RE: Frame targeting HELP please!!!

As a quick bypass, check the browser type in your java script. if the visitor is using a MS IE browser do your weird stuff, else just do normal stuff for netscape browsers...

Hope this helps

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From: 	Boleslaw Mynarski[SMTP:bmynarsk@pathcom.com]
Sent: 	Saturday, December 14, 1996 2:06 AM
To: 	HTML General (E-mail)
Cc: 	HTML Styles (E-mail)
Subject: 	Frame targeting HELP please!!!

Please, tell me that there is a problem with IE 3.01!  I've created a page at http://downtown.pathcom.com/~bmynarsk/ShareLife (it's still in the works) that's using three layer frames and Java script for targeting.  The problem is that IE does not update frames properly. Netscape does everything O.K.  This is what  happens.  Let's say I have frames 1, 2, and 3.  Using Java script I want to update frames 1 & 2 from frame 3.  It's quite simple.  The fun begins when some of my files are buried in a lower subdirectory of the main directory.  E.G., relative targeting such as directory/file.html is quite acceptable by Netscape.  IE, however, chokes big time.  It wants me to put ../directory/file.html which at this point is not true because Netscape reads it as /root/file.html, thus missing /root/directory/file.html all together.  The only solution I can think of at this point is to use an absolute targeting like, e.g. http://www.mypage.com/directory/myfile.html to avoid it the problem of Netscape not being compatible with IE.  However, this creates a headache or a nightmare rather in terms of debugging my pages because I have to be on line.  Does anyone know of a better work around, PLEASE????

>Regards,
>
>Bolek

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Received on Monday, 16 December 1996 15:33:35 UTC