> is it possible to have blockUI block the entire page, but call it from > within an iframe on that page? > > I don't see any parameters to pass an element or document? i know i > can get access to the parent frame with jQuery > ('body',parent.document), but wanted to use blockUI from within the > iframe, without having a second function in the parent window.
If the parent window includes jQuery and the blockUI plugin then you can do this in your iframe: window.parent.$.blockUI();