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Jul 11.2003

I have a site with a simple frame layout – top, main and bottom. There are also numerous pop-up windows. Is there an easy way to find out if a page is within the Main frame or is within its own window. So…

I am a page called ShowStock.asp
Am I in a frame called Main or am I somewhere else?

Thanks for any help. At the moment I have a variable being sent in a thousand different directions to try and keep track of where the page is.

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@Khalid_AliJul 11.2003 — from within the page you can do this

put the following code in the head section of the page

<script type="text/javascript">

<!--

var thisparent = this.parent;

var thisframe = this;

//see if this page has aprent frame

if(thisparent.name!=null && thisparent.name!=""){

alert("This page is opened in a frameset and the current parent frames name is = "+thisparent.name+

"nAnd this frames name = "+thisframe.name);

}else{

alert("This page is not in a frameset"+

"nAnd hence no frame name = ");

}

//-->

</script>
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@WebskaterauthorJul 11.2003 — Thanks Khalid. That does the job perfectly. Do you know if there is a way to find out on the server if the page is being opened in a frame or in a new window? I want to hide some things and show others depending on whether the page is in its own window or in the Main frame. Thanks to your code I can do it client side but I wonder if it can be done on the server.
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@CharlesJul 11.2003 — [font=georgia]Khalid's method will work as long as the frames all have names. For something that will work either way use [font=monospace]if (self.location == top.location)[/font].[/font]
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@Khalid_AliJul 11.2003 — You are welcome webskater .

Oh BTW Charles..

try reading the question before getting blinded by your urge to (always) undermine my effort to help people.

[b]

I am a page called ShowStock.asp

Am I in a frame called Main or am I somewhere else?

[/b]

I am all ears and eyes to find out that how are you going to find out the name in the solution you suggested above?....
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@CharlesJul 11.2003 — [font=georgia]Yes, I was distracted by your response that has hidden deep within it the answer to the question. But it is simply a fact that you have overlooked that not all frames have names and strictly speaking that which you have posted will not always work.[/font]
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@Khalid_AliJul 11.2003 — [i]Originally posted by Charles [/i]

[B][font=georgia] But it is simply a fact that you have overlooked that not all frames have names[/font] [/B][/QUOTE]

This is has gotten ridiculously sad....

How in the heck you know what I was thinking....this is absurd...
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@CharlesJul 11.2003 — [font=monospace]if(thisparent.name!=null && thisparent.name!=""){

alert("This page is opened in a frameset and the current parent frames name is = "+thisparent.name+

"nAnd this frames name = "+thisframe.name);

}else{

alert("[b]This page is not in a frameset[/b]"+

"nAnd hence no frame name = "); [/font][/quote][font=georgia]I suppose that you could have been intentionally trying to mislead but I choose to think that you would not do that.[/font]
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