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haltond
02-28-2006, 03:45 PM
Does anyone know what is wrong with my code? the frames work but the iframe comes up empty....

<html lang="en">
<head>
<title>customeview.html</title>
<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8">
</head>

<iframe name= "framecontent.html" src="customview.html" width = "100%" height = "50%">
</iframe>

<frameset cols="218,81%">
<frame src= "GeneralInformation.html" name="General Information" noresize
height "100%" width "25%">
<frameset rows="75%,25%">
<frame src="Search.htm" name="Search" noresize frameborder="75%" marginwidth="75%">
<frame src="Workflow.htm" name="Workflow" noresize
frameborder="25%" marginwidth="25%">

<noframes>
<p>Link to non-frames version here for browsers which do not support frames</p>
</noframes>
</frameset>
</frameset>
</frameset>

</html>
Kravvitz
02-28-2006, 07:42 PM
You can't use an iframe on a frameset page.

You will need to use a normal frame.

Whay are frames so evil? (http://www.html-faq.com/htmlframes/?framesareevil)
Why Frames Are Bad (http://karlcore.com/articles/article.php?id=2)
http://apptools.com/rants/framesevil.php
http://www.456bereastreet.com/archive/200411/who_framed_the_web_frames_and_usability/
Why Frames Suck (Most of the Time)(1996) (http://www.useit.com/alertbox/9612.html)
What's wrong with frames? (http://www.htmlhelp.com/design/frames/whatswrong.html)
http://www.tamingthebeast.net/articles/framesnoframes.htm
Frames - The Problems And Solutions: Explanations as to why you probably shouldn't use frames, along with alternatives that you can use instead. (http://www.dorward.me.uk/www/frames/)
Bytes
02-28-2006, 08:20 PM
Concur with Kravvitz completely! Take the iframe out of your “master” page and place your iframe into one of your pages that you have defined within the “master” and everything should work.
haltond
03-01-2006, 12:20 PM
Thank you it worked!!