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Hello, I have been having some trouble with this one, so I decided to strip it down to its simplest form. I think I found the root of the problem, but I don't know how to solve it.

I need a link in one iframe to open a page in a different iframe. I can do this normally:

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But, when the iframes are dynamically generated (created via a javascript function), the target id does not seem to be recognized, and the content is opened in a new window:

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I need to get the second page working like the first one. Can anyone tell me what I'm doing wrong?

Hi Malkalypse,

I am not a java guru but I THINK the problem is that the main window object and its properties are set when it loads. So creating new elements within it and appending attributes to such elements will not change the main widows view of its or any other windows properties that are nested within it unless you access the main directly and give it new instructions.

Once the iframes are created tell the main window model the name of the windows that are open within it.

<html>
<head>

<script language="javascript">
function buildAction() {

var ActionFrame = document.createElement("iframe");
ActionFrame.id = "Action";
ActionFrame.name = "Action";
ActionFrame.src = "ActionPage.htm";
ActionFrame.target = "Target";
document.body.appendChild(ActionFrame);
}

function buildTarget() {

var TargetFrame = document.createElement("iframe");
TargetFrame.id = "Target";
TargetFrame.name = "Target";
TargetFrame.src = "TargetPage.htm";
document.body.appendChild(TargetFrame);
}

function buildPage() {
buildAction();
buildTarget();
frames[0].name = "Action";
frames[1].name = "Target";
}
</script>

</head>
<body onload = buildPage();>
</body>
</html>