Hello

I have an iframe (code below).. what i want to check is whether this iframe has lloaded or not and if not loaded load another page(by javascript checking in main page)

<div style="font-family:Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, serif">
<IFRAME NAME="mainframe" id="mainframe"  FRAMEBORDER=0 MARGINWIDTH=0 MARGINHEIGHT=0 SCROLLING=NO WIDTH=580 HEIGHT=100  style="position:relative; left:16px; margin-top:90px;" onload="genurl1('/cgi-bin/nph-gov.cgi')"></IFRAME>
</div>

What im trying to do is make the iframe call a function in main page (which on call assigns a value to a variable.and if that variable is set i can know the page has loaded and if that variable is not set ,the iframe has not loaded)

NOTE:the iframe src is from another domain

I need help on gng about doing this. ...as the iframe src is another domain and will i be able to call a function in in main page thru the iframe..and assign a value.

someone told me parent.func() callin may work..
but will parent.functionname() call from an external domain loaded iframe have any impact on the the parent..in which the iframe is called...

hrd thats a javascript bug..and firfefox 2 and IE 7 got a fix for it..
any way get it working..across domains..someone pls help!

but will parent.functionname() call from an external domain loaded iframe have any impact on the the parent

No.

And that for the reason that every navigator out there at this instant prohibit javascript interaction through frames/iframes between 2 different domains.
Your only solution is through AJAX or web services calls between the 2 domains.

someone told me parent.func() callin may work

Yes, but again, only if the 2 frames are located on the same domain.
if you have a document, with an iframe, the main document is referred from the iframe via "parent".

If you have frames, parent from any of the 2 frames refer to the frameset. If you want to access the second frame, you must use

parent.other_frame_name.yourFunction(a_parameter);

could some one give me resources or links on ajax cross domain calls. in ASP