[Javascript]Passive,Javascript-callable,in-line(PHP)codereferences wit

Sat Apr 12 12:07:06 CDT 2003

Paul, et al:

Well, we're almost there.

I discovered that the older Netscapes (4.75-6.0) actually would take the
following constructs:

bogus_91.html:

<html>
<head>
    <title>bogus_91.html</title>
    <script language='JavaScript'>
    <!--
        var theSrc;
        function invoke(theSrc) {
            if (!theSrc) { return -1; }
            if (theSrc == '') { return -1; }
            wrapper.style.display = "none";
            frames["program"].location.href = theSrc;
            wrapper.style.display = "inline";
        }
    // -->
    </script>
</head>
<body>
    <form name='theForm' action='javascript:void(null)'>
        <table align='center' cellpadding=3 cellspacing=0 valign='top'
border=1 borderColor='black'>
            <tr>
                <td align='center' valign='middle' cellpadding=0>
                    <input type='button' id='myButton1' name='myButton1'
onClick='invoke("./bogus.php")'
                                value='howdy'
                                style='height: 18px; width: 60px;
vertical-align: top; background-color: #cccccc;
                                            border: 1pt ridge; face: arial;
font-size: 7pt'>
                </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>>td align='center' valign='middle'><input name='myText'
value='' type='text' size=30></td></tr>
        </table>
        <span name='wrapper' id='wrapper' style='display: none'>
        <!-- this executes only when invoked -->
        <iframe id='program' name='program' src='' align='center' height=0
width=0 scrolling='no'
                    style='border: 0; border-style: none; margin-top:
6px'></iframe>
        </span>
    </form>
</body>
</html>

and bogus.php:

<html>
<head>
    <title>bogus.php</title>
    <script language='JavaScript'>
    <!--
        var theText;
        function writeBack(theText) {
            if (!theText) { return -1; }
            if (theText == '') { return -1; }
            if (parent.document.forms) {
                var parentForm = parent.document.forms[0];
                parentForm.myText.value = theText;
            }
        }
    // -->
    </script>
</head>
<body>
    <?php printf("<script> writeBack('Howdy, Partner!'); </script>\n"); ?>
</body>
</html>

This works flawlessly in IE6.0 and up, but doesn't seem to fly in the most
recent versions of Netscape.  Has the definition of IFRAMEs taken a
left-turn in NN land, or is there some peculiar syntax munge necessary to
make your cross-platform code invocation work?

-- Dave Lovering