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  • #1

    parent.document issue...

    I've seen this question (well, almost this question) asked a million times on web, but none of the solutions I've tried actually work...

    I have a html document that has an iFrame inside of it.
    Inside the iFrame web page, there is a javascript function.


    iFrame HTML:

    <html>
    <script type="text/javascript">
    function getElements(){var x=parent.document.getElementsByTagName("html")[0].innerHTML;alert(x);}
    </script>

    <body>blah blah blah</body>
    <script type="text/javascript">getElements();</script>
    </html>


    I want to get the HTML code of the iFrame's parent. The JS function cannot exist in the parent. It has to exist in the child.

    "x=document.getElementsByTagName("html")[0].innerHTML;" works just fine for showing the html text of the iFrame page itself, but obviously not for the iFrame's parent HTML page.

    "x=parent.document.getElementsByTagName("html")[0].innerHTML;" does not seem to do anything. The alert never shows up. Both web pages are in the same folder, so there shouldn't be any security issues...




    Ideas?
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  • #2
    Isn't is supposed to be "document.parent" rather than "parent.document?"

    I honestly don't mess around with iframes so I'm not going to be of much use for this, but I'm pretty sure you have that part is backwards. Fixing that might solve the problem.
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    • #3
      I tried document.parent too.

      I'm sure I'm doing something wrong with the syntax or missing something here.

      I've tried things like... document.parent.frame... I've tried like 15 combinations of things, and I can't get any of them to work.

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      • #4
        First of all if the iframed page is loaded from a different domain than the parent - there is now way to do what you want to because its a security issue blocked by most of modern browsers.

        Otherwise try this code for your iframed page:
        Code:
        <html>
<head>
<script type="text/javascript">
	function getParentHTML(){
		if(!window.parent)
			alert("Sorry, no parent");
		if(parent.document && parent.document.documentElement)
			alert(parent.document.documentElement.innerHTML);
		else
			alert("Cannot get parent's HTML");
	}
 </script>
</head>
<body>blah blah blah
<script type="text/javascript">getParentHTML();</script>
</body>
</html>
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        • #5
          Originally posted by desiter View Post
          First of all if the iframed page is loaded from a different domain than the parent - there is now way to do what you want to because its a security issue blocked by most of modern browsers.

          Otherwise try this code for your iframed page:
          Code:
          <html>
<head>
<script type="text/javascript">
	function getParentHTML(){
		if(!window.parent)
			alert("Sorry, no parent");
		if(parent.document && parent.document.documentElement)
			alert(parent.document.documentElement.innerHTML);
		else
			alert("Cannot get parent's HTML");
	}
 </script>
</head>
<body>blah blah blah
<script type="text/javascript">getParentHTML();</script>
</body>
</html>

          Very interesting...

          It fails only locally on Google Chrome.
          That code works online.

          Thanks a bunch!

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