Getting the text frame an iframe

[Archbob]

Lets say I have an I-frame called blah.
I want to add text to it and I have this function:

function addSmiley(textToAdd)
{
  var thewindow = window.frames['blah'];
  thewindow.document.open();
  thewindow.document.write(+textToAdd);
  thewindow.document.close();
 
}

Unfortunately, when I click on the smiley, it completely replaces all the text in the Iframe with the symbol for that smiley. How do I get it to add the symbol for the smiley to the text already there.

Basically I want to know the object property for all the text currently in the I-frame.

Its not thewindow.document.value like I thought it was.

[Kravvitz]

document.write() can only be used while the page is loading -- if it isn't it will replace the page with what ever it writes out. The Document Object Model (DOM) can be used to add elements, text, etc. to the page without reloading it.

Rough Guide to the DOM
JavaScript tutorial - W3C DOM introduction
http://www.quirksmode.org/js/contents.html#dom
http://www.brainjar.com/
http://developer.apple.com/internet/...ent/dom2i.html
http://developer.mozilla.org/en/docs/DOM:document
http://developer.mozilla.org/en/docs..._DOM_Reference
http://digital-web.com/articles/form...d_the_w3c_dom/
http://www.w3.org/DOM/

[Archbob]

I figured it out, I had to set another object and fill it.