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Cannot get url variable to load into iframe src.

I have a variable that is passed in the url to an iframe which holds another child iframe. My objective is to get the variable from the url to go to the iframe and write in the child iframe src.

I can do this with <a tags and other parts of the site. But for some reason, I can't get the variable to properly display inside the iframe src attribute.

Here is the original link. 
<a class="underline" target="iframe_i_contain" href="<%= response.encodeURL("DynamicPagesEditServlet?action=&success=m1_dynamic_nav_contain.jsp&error="+request.getServletPath()+"&"+com.ideaorbit.servlets.DynamicPagesEditServlet.HTTP_REQUEST_FIELD_KEY_ABOUT_PAGE_ID+"="+ResponseBean.getDynamicPagesID(i)+"&"+com.ideaorbit.servlets.DynamicLayoutsEditServlet.HTTP_REQUEST_FIELD_KEY_ABOUT_LAYOUT_ID+"="+ResponseBean.getSiteHomepageReference(i) ) %>"
   onclick="doBoth();"><%= ResponseBean.getDynamicPagesAlias(i) %></a>
 
Here is the same link rendered.
<a class="underline" target="iframe_i_contain" href="DynamicPagesEditServlet?action=&success=m1_dynamic_nav_contain.jsp&error=/m1_dynamic_landing.jsp&dynamic_pages_id=135&dynamic_layouts_id=232"
   onclick="doBoth();">BBCode3</a>
 
The variable "dynamic_layouts_id" is the variable I need to pass.  Again, it passes just fine all over the site. Just not into this iframe src attribute.
 
 
Here is the iframe src attribute that I am trying to get it to display in.
<iframe name="iframe_i_edit" frameborder="0" width="100%" height="400" align="top" src="<%= response.encodeURL("DynamicLayoutsEditServlet?action=&success="+ResponseBean.getDynamicPagesTemplateReference(0)+"/editnone"+ResponseBean.getDynamicLayoutsLayoutByLayoutId(ResponseBean.getDynamicLayoutsID(0))+".jsp&error="+request.getServletPath()+"&"+com.ideaorbit.servlets.DynamicLayoutsEditServlet.HTTP_REQUEST_FIELD_KEY_ABOUT_LAYOUT_ID+"="+ResponseBean.getDynamicLayoutsID(0)+"&"+com.ideaorbit.servlets.DynamicPagesEditServlet.HTTP_REQUEST_FIELD_KEY_ABOUT_PAGE_ID+"="+ResponseBean.getDynamicPagesID(0) ) %>">
 
 
The ResponseBean.getDynamicLayoutsID(0) is the same function I use to grab this variable in other parts of the site, but it not working here.  Here is the same iframe rendered.
 
<iframe name="iframe_i_edit" frameborder="0" width="100%" height="400" align="top" src="DynamicLayoutsEditServlet?action=&success=0001/editnone1.jsp&error=/m1_dynamic_nav_contain.jsp&dynamic_layouts_id=190&dynamic_pages_id=135">
 
You will see the dynamic_layouts_id is 190.  That is just the first record in the database, but not the one that the above link is sending.  It should be 232 in this case.
 
I had some luck in another part of my site using a javascript to write out the iframe and pass the variables in, but no luck here. Here is the javascript.
 
<SCRIPT LANGUAGE="JavaScript" type="text/javascript"> 
<!-- // 
var dynamic_pages_id=<%= ResponseBean.getDynamicPagesID(0) %>;
var template_reference=<%= ResponseBean.getDynamicPagesTemplateReference(0) %>; 
var layouts_layout=<%= ResponseBean.getDynamicLayoutsLayoutByLayoutID(ResponseBean.getDynamicLayoutsLayout(0)) %>; 
var dynamic_layouts_id=<%= ResponseBean.getDynamicLayoutsID(0) %>; 
document.write('<iframe src="000'+template_reference+'/editnone'+layouts_layout+'.jsp?dynamic_pages_id='+dynamic_pages_id+'&dynamic_layouts_id='+dynamic_layouts_id+'" name="iframe_i_edit" frameborder="0" width="100%" height="400" align="top">'); 
// --> 
</SCRIPT>
 
Here is that javascript rendered.
<SCRIPT LANGUAGE="JavaScript" type="text/javascript"> 
<!-- // 
var dynamic_pages_id=135;
var template_reference=0001; 
var layouts_layout=1; 
var dynamic_layouts_id=190; 
document.write('<iframe src="000'+template_reference+'/editnone'+layouts_layout+'.jsp?dynamic_pages_id='+dynamic_pages_id+'&dynamic_layouts_id='+dynamic_layouts_id+'" name="iframe_i_edit" frameborder="0" width="100%" height="400" align="top">'); 
// --> 
</SCRIPT>
 
Again, the 190 is displayed, not the 232.

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third

i'm no good on jsp but as far as i can see the value which gave you 232 is

ResponseBean.getSiteHomepageReference(i)

Shaye Larsen

ASKER

Right, that is the specific value I want passed into it originally. However, ResponseBean.getDynamicLayoutsID represents the variable. SiteHomepageReference is just one of several values I would like to pass to that variable. But as you can see, I can't even get that one to pass successfully.

Michel Plungjan

What does doBoth do?

Member_2_4694817

& should be & in all the hrefs
I'd have to lookup details, but you may need to replace / with %2f

Shaye Larsen

ASKER

Do both is a javascript that allows me to populate two iframes from one link. The link itself populates one, and the doBoth javascript populates the other. The script is below.

<script type="text/javascript">
function doBoth() {
frames['iframe_i_nav'].location.href = '<%= response.encodeURL("DynamicPagesEditServlet?action=&success=m1_dynamic_nav1.jsp&error="+request.getServletPath()+"&"+com.ideaorbit.servlets.DynamicPagesEditServlet.HTTP_REQUEST_FIELD_KEY_ABOUT_PAGE_ID+"="+ResponseBean.getDynamicPagesID(0)+"&"+com.ideaorbit.servlets.DynamicLayoutsEditServlet.HTTP_REQUEST_FIELD_KEY_ABOUT_LAYOUT_ID+"="+ResponseBean.getSiteHomepageReference(0) ) %>"';
}
</script>

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Michel Plungjan

So maybe that is the issue? That the URL in the doBoth is not correct

Mick Barry

you're not encoding the parameters in your url

Shaye Larsen

ASKER

mplungjan

The url in the doBoth is working good. It populates the correct iframe with the information I need it to. Its the link in the main link that is not working.

It seems to me there is a difference between having a link send variables directly to an iframe vs having a page load on iframe with the <iframe> tag and have variables in the src attribute of that tag. Having a link target an iframe and sending variables gives me no trouble, but having a page that loads an iframe upon rendering does not transfer the variables.

Or my variable is not even getting to that point.

Shaye Larsen

ASKER

Continuing from what I said above.

I need to make a correction, the variable I am having trouble with is a session variable. IE, it is only defined and passed through the URL. I can get variables to work that are stored in the database. But this particular one is defined on the fly. Perhaps that has something to do with it.

This has been no trouble for me when passing like this to other parts of the site, just in this iframe src tag.

Shaye Larsen

ASKER

thehagman

I tried replacing the & with & in the links that are associated with this problem with no effect.

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