Hiya!

I have a main page

main.html
in it are

<iframe name='types' src='types.php' height='500' width='190' frameborder='0' scrolling='yes'></iframe>

<iframe name='bets' src='bets.php' height='500' width='190' frameborder='0' scrolling='yes'></iframe>

what i need to do is target 1 frame from another.

i know i can do it with a link like this,
<a href='bets.php' target='bets' >Refresh</a>

but lol

it need to do it in a function so it don't have to be clicked on..

basically, every time name='types' gets refreshed, it auto refreshes name='bets' at the same time.

Thanks for any help if you can give me a solution.

Shaz x

you cannot using pure html, as far as I know.
But with javascript, it's possible.

//from 1 iframe
top.name_of_iframe.location="new_url";

You can define a function with 2 parameters for that, and call it from the href:

<script type="text/javascript">
function goTo(href,iframe){
  if(top.iframe){
    top.iframe.location=href;
  }
}
</script>

<a href="javascript:goTo('1.html','bets');">a link</a>

Hiya

its got to be done auto from a function not by link.

what it is, some info is submitted by 1 iframe and it updates the other automatically but cant have the parent that houses both the frames refresh...

a good example is in phpMyAdmin, when you add a new field in the right hand frame and it updates the left hand but don't update the parent.

I have tried a few examples from the web but even if i give the iframes a name, the script returns "object not found"

thanks for any help!

Shaz x

Simply remove the part that is in the "href" in my example, and call it directly then.
it will have the same effect.
Or directly use the "top.framename.location=" call, it will work.

It won't work

It works if the code is in the parent frame and i am using the link or function to change an iframe thats inside it.. but not if i use it in 1 iframe to change another as it can't find the window i am trying to change

I know in 1 iframe i can use this

<a href='bets.php' target='bets' >Refresh</a>

and it will change the contents in the other iframe

just wish i could use the 'target=' bit in javascript as it would work then

Here is an image of what i am trying to do lol



it all works fine apart from the refresh.. and yeah its ugly at the moment as not finished lol

they place a bet on the left side, the bet gets processed then the black section( named placed bets ) needs to refresh to show the bet.

both the left side bit that takes the bets and the black part are both in iframes.

yes it will.
The key is the "top." before the command.
This keyword tells the browser to get the root window, the parent of any frame that is relative to the current page.

So, in your configuration, the frame that send the command,by prefixing the top. before the iframe name, will make the browser start from the frameset.
http://www.irt.org/script/18.htm

ok i got it now thanks

It wasn't working because the actual iframe it is in, isn't the top iframe

i have all in an ifram that is in another iframe so it couldn't find it lol

sorted it now thanks

Shaz x