Got it sorted now. I needed to escape some characters in ColdFusion when I was setting the url variable.
Cheers anyway > -----Original Message----- > From: Turetsky, Seth [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: 30 January 2003 14:38 > To: CF-Talk > Subject: RE: [offtopic] Javascript to open a url in another frame > > I don't think Joshua meant for you to actually put in the brackets around > the framename, unless you didn't. > > Try throwing in an alert to see if you have the right path to the frame's > url > alert(parent.framename.document.location.href); > > -----Original Message----- > From: Darren Adams [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Thursday, January 30, 2003 6:07 AM > To: CF-Talk > Subject: RE: [offtopic] Javascript to open a url in another frame > > > Hi, > > I've tried what you suggested but, have got an expected identifier > error. > > function openUrl(url) > { > //parent.frames[1].location.href = url; > parent.[Content].document.location.href='url'; > //alert(url); > } > > Have I missed something really obvious here ? > > Cheers, > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Joshua Miller [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > > Sent: 29 January 2003 20:10 > > To: CF-Talk > > Subject: RE: [offtopic] Javascript to open a url in another frame > > > > parent.[name].document.location.href="page.cfm"; > > > > That works for me. > > > > Joshua Miller > > Head Programmer / IT Manager > > Garrison Enterprises Inc. > > www.garrisonenterprises.net > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > (704) 569-9044 ext. 254 > > > > > ************************************************************************ > > ************* > > Any views expressed in this message are those of the individual > sender, > > except where the sender states them to be the views of > > Garrison Enterprises Inc. > > > > This e-mail is intended only for the individual or entity to which it > is > > addressed and contains information that is private and confidential. > If > > you are not the intended recipient you are hereby notified that any > > dissemination, distribution or copying is strictly prohibited. If you > > have received this e-mail in error please delete it immediately and > > advise us by return e-mail to > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > ************************************************************************ > > ************* > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Darren Adams [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > > Sent: Wednesday, January 29, 2003 2:14 PM > > To: CF-Talk > > Subject: RE: [offtopic] Javascript to open a url in another frame > > > > > > Afraid not, > > > > I have a cf script writing an xtree tree and it is the action property > > of those tree items I am trying to use to open the url in the other > > frame. > > > > I am calling a javascript function to do this. > > > > I keep getting errors =( > > > > > > -Daz > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > From: Jeremy Bunton [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > > > Sent: 29 January 2003 19:09 > > > To: CF-Talk > > > Subject: RE: [offtopic] Javascript to open a url in another frame > > > > > > Can you not just use the target attribute of the link. <a > > href="what.htm" > > > target="framename">somelink</a> > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > From: Darren Adams [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > > > Sent: Wednesday, January 29, 2003 1:40 PM > > > To: CF-Talk > > > Subject: [offtopic] Javascript to open a url in another frame > > > > > > > > > Hello All, > > > > > > > > > Being a little dense today can anyone refresh my memory as to how > you > > > open up a link in another frame ? > > > > > > Is it > > > > > > Parent.framename.location.href = url; > > > > > > Or > > > Parent.frames[1].location.href = url; > > > > > > > > > > > > Basically I just want a link from one frame to open in another. > > > > > > Any ideas ? > > > > > > -Cheers, > > > > > > Daz > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?forumid=4 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?method=subscribe&forumid=4 FAQ: http://www.thenetprofits.co.uk/coldfusion/faq Get the mailserver that powers this list at http://www.coolfusion.com Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.4
