[Javascript] <OBJECT> dereferencing

Wed Mar 12 15:21:21 CST 2003

Ostensibly this would work, but just assigning unique names (and I already
have a unique-name assignment tool in place) doesn't let you climb back out.
Yes, you can back-track with frames, but frames don't "float" the way
objects do.  Hence my dilemma.

-- Dave Lovering

TomMallard wrote:
> 
> I was thinkin' you could just use a top level frame for all pages to fit
> within to give you a top.framename to get back up, but it sounds like a
> better way would be to use the id attributes which would probably need to
> have unique names in a schema that would allow you to get around using them.
> You could then access them with the enumerator object IIRC.
> 
> tom
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: javascript-admin at LaTech.edu [mailto:javascript-admin at LaTech.edu]On
> Behalf Of David T. Lovering
> Sent: Tuesday, March 11, 2003 12:29 PM
> To: javascript at LaTech.edu
> Subject: Re: [Javascript] <OBJECT> dereferencing
> 
> Dear Tom:
> 
>   Some of my other applications use frames, so yes, I am familiar with what
> they can do.  However, frames are "fixed" to the window space [yes, there
> are
> ways of dynamicly moving them about, but they are somewhat pathological],
> and
> I want things that close-up when they are deleted, can be scrolled as sets,
> and generally manipulated on a "rubber" background -- none of which are easy
> (or possible) with the conventional frame architecture.
> 
>   Basicly, I need to know how to reference back to the parent object that
> contains the <OBJECT> declaration that contains the code snippet, as seen
> from the internal code snippet.  The rest I can figure out using the tools I
> have available to me.
> 
>   -- Dave Lovering
> 
> TomMallard wrote:
> >
> > Did you try using frames...?
> >
> > tom mallard
> > seattle
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: javascript-admin at LaTech.edu [mailto:javascript-admin at LaTech.edu]On
> > Behalf Of David T. Lovering
> > Sent: Tuesday, March 11, 2003 7:49 AM
> > To: javascript at LaTech.edu
> > Subject: [Javascript] <OBJECT> dereferencing
> >
> > I have a problem in which a table containing rows of object declarations
> > each points to a "DATA=filename" reference of "TYPE=text/html".  Each
> > individual <filename> so invoked contains a form with an embedded table
> > containing the usual sorts of labels,
> > <input> identifiers, etc.  To illustrate:
> >
> > Top-document:
> >
> >   <html>
> >   <title>bogus</title>
> >   </html>
> >   <body>
> >   <fieldset id='myFieldSetName_00'>
> >     <div id='myDivName_00'>
> >       <table id='myMasterTable_00'>
> >         <tbody>
> >         <tr><td><object id='myStuff_00' data='file_00.html'
> > type='text/html'></td></tr>
> >       </table>
> >     </div>
> >   </fieldset>
> >   <fieldset id='myFieldSetName_01'>
> >     <div id='myDivName_01'>
> >       <table id='myMasterTable_01'>
> >         <tbody>
> >         <tr><td><object id='myStuff_01' data='file_01.html'
> > type='text/html'></td></tr>
> >       </table>
> >     </div>
> >   </fieldset>
> >   ... more fieldsets of the same variety
> >   </body>
> > </html>
> >
> > ... and each of the files so referenced by the object declarations are of
> > the following architecture:
> >
> > file_00:
> > <html>
> >   <head>
> >     <title>file_00.html</title>
> >   </head>
> >   <body>
> >     <form name='my_form_00'>
> >       <table id='my_table_00'>
> >         ... usual sorts of fields and such ...
> >       </table>
> >     </form>
> >   </body>
> > </html>
> >
> > My problem is that is necessary for me to access objects between these
> > lower-level forms.  When the enquiry is initiated at the top-level HTML
> file
> > it can be done in any number of ways, for example:
> >
> > tablePointer = document.getElementById('myMasterTable_##');
> > childForm =
> >
> tablePointer.rows[0].cells[0].children[0].object.documentElement.document.fo
> > rms[0];
> >
> > >From here, each of the subelements can be manipulated directly, for
> example:
> >
> >   childForm.field1.value = 37;  (and so on)
> >
> > HOWEVER (!!!), when going back 'uphill' from the bottom-level file_##
> > constructs, I have difficulty climbing beyond the OBJECT specifier back
> into
> > the parent document.  By running various diagnostics and listing all the
> > apparent
> > properties/objects associated with each element, there is no clear
> > "punch-through" to the top layer.  In desperation I've even tried using
> > 'window.opener' redirection (figuring that even in the same window, the
> > window is its own window.opener entity), but
> > such ploys have availed me nothing.
> >
> > HELP! I need a clean way to transparently share values, etc. between
> > elements at the bottom level (within each of the file_## constructs) using
> > standard JavaScript/JScript tools.  If it is helpful, consider that I'm
> > using vanilla IE6-style object definitions.
> >
> > -- Dave Lovering
> > -- dlovering at gazos.com
> >
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