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Accessing hidden variable in parent frame

Hello,

I have a frame that encompasses two other frames: a top frame and a bottom frame. I need to access a hidden variable in the bottom frame. How can I do that? Here's what I'm trying but i keep getting an error message:

top frame:
<script language="javascript">
function test()
{
if(true)
{
alert(parent.positions.document.forms["order_positions"].test.value);
return false;
}
}
</script>

bottom frame:

<form action="something.do">
name="order_positions"
method="post"
target="_parent">

<input type=hidden name=test value="test">

</form>

Zvonko

If your bottom frame name is realy "positions", then use this:
alert(parent.positions.document.order_positions.test.value);

And in the upper snippet you have a closing > to ealy in the form tag. I hope this is a transcriptopn error.

mikosha

Make sure that the for and it's fields are alredy loaded before accessing them.
Take a look on this ...
https://www.experts-exchange.com/questions/20913872/Hidden-Variable-and-Javascript.html

mmayrell

You can try

parent.positions.document.getElementById("test").value

-Michael

jollykh

ASKER

Ok, I think that this is going to be a little too difficult becuase there are frames within frames within frames. Let me ask this question, becuase there are so many frames embedded in each other, is there a way that I can reload or refresh only the current frame that I'm in?

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