Is there a way of fully emulating the Back Button on the browser that would then allow me to cross the server barrier?
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I am using "javascript:history.back()
I have a simple frameset 'header' and below it the 'main' body the back arrow is in my header but is quite happy to move back pages if my 'main' frame has changed. That is until my 'main' frame goes to an Secure page (https: on a different server). Then it returns 'page
cannot be displayed' error message (as it tries to go back to my http server) but the back arrow on my keybaord works OK.
Anyone help me rectify this and/or explain the difference between the two operations?
Regards
Charlie
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by: davlun20080Posted on 2001-11-20 at 12:59:31ID: 6645841
I think this is correct, once the frame's source has moved to a different server, you are no longer able to access the history through scripting, it is the cross frame browser security that is preventing this, whereas the backspace, is the same as hitting the back button on the browser itself, since no script in a page is trying to access anything, history is not compromised so there is no problem.
davlun