JavaScript variables in frames [Resolved]

[Genie]

I need to access variables from a iframe.

I have a main frame which is the frameset and a content frame. In the main frame I have added a reference to a function

imges = null; // Single instance of class

function Imges() {

this.treeDashedPlus = null;
this.treeDashedMinus = null;

}

and added this in the body:

imges = new Imges();
imges.treeDashedMinus = '/images/tree/dashed/customminus.gif';
imges.treeDashedPlus = '/images/tree/dashed/customplus.gif';


on my content frame page I have a tree which when a node is clicked it calls a onTreeClick() javascript function, which has the following to set the node images


var imges = document.imges;

var src = node.collapsed ? imges.treeDashedMinus : imges.treeDashedPlus;


when I debug this the document.imges is shown as undefined.

What amd I doing wrong or is there another way to read variable from the main frame from within the content frame?

[si_the_geek]

I'm not entirely sure if you can do it, as I haven't done much work in JS. I know you can use Functions of other frames, so I guess it would be the same method.

You need to specify the frame that contains the function (or data), for this you just use the name you used in the frameset.

eg:
if this is your frameset:

  <FRAMESET>
    <FRAME SRC="nav_frame.htm" NAME="nav">
    <FRAME SRC="top.htm" NAME="top_frame">
  </FRAMESET>

then to use functions in "nav_frame" from within "top" you would do this:

top.nav.function(param1,param2);

so I think you can do this:
[code]
var imges = top.framename.imges;
[code]

[Genie]

Thanks. I did something similar.

var imgs = window.parent.document.imgs;

all works ok.