writing to a text box on a different frame!

[MTC]

Hi all and thanks in advance
I have an HTML page with 3 frames. Lets call them top middle and bottom.

On the top frame there is a button to run some java script! When it is run
I want to put some text into the middle frame, but in to a text box on a
form call "testform" textbox name is "TestText"

I know I need to address the frame name but what am I missing?

Parent.frames("middle").TextText.value = "here is the data"

Thanks.

mike

 

[Michael Winter]

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I know I need to address the frame name but what am I missing?

Parent.frames("middle").TextText.value = "here is the data"

Four things:

1) You don't subscript an array with parentheses - you use brackets.
2) A reference to the form.
3) Parent should be in all lowercase.
4) The semicolon ( - not strictly necessary, but good form.

Try:

parent.frames['middle'].forms['testform'].elements[
'TextText'].value = 'Here is the data.';

Forgive any errors in that; I never use frames so my syntax might be off.
It should help you on your way, though.

Mike