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Answer 1

+3 A:

Use:

document.getElementById("resultFrame").contentWindow.Reset();

to access the Reset function in the iframe

document.getElementById("resultFrame") will get the iframe in your code, and contentWindow will get the window object in the iframe. Once you have the child window, you can refer to javascript in that context.

Also see http://stackoverflow.com/questions/251420/invoking-javascript-in-iframe-from-parent-page -- in particular the answer from bobince.

Jonathan Fingland 2009-10-21 12:38:20

Answer 2

A:

objectframe.contentWindow.Reset() you need reference to the top level element in the frame first.

Aliixx 2009-10-21 12:38:20

Answer 3

+1 A:

Call

window.frames['resultFrame'].Reset();

ArsenMkrt 2009-10-21 12:38:21

Answer 4

A:

When you access resultFrame through document.all it only pulls it as an HTML element, not a window frame. You get the same issue if you have a frame fire an event using a "this" self-reference.

Replace:

document.all.resultFrame.Reset();

With:

window.frames.resultFrame.Reset();

Or:

document.all.resultFrame.contentWindow.Reset();

Coding With Style 2009-10-21 12:42:47

Answer 5

+1 A:

Instead of getting the frame from the document, try getting the frame from the window object.

in the above example change this:

if (typeof (document.all.resultFrame.Reset) == "function")
    document.all.resultFrame.Reset();
else
    alert("resultFrame.Reset NOT found");

to

if (typeof (window.frames[0].Reset) == "function")
    window.frames[0].Reset();
else
    alert("resultFrame.Reset NOT found");

the problem is that the scope of the javascript inside the iframe is not exposed through the DOM element for the iframe. only window objects contain the javascript scoping information for the frames.

barkmadley 2009-10-21 12:43:47

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