Can action in an iframe change look and feel of the containing HTML?

[google]

I have a HTML file that contains an iframe. The HTML file is served
by one server. The iframe contains a link to a completely different
server. My question is, can any action in the iframe (such as a form
submit) cause the look and feel of the containing HTML to change, such
as I want some table elements in the parent (that contains the iframe)
to change or disappear.

For example, a HTML file has a table with 3 rows, the first and last
row each has an element which has text "row 1" and "row 3"
respectively. The second row contains an iframe which has a link
served by a different server. When the page load, the iframe displays
a form with one text field and one submit button. When user enters a
text string such as "jessey" in the text field and clicks the button.
The text in the first row element of the parent page changes to
"jessey" and text in the last row element of the parent page
disappears.

How should I do it if it is possible? Are there any examples that I
can start with?

Thanks a lot for help.
jessey

[Martin Honnen]

google@wa wrote:

I have a HTML file that contains an iframe. The HTML file is served
by one server. The iframe contains a link to a completely different
server. My question is, can any action in the iframe (such as a form
submit) cause the look and feel of the containing HTML to change, such
as I want some table elements in the parent (that contains the iframe)
to change or disappear.

For example, a HTML file has a table with 3 rows, the first and last
row each has an element which has text "row 1" and "row 3"
respectively. The second row contains an iframe which has a link
served by a different server. When the page load, the iframe displays
a form with one text field and one submit button. When user enters a
text string such as "jessey" in the text field and clicks the button.
The text in the first row element of the parent page changes to
"jessey" and text in the last row element of the parent page
disappears.

How should I do it if it is possible? Are there any examples that I
can start with?

If the iframe contains pages from a different domain then client side
script due to the same origin policy cannot change the content of the
document in the containing window.
If the servers are different but in the same domain e.g.
host1.example.com and host2.example.com then you can set
document.domain = 'example.com';
in script and you should be able to script one document from the other
e.g. with
parent.document
from inside the iframe you reach the document of the containing window
or frame.

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Martin Honnen
http://JavaScript.FAQTs.com/

[Jim Ley]

On 13 Jan 2004 00:25:21 -0800, je*******@yahoo.com (google@wa) wrote:

I have a HTML file that contains an iframe. The HTML file is served
by one server. The iframe contains a link to a completely different
server.

This is not possible in a default security environment.

Jim.
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