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Using onload with a frameset
I'm using a frameset tag with an "onload" and the function name in the onload is not being called until I load that page for the second time.
In this example I have a page with multiple frames, within one of those frames I'm loading a new page which has the frameset tag and the onload that I'm having problems with. This new page (tree.html) is adding two more frames within an existing frame.
The frameset in the top most page looks something like the following (the onload=loadWin() in this page works fine, and is located in the lib.js file):
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<SCRIPT LANGUAGE="javascript" SRC="../../../js/lib.js"><
<frameset border=1 frameborder=0 framespacing=0 onLoad=loadWin() cols="22,*,428">
<frame noresize scrolling="no" src="../../../js/blank.htm
<frame noresize scrolling="no" src="../../../js/blank.htm
<frameset border=1 frameborder=0 framespacing=0 rows="60,*">
<frame noresize scrolling="no" src="../../../js/blank.htm
<frame noresize scrolling="auto" framespacing=0 src="../../../js/blank.htm
</frameset>
</frameset>
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The file that's giving me all the trouble is being loaded in the second frame with the following script.
window.popwin.document.loc
the tree.html file looks like the following:
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<HTML>
<HEAD>
<SCRIPT language="JavaScript" src="info.js"></SCRIPT>
<SCRIPT language="JavaScript" src="proc.js"></SCRIPT>
<SCRIPT language="JavaScript" src="../../js/browser.js">
<frameset border=1 frameborder=0 framespacing=0 onload="createBrowser('Dra
<frame noresize scrolling="no" src="../../js/blank.html" name="poptp">
<frame noresize scrolling="auto" framespacing=0 src="../../js/blank.html" name="popmain">
</frameset>
</HEAD>
</HTML>
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Now, my problem is that the createBrowser() function (located in the browser.js file) is not executed until that page (tree.html) is loaded for the second time. There is a HREF tag in one of the other frames that I'm using to load the popwin frame with the new page. I understand that I could load the tree.html file when I create the frameset but I only want to load that page if the user makes a selection.
So, my question is, why is the script acting this way and what can I do to make sure the onload will work correctly the first time the page is loaded.
thanks,
Vanfleet
In this example I have a page with multiple frames, within one of those frames I'm loading a new page which has the frameset tag and the onload that I'm having problems with. This new page (tree.html) is adding two more frames within an existing frame.
The frameset in the top most page looks something like the following (the onload=loadWin() in this page works fine, and is located in the lib.js file):
--------------------------
<SCRIPT LANGUAGE="javascript" SRC="../../../js/lib.js"><
<frameset border=1 frameborder=0 framespacing=0 onLoad=loadWin() cols="22,*,428">
<frame noresize scrolling="no" src="../../../js/blank.htm
<frame noresize scrolling="no" src="../../../js/blank.htm
<frameset border=1 frameborder=0 framespacing=0 rows="60,*">
<frame noresize scrolling="no" src="../../../js/blank.htm
<frame noresize scrolling="auto" framespacing=0 src="../../../js/blank.htm
</frameset>
</frameset>
--------------------------
The file that's giving me all the trouble is being loaded in the second frame with the following script.
window.popwin.document.loc
the tree.html file looks like the following:
--------------------------
<HTML>
<HEAD>
<SCRIPT language="JavaScript" src="info.js"></SCRIPT>
<SCRIPT language="JavaScript" src="proc.js"></SCRIPT>
<SCRIPT language="JavaScript" src="../../js/browser.js">
<frameset border=1 frameborder=0 framespacing=0 onload="createBrowser('Dra
<frame noresize scrolling="no" src="../../js/blank.html" name="poptp">
<frame noresize scrolling="auto" framespacing=0 src="../../js/blank.html" name="popmain">
</frameset>
</HEAD>
</HTML>
--------------------------
Now, my problem is that the createBrowser() function (located in the browser.js file) is not executed until that page (tree.html) is loaded for the second time. There is a HREF tag in one of the other frames that I'm using to load the popwin frame with the new page. I understand that I could load the tree.html file when I create the frameset but I only want to load that page if the user makes a selection.
So, my question is, why is the script acting this way and what can I do to make sure the onload will work correctly the first time the page is loaded.
thanks,
Vanfleet
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PPS: A bug in Netscape 3.x will trigger the onLoad before all pages have been loaded - another reason to use flags if your script are dependant on pages having been loaded or not.
Michel
Michel
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When I put the function called in the onload in the same file (outside of the js file) it seems to work fine. I should note here that I had to put the function at the top of the page before the script tags with the js files. If I put the function after the other script tags I had the exact same result as before. I'm not sure why, that page has got to be entirly loaded by then.
Thanks for your help,
Thanks for your help,
I have noticed that especially Netscape 4 tries to be 'clever' and 'nice' to you and tries to load as much as possible in as clever a way it can - I would not be surprised that if Netscape suspects that the .js file might contain something useful, it will delay execution of other things.
I have a problem with a polling script that tries to load one image from several servers. The property image.complete should be set be either onLoad/onError or onAbort but netscape 4 says, oh, what the heck, let's set it immediately we have tried accessing the image instead of when one of the above events happened. This is not the only time I have seen this kind of behavior.
The really big problem is when they fix it in the next version and your script might not work anymore because you were relying on a 'bug'...
Happy to hear you solved your problem.
Dooi,
Michel
I have a problem with a polling script that tries to load one image from several servers. The property image.complete should be set be either onLoad/onError or onAbort but netscape 4 says, oh, what the heck, let's set it immediately we have tried accessing the image instead of when one of the above events happened. This is not the only time I have seen this kind of behavior.
The really big problem is when they fix it in the next version and your script might not work anymore because you were relying on a 'bug'...
Happy to hear you solved your problem.
Dooi,
Michel
Michel