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I need to update a form field from an inline frame javascript

Hi there.

It's not really easy for me to post the entire code for this, so I will try to clearly describe my problem...

I need some help rigging up a javascript to update a form field in my main form from an inline frame href..

On my main html document, my main form's id is ...  <form id='adm_edit' ... etc.. >

The form field that I want to update is ...

<input id='txtAddress_Code'>

Now, the user clicks a link on the main page which opens a lookup form inside of an inline frame .... They can do a lookup in our database there.  

I am trying to update the value of the form field in the main form from my inline frame...

So, I am trying to update  adm_Edit.txtAddress_Code.value in a javascript function in my inline frame page's code.

I basically want to have a jscript line that does...

??????.adm_edit.txtAddress_Code.value = 12345;

But I do not know how to correctly set the ??????? part ... is it self or frames[ .. or ... ???

Please help.

Thx Scott
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Thx.  That works great.
By the way, what is a good method or tool for investigating the dom when I'm trying to figure these kinds of things out?
Thx Scott
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IN firefox, there is a menu choice -- Tools, Error Console.
It will report all javascript errors, especially with these kinds of issues, as well as HTML and DOM errors, in real time.  You just CLEAR the display, then refresh the page you are debugging, and all coding errors are right there.  Good luck.
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