Re: FLASH: Passing Variables through a frameset...

[Bryan Rieger]

Helen,


Thanks for the input - in discussing it here we think we're going to try

something along the lines of your number one - with a twist. We're going to

pass the variable to the frameset, have the frameset pass the variable to

topFrame.html and have that file pass the variable through the object/embed

statement. This should all be doable using js/write statements.


Not elegant, but as we have no session or state it's nearly impossible to do

this elegantly. 


I like the idea of ASP or CF, but on this project it just wouldn't be

practical.


Thanks again.


Cheers,


Bryan


on 7/11/00 5:33 PM, Helen Triolo at

designeri-technica [dot] com

 wrote:


> Bryan,

> 

> Two things come to mind as possibilities.  One: since you can't get the

> variable from the frameset to the topframe html, how about calling the

> topframe html directly with the variable and including javascript in

> that file to open the frameset doc, like this :

> 

> <script language="JavaScript">

> <!--

> if (parent.location.href == self.location.href)

> window.location.href = 'framesetdoc.html';

> //-->

> </script>

> 

> (problem if user has js disabled, but not if that's how you're already

> opening the new window)

> 

> Two: use ASP (you can run it fine from a laptop if you have PWS

> installed) and put code like this in the first frame tag of your

> frameset doc:

> <frame name="top"

> src="topframe.asp?frame=<%=request.querystring("framenumber")%>"

> frameborder="0" framespacing="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0">

> 

> Regards,

> Helen

> ---------------------------------------------------



Bryan Rieger

Developer/Collaborator


Trapeze Media

http://www.trapeze.com/




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