Post parameters to a frame of new window

I have to modify an existing web search page. There is a page, where all the search filters are (form with name "searchform"). When the search button is pressed, results are shown in new window. Because the search takes up to 30 seconds, and while searching the window stays blank, I have to add a label "Searching. Please wait..." at the new created window with the results.

So the search window is created, and I set it's location to a frameset. First frame will show the label, and the second will show the results. But i can't manage to update the second frame with the results.

Result windows is created as:

var left = (screen.width/2) - 750/2;
var top = (screen.height/2) - 600/2-100;
var styleStr = 'toolbar=no,location=no,directories=no,status=no,menubar=no,scrollbars=yes,resizable=yes,copyhistory=yes,width=750,height=600,left='+left+',top='+top+',screenX='+left+',screenY='+top;

var msgWindow = window.open('ex_search_frameset.php', 'results_exi', styleStr);
msgWindow.focus();

Than the search is requested:

f = document.searchform;
f.action = 'ex_search_results.php';
f.target = msgWindow.document.res_frame; // here i can't figure out what the target

must be // or how to post the params from "f" to the second frame "res_frame" f.submit();

Here is the frameset.

<frameset rows="200,*" border="1" name="SearchFrame">
   <frame name="wait_frame" src="ex_search_wait.php" target="right">
   <frame name="res_frame" src="ex_search_results.php" target="_self">
</frameset>

Any idea how to do this?

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Post parameters to a frame of new window

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