Trying to control a function from a child window

**chblow** · Jun 6, 2006, 06:53

Hi, i'm trying to set up something that seems simple yet is evading me. I have a page that consists of two frames ('top' and 'bottom'). The top frame contains a javascript function that is used to start and stop playing mp3s via a flash file. The music is stopped by a user click using this command:

Code:

onClick="MM_callJS('Playa.doStop()')"

Here is the function itself:

Code:

Playa.doStop = function() {
	var p = Playa.__getPlaya();
	if (p != null) {
		p.SetVariable("remoteRequest", "Stop");
	}
};

This all works just fine. Here's where the problem comes in... By clicking on a link in the 'bottom' frame, users can launch a new browser window that streams its OWN music upon launch, thereby competing with the music playing in the top frame of the parent window. What i need is to have this child window (on load) access the top frame of the parent window and run the 'Playa.doStop() function to stop the music.

I thought this would do it, but it's no good.

Code:

<body onLoad="MM_callJS('opener.top.Playa.doStop()">

Any insights would be golden.

Thanks,
Chairman Blow

p.s. this mp3 player thing is a nice, simple, customizable feature without all the bulk of some of the others i'd found.... if anyone's interested.
Playa streaming mp3 flash player . Not spamming... i have no affiliation with 'em.

**RogueJedi** · Jun 6, 2006, 07:23

This may work:
opener.top.frames[0].Playa.doStop()

**uprightdog** · Jun 7, 2006, 07:32

I would have thought the following more likely:

<body onLoad="opener.mytopframesname.MM_callJS('Playa.doStop()">

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