Loading two frames at once!

[zbing]

i'm trying to load 2 html docs into 2 frames with one link

the frames are called mainf Frame and right Frame

my link is this:

<a href="home.eng.htm" target="rightFrame" onClick="parent.mainFrame.location='main.home.eng.htm'">

and it work as expected and loads the html docs into their frames.

the thing is that it doesn't work in IE 5 for Macintosh.

Does anyone now why and how can i solve this?

thnx in advance

[beetle]

try this reference instead

parent.frames['mainFrame'].location.href="main.home.eng.htm"

[zbing]

didn't work either, but thnx for yer help m8!

[beetle]

Maybe try changing onClick to onclick??

does it give any kind of error?

[zbing]

it works perfectly on pc with both changes you suggested but still doesn't work in the IE 5 macintosh.

it loads the "rightFrame" and doesnt load the "mainFrame" on the mac and no error response

[beetle]

I found this on PPK's site

So this is the inconsistency: When executing a cross-frame image swap from a page that's in a different directory than the target page, Netscape requires an image path relative to the calling page while Explorer requires an image path relative to the target page.

Maybe this applies to setting the href as well?

That guy has some of the best info out there.

[zbing]

actually i had allready read that and tried giving it the relative paths like:

<a href="./home.eng.htm" target="rightFrame" onClick="

parent.frames['mainFrame'].location.href="./main.home.eng.htm""

[zbing]

both documents are in the same folder so there should be no problem finding them. Could it be that since the frameset instructs the browser to load its default pages ex.

 
<frameset rows="*" cols="480,*" framespacing="0" frameborder="NO" border="0">
  <frame src="main.home.pt.htm" name="mainFrame" scrolling="NO" noresize title="mainFrame">
  <frame src="home.pt.htm" name="rightFrame" scrolling="AUTO" noresize title="rightFrame">
</frameset>

that somehow this information is being read again and stops the onClick event to load the frame it should?

[beetle]

Well, then I'm quite certian I have no clue how to fix it

Sorry!

P.S. If I was in your shoes, I'd dissect this piece by piece to discover the error. Just start simple and add stuff as you go

1) onClick="alert('hi');" make sure onclick is working
2) onClick="alert(parent.frames['mainFrame']);" check frame reference
3) onClick="alert(parent.frames['mainFrame'].location.href);" check href property

You can break it down further, but I think you get the idea. If it still fails after all this w/no errors, then I suggest you get a chair, some rope, and look for a sturdy beam

[MikeFoster]

curiouser and curiouser...

here's a little something else to try:

onclick="parent.mainFrame.location='main.home.eng.htm';return true;"

*edit*

oops, didn't see beetle's last post. He's got the right idea there - break it down as simple as possible and go step by step.

[zbing]

well...

1. the onClick event work fine in both platforms.
2. on the second check suggested by beetle i get and "[object]" response on the PC and a [object Window] on the mac. Actually not shure what it means :P
3. This one responds with the URL: of the page its on eg. http://www.foo.net/site/main.home.pt.htm# on the PC and the same on the mac but without the "#"

fortunatelly theres a bridge close to where i live just need to get that rope :|

[beetle]

Hmm, it all seems to work.So it's either a pathing issue (try giving an absolute URL, http:// and all) or (possibly?) location.href is readonly for IE-Mac?

Aside: frames and certain operations are restricted - this security is built-in to the browser but shouldn't effect pages within the same domain. Maybe IE-Mac gets this wrong?

[zbing]

actually just though of this... what if i change the frameset to 3 frames mainFrame, leftFrame, rightFrame. Then hide mainFrame by giving its a width of 0 so that only the left and right frames are visible.

and then try the same thing but loading the stuff to leftFrame?

I'll try it and let you now how i did...

[zbing]

nope... no show!

do you think a garden hose will do? i can't find a rope right now...

[beetle]

Got a link to your page online? I'd like to inspect it [img]images/smilies/biggrin.gif[/img]

A garden hose should work just fine

[zbing]

shure here it is:
http://www.bio-logik.net/cieds/

hope it helps

[zbing]

got an idea.

instad of using the onClick event in the main.home.pt.htm document to change it to its english version (main.home.eng.htm|mainFrame) and load the other frame's english page (home.eng.htm|rightFrame).

i used and onLoad event in the home.pt.htm to load the correct doc (main.home.pt.htm) instead. So now as it loads it will load the mainFrame with the proper document.
i just used an onLoad on the home.pt.htm to load the main.home.pt.htm instead and so on to every other doc.

and it works just fine (apart from a little delay loading the mainFrame, but that could be because i have a really old/slow mac).

thnx so much for your help beetle and mike

cheers

[beetle]

Great idea zbing -- in fact, I'm embarrased to say, I used to do exactly that all the time when working on framed sites -- it's just been so long since I've worked with frames that I forgot!

Glad you got it working!

[hutchysk8er]

this has been asked before by me, put this code in the head of ur document

<SCRIPT LANGUAGE="JavaScript">
<!-- Begin
function loadFrames(frame1,page1,frame2,page2) {
eval("parent."+frame1+".location='"+page1+"'");
eval("parent."+frame2+".location='"+page2+"'");
}
// End --> 
</script>

and this for the link

<a href="javascript:loadFrames('rightFrame', 'home.eng.htm', 'mainFrame', 'main.home.eng.htm')"> blah </a>

hope this is what you want.

[beetle]

No no no no no! Please, don't use eval() or javascript: links!

zbing's current solution is far better. And to replace eval() in that function

parent.frames[frame1].location.href=""page1;
parent.frames[frame2].location.href=""page2;

[zbing]

the jobs finished and delivered but thnx for yer input anyway hutchysk8er