tazman — Sun, 23 Jul 2000 19:09:16 +0000

Thanks Lloyd!

I think I will give that a shot. I'll see if this avoids the object not defined or object has no properties issues I have run into.

Thanks all for the assist.

Tazman

Lloyd Hassell — Sun, 23 Jul 2000 16:15:59 +0000

What I would do is create a variable within each frame named 'isLoaded' and use the onLoad event handler to set this to true. From the calling frame I would create a function that loops until the target frame has loaded.

function setFrameValue() {
   if (!FRAMENAME.isLoaded) {
      window.setTimeout("setFrameValue()",50);
      }
   else {
      // do your stuff...
      }
   }

Vincent Puglia — Sat, 22 Jul 2000 14:19:30 +0000

Hi taz,

Somewhere in the back of my tiny mind, I recall mention of a solution on one of the other boards. Unfortunately, it isn't coming to the forefront -- which is why I suggested the above workaround. If I ever run across it again, I'll let you know.

Vinny

tazman — Fri, 21 Jul 2000 22:35:12 +0000

The problem I have encountered with that method is the same as the original problem.

Each frame loads at its own pace, to send the data from one frame to the other, you must first know that the destination frame is loaded.

This is mostly a problem at initial load time of the site. The frames load up and then need to address each other. Sometimes one frame loads before the other, sometimes it does not.

Is there a way to track the status of the frame loads by somehow getting a form to sit in the parent frames document??

Is there a property of the top.document that can determine the status of the frames load??

Tazman

Vincent Puglia — Fri, 21 Jul 2000 21:17:32 +0000

Hi taz,

Did you try sending vars with the onLoad command?

then in your form submissions
if (loadVar)

Vinny