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gerjanschoemake
06-28-2004, 03:20 AM
Hello, I'm new on this forum (and also with JavaScript).
I have to write a function to a button but don't know how to do that.

The meaning is to write a function in the header of a HTML page that calls a page in another frame (so just like a link in HTML is like: href="page1.htm" target="framename").
With a press on a button in the HTML page this function supposed to be called, so the page will be opened in the other frame.

Thanx in advange!

Gerjan
Kor
06-28-2004, 04:23 AM
use may use various methods, amongst this simplier one:

window.open('newpage.html','frameneame')
Kor
06-28-2004, 04:28 AM
or:

top.frames['framename'].location.href='newpage.html'
gerjanschoemake
06-28-2004, 04:51 AM
Hey Cor,

First of all tnx for your reply. I tried to put your code in my file with some help from my js book. But because off my less experience with JS, it does not work correctly. I tried the following (a page within my frameset):

--------

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd">
<html>
<head>

<script language="JavaScript">
function OpenPage(loadframe)
{
thepage = window.open('bestellijst.htm#kaas','content');
}
</script>

</head>
<body>

<a href="javascript:OpenPage">load frame</a>

</body>
</html>

-----

When I test this I get a blank page (within the same frame) with the following text:


function OpenPage(loadframe) { thepage = window.open
('bestellijst.htm#kaas','content'); }


Could you tell me what I'm doing wrong?
Tnx
Kor
06-28-2004, 05:26 AM
<a href="javascript:OpenPage()">load frame</a>

and, as you wrote the code I don't see the use of the "loadframe" paramater. unless you have multiple parameters and multimple handlers. Thus the code will be:

<a href="javascript:OpenPage('bestellijst.htm#kaas')">load frame</a>

and

<script language="JavaScript">
function OpenPage(loadframe)
{
thepage = window.open(loadframe,'content');
}
</script>

But... Is there a strong reason to use javascript instead of simple HTML code? Some clients might have javascript disabled, you know...
gerjanschoemake
06-28-2004, 06:55 AM
There is a strong (strange) reasen indead doing this with JS.
This is because Flash has an bug in it's decoder. Therefore it's not possible to use 'name anchors' in an url:
http://www.macromedia.com/support/flash/ts/documents/named_anchors.htm

At the end I will replace the 'load frame' link with a Flash button.
Then it will be possible when I call a Javascript function doing this.

Therefore I must use the first function you gave me, so the named anchor (besellijst.htm#kaas) is not in the 'get url':
<a href="java script:OpenPage()">load frame</a>

I tried both functions, but I cant get neither of them to work correctly.
I enclosed the file. It would be nice if you take a look (and make some changes :-) to this file. Tnx
gerjanschoemake
06-28-2004, 06:56 AM
sorry, was forgotten the file :D
Kor
06-29-2004, 01:26 AM
it is because you wrote "javascript:..." with a space between java and script. This forum makes automatically this split for unknown reasons...:-)

Replace that space, write javascript in a single word and it will work

the exact code should be

<a href="javascript:void(OpenPage('bestellijst.htm#kaas'))">load frame</a>

be cause is safer to anounce browser that it should ignore the usual behaviour of the a href HTML action.

You may also use the variant:

<a href="#" onclick="OpenPage('bestellijst.htm#kaas');return false">load frame</a>

Where return false will prevent the normal HTML action a href, so it doesn't matter if flash will or will not use # name...
gerjanschoemake
06-30-2004, 04:03 AM
Tnx Kor, it worked!