iFrame help

Nikumba · 26 Apr 2010 at 21:47

I have some HTM code that takes input from a input box and passes it over to a ASP page to load up calendars.

But what I want to do is to use iFrames/frames so at the top is the HTML page and the value is then passed to the lower frame where the ASP lives.

But I have not done frames in years so not sure the code I need to use.

default.htm - This takes the username input

Code:

<HTML>
Please type the username of the calendar you wish to view 
<form action="calendar.asp" method="post">
<input type="text" name="username">&nbsp<input type="submit">
</form>

</HTML>

calendar.asp - This is the page the username is passed to

Code:

<HTML>

<%
newURL = "https://mailsrv2.domain.co.uk/owa/" & Request.Form("username") & "@domain.co.uk/?cmd=contents&f=calendar"
Response.Redirect(newURL)
%>

</HTML>

Any help is appricated

Thanks

Kimbie

sist_si · 27 Apr 2010 at 08:48

so you want to have a html page posting to an asp page which does all your server side work and returns a calendar?
you could use ajax for this and it'd be a lot more graceful than iframes/frames. I use prototype.js a lot for this kind of stuff.

Alternativley, if you have to use a frame, you can set a target on the form: http://www.htmlcodetutorial.com/forms/formtargetex.html

gord · 27 Apr 2010 at 10:19

You could use your frame idea.

http://www.w3schools.com/tags/tag_form.asp

The form tag has a deprecated target attribute which I think should let you name a frame to send to. This will let the frame reload with your variable posted to it.

But as Si says, have you thought about using something a bit more dynamic to keep it on one page and user friendly?

iFrame help

Nikumba

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sist_si

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gord

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