. which are the two that reference the new window, called "master".

thanks...

jkd
01-30-2003, 12:31 AM
You were supposed to read this (http://www.codingforums.com/showthread.php?s=&threadid=12631) before posting in this forum.

This thread will be moved to the Javascript Programming forum, where it belongs.