inspecting the iframe

[herc777@hotmail.com]

Is it possible for javascript to inspect the contents of an iframe or
is it an external object?

<iframe id="myiframe" src="">

<script>
document.getEle mentById.myifra me.src =
"http://www.wherever.co m/foo.php"
</script>

I can set the src of the iframe from javascript, can I read the
results, assuming the iframe returns some text?

like with frames you can nest the document object,
mytext = document.getEle mentById.myifra me.document.bod y

Herc

[Richard Cornford]

Re: inspecting the iframe

herc777@hotmail .com wrote:[color=blue]
> Is it possible for javascript to inspect the contents
> of an iframe or is it an external object?[/color]

So long as cross-domain security restrictions don't apply, it is
possible to access the window object within an IFRAME through the -
frames - collection of the containing window object.
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> <iframe id="myiframe" src="">[/color]

However, of you want to access IFRMAE content through the - frames -
collection as a named property of the collection you would be better off
giving the IFRAME an additional name attribute that correspo0nds with
its ID.
[color=blue]
> <script>[/color]

Valid HTML 4 requires SCRIPT elements to have a TYPE attribute.
[color=blue]
> document.getEle mentById.myifra me.src =[/color]

It is extremely unlikely that the function object that is the
getElementById method of the document will have a property named
'myiframe'. You should be calling the getelementById method at this
point an passing the ID of the element to it as a string.
[color=blue]
> http://www.wherever.com/foo.php[/color]

By W3C HTML DOM standard assigning a value to the - src - property of an
IFRAME is a meaningless and pointless activity (i.e. cannot be expected
to provide useful or consistent results across DOM standard browsers
(and doesn't)). Navigating IFRAMEs is best done by assigning to the -
location - property of their correspo0nding window object.
[color=blue]
> </script>
>
> I can set the src of the iframe from javascript,[/color]

But you probably shouldn't expect that to do anything useful.
[color=blue]
> can I read the
> results, assuming the iframe returns some text?
>
> like with frames you can nest the document object,
> mytext = document.getEle mentById.myifra me.document.bod y[/color]

frames['myiframe'].document.body

- assuming you give the IFRAME a NAME attribute of "myiframe".

Richard.

[herc777@hotmail.com]

Re: inspecting the iframe

This is how I was running a basic shoutbox

document.getEle mentById("if1") .src =
"http://www.ch3ss.com/test/chat.php?say=" + document.chat.s ay.value

chat.php just adds the say.value to a text file and echoes the file.
(its offline now incase people send it junk).

I can't seem to get frames["myiframe"}.doc ument.body to return
anything, Access is denied, I tried changing permissions.

Herc