cannot reference window.location.href

[ShinCat]

Hello,

I'm a JavaScript newbie with a serious headache. The following routine generates the following error

Error: uncaught exception: Permission denied to get property Location.href

var spawnWindow;
function openSpawnWindow ( url )
{
if( !spawnWindow || spawnWindow.clo sed )
{
spawnWindow = window.open(url ,'spawnWin');
}
else
{
if( spawnWindow.loc ation.href != url )
{
spawnWindow.loc ation.href = url;
}
}
}

Invoked in body

<a href="javascrip t:openSpawnWind ow('http://www.cycleforaut ism.com')">Cycl e for Autism</a>

Windows XP, SP1
Mozilla 1.5, Firebird 0.7, MS IE 6.1

Please show me the errors of my ways.

Yours truly,
Ted

[Lee]

Re: cannot reference window.location .href

ShinCat said:[color=blue]
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Please post only plain text to this newsgroup.

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>I'm a JavaScript newbie with a serious headache. The following routine =
>generates the following error
>
>Error: uncaught exception: Permission denied to get property =
>Location.hre f[/color]

It would be a security violation to allow one web page to
read any property of another web page that's opened from a
different domain.

[ShinCat]

Re: cannot reference window.location .href

Thanks for the answer. Is this being caused due to authoring on a local
host? I'm running XP Pro with built in IIS running . I wrote the JavaScript
so no more than one window would be spawned from a Web page full of other
links. What does the browser see in terms of two domains?

All your assistance much appreciated,
Ted.

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> >I'm a JavaScript newbie with a serious headache. The following routine =
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> It would be a security violation to allow one web page to
> read any property of another web page that's opened from a
> different domain.
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