OK I hope you're ready for this! 
there may be other ways of doing it but this does actually work!
You'll need to add code to ensure javascript is enabled.
(works in netscape 4 as well)
the hyperlinks for you navigation page are in the array called 'links' in control.html
put all your links there
if you want alternative captions you could use a 2D array with captions in the second element.
frames.html
Code:
<frameset cols="200,*,200">
<frameset rows="*,0">
<frame name=frmLeft src=blank.html>
<frame name=frmControl src=control.html>
</frameset>
<frame name=main src=blank.html>
<frame name=frmRight src=blank.html>
</frameset>
blank.html
Code:
<HTML>
<BODY>
</BODY>
</HTML>
display.html
Code:
<HTML>
<body bgColor=#9bbad6 onLoad="parent.frmControl.showPage();">
</BODY>
</HTML>
control.html
Code:
<HTML>
<script language=javascript>
var linkID;
var links=new Array();
links[0]= "cwleft.html"
links[1]= "http://forums.vb-world.net"
links[2]= "cwpage1.html"
function showPage()
{
parent.main.location=links[linkID]
redrawmenu(linkID)
}
function redrawmenu()
{
var j;//loop counter
parent.frmLeft.document.write('<HTML>');
parent.frmLeft.document.write('<HEAD>');
parent.frmLeft.document.write('<script language=javascript>');
parent.frmLeft.document.write('function doIt(id)');
parent.frmLeft.document.write('{\n');
parent.frmLeft.document.write('parent.frmControl.linkID=id;\n');
parent.frmLeft.document.write('parent.frmLeft.location=\'display.html\';\n');
parent.frmLeft.document.write('}\n');
parent.frmLeft.document.write('<\/script>');
parent.frmLeft.document.write('<\/HEAD>');
parent.frmLeft.document.write('<BODY bgColor=#9bbad6>');
for(j=0;j<links.length;j++)
{
if(i!=linkID)
{
parent.frmLeft.document.write("<A HREF='javascript:doIt(" + j + ")'>" + links[j] + "</A><BR>\n");
}else{
parent.frmLeft.document.write(links[j] + "<BR>\n");
}
}
parent.frmLeft.document.write('<\/BODY><\/HTML>');
}
redrawmenu();
</script>
</HTML>
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