Problem: Setting MSIE iframe innerHTML change relative href/src to absolute href/src

I am working on a web-based html editor using MSIE's designmode and
iframes.

Everything works just fine, but MSIE changes all my relative "a href"
and "img src" links (i.e. "/index.asp") to absolute links (i.e.
"http://localhost/index.asp") when I set the iframe's innerHTML.

This is bad as the links are supposed to be relative. How can I avoid
this? Any solutions/suggestions are much appreciated.

- This (setting the innerHTML) works just fine in Mozilla/Netscape.

- I have tried to create a selection/range and use "pasteHTML" instead
but the result is the same.

- I have tried to set the "html head base href" in the initial
document loaded by the iframe but the result is the same.
Example:

myiframe.contentWindow.document.body.innerHTML = '<a
href="/index.asp">xxx</a>';
alert(myiframe.contentWindow.document.body.innerHT ML);

Output:

<a href="http://localhost/index.asp">xxx</a>

or it does not wort.

Thanks, but the iframe is actually created in an html file with a
dummy html file (with html, head, title, style sheet and body tags)
loaded for the iframe before I try to replace the innerHTML.

In the meantime I have found a "hack" to circumvent this "error". I
can replace the iframe body content through "write":

myiframe.contentWindow.document.write('<a
href="/index.asp">xxx</a>');

However, I think this is ugly and would prefer to do this through the
DOM if at all possible.

In the meantime I have found a "hack" to circumvent this "error". I can
replace the iframe body content through "write":

myiframe.contentWindow.document.write('<a href="/index.asp">xxx</a>');

However, I think this is ugly and would prefer to do this through the DOM if
at all possible.