accessing content of an <IFRAME>

[Richie]

I have a situation where I'd like to read/parse the content
of a file I've read into an <IFRAME>. I've looked through
various FAQs and searched forums, and the closest I get to
accessing the file content is

myIframe.contentWindow.document.body.innerHTML

where myIframe is the node from getElementById(). But while
I can see the content of the file on my web page, I get an
empty string from the above reference. How do I get to the
file?

Thanks for any help.

 

[Randy Webb]

I have a situation where I'd like to read/parse the content
of a file I've read into an <IFRAME>. I've looked through
various FAQs and searched forums, and the closest I get to
accessing the file content is

myIframe.contentWindow.document.body.innerHTML

where myIframe is the node from getElementById(). But while
I can see the content of the file on my web page, I get an
empty string from the above reference. How do I get to the
file?

Thanks for any help.

if myIframe is the IFrame itself, you only need
myIframe.document.body.innerHTML.

But that won't give you the *entire* document, and it also "normalizes" it.

If the document is in the same domain, you can even look into the
HTTPRequestObject <URL: http://jibbering.com/faq/#FAQ4_38>

Good luck with it.