set target frame for jumpURL function

[DaveO]

Hi all

I have done lots of VB programming, but am not familiar with JavaScript.

Can anyone tell me how to do this ....?

I have a JS file for a menu system called menu.js

It contains the following function :

this.jumpURL = function(url) {
if(url) document.locati on.href = url;
}

I want to get the function to select the 'target' frame / page / etc
depending on variables sent to the function.

eg
this.jumpURL = function(url, target) {
if(url) target.location .href = url;

If I then call the function jumpURL (www.abcd.com, InFrame1 )
it should open the page in an inline frame named InFrame1

For some reason I cannot grasp how to make this work.

However, if I change it to :
if(url) InFrame1.locati on.href = url;
it works fine ( ie.. with the physical name of the frame in the statement ).

SO.......How can I use a variable in place of "InFrame1" ?

or do I need something along the lines of :

if target = "InFrame1" then if(url) InFrame1.locati on.href = url;
if target = "InFrame2" then if(url) InFrame2.locati on.href = url;
if target = "InFrame3" then if(url) InFrame3.locati on.href = url;

This would be the VB style of IF statement - I do not understand the JS
structure yet.

However, this would be very limiting meaning that I would need to modify the
function in the menu.js file every time my html page was changed.

My thanks and appreciation in advance for any assistance.

DaveO

[kaeli]

In article <d6**********@c tb-nnrp2.saix.net> , js******@mweb.c o.za enlightened
us with...

this.jumpURL = function(url, target) {
if(url) target.location .href = url;

this.jumpURL = function(url, target) {
if (url) {
if (!target) {
// call the default frame "main" or something
target = "main";
}
top.frames[target].document.locat ion.href = url;
}
}

And do note that while vb comparisons and assignments both use the "=" sign,
javascript uses "=" for assignment and "==" for comparisons. A little tip for
you. ;)

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http://www.ipwebdesign.net/kaelisSpace

[DaveO]

Hi kaeli

Many thanks for the info.

However, is the line target = "main" not assigning a value ( "main" ) to
the variable ( target ) ?
What I want is to have the href statement to use a value 'passed' to the
function in the "this.jumpU RL" line.

We may have up to 6 different InLine Frames ( iFrames ) on our page, and
each menu item passes the URL and target to the jumpURL function.
The target can be any one of the 6 iFrames.

I have hard coded the function for now as follows :

this.jumpURL = function(url, target) {

var targetF = "(Default)" // the default is the BodyFrame iFrame
var targetS = "same" //target is same window
var targetN = "_new" //target is a new window
var NoURL = "(No URL)" //there is no URL for this menu button to link to
var targetBF = "BodyFrame" // this is the name of 1 of the iFrames

if(url == NoURL){
targetF = "_";
targetS = "_";
targetN = "_";
targetBF = "_";
}

if(target == targetF) if(url) BodyFrame.locat ion.href = url;
if(target == targetBF) if(url) BodyFrame.locat ion.href = url;
if(target == targetS) if(url) document.locati on.href = url;
if(target == targetN) window.open(url );
but would prefer to find a way to get it to work with the passes target
value.

Regards

DaveO
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"kaeli" <ti******@NOSPA M.comcast.net> wrote in message
news:MP******** *************** *@nntp.lucent.c om...
In article <d6**********@c tb-nnrp2.saix.net> , js******@mweb.c o.za
enlightened
us with...

this.jumpURL = function(url, target) {
if(url) target.location .href = url;

this.jumpURL = function(url, target) {
if (url) {
if (!target) {
// call the default frame "main" or something
target = "main";
}
top.frames[target].document.locat ion.href = url;
}
}

And do note that while vb comparisons and assignments both use the "=" sign,
javascript uses "=" for assignment and "==" for comparisons. A little tip
for
you. ;)

--
--
~kaeli~
With her marriage, she got a new name and a dress.
http://www.ipwebdesign.net/wildAtHeart
http://www.ipwebdesign.net/kaelisSpace

[BootNic]

<script>
function jump(url,Target ,I){
// I == n for a Frame
if (I == 'n'){
top.frames[Target].location = "http://"+url
}
// I = y for an iframe
if (I == 'y'){
frames[Target].location.href = "http://"+url
}
// I is left blank for normal target
if (I ==''){
window.open("ht tp://"+url, Target,'');
}
}
</script>
<a href="javascrip t:jump('www.dow nload.com','fre e','n')">Frame</a><br>
<a href="javascrip t:jump('www.www .sue.com','sue' ,'y')">Iframe</a><br>
<a href="javascrip t:jump('www.gho st.com','spook' ,'')">Target</a><br>

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BootNic Friday, May 20, 2005 12:23 PM

The world is very different now. For man holds in his mortal hands the power to abolish all forms of
human poverty, and all forms of human life.
*John Fitzgerald Kennedy, Inaugural Address*

"DaveO" <js******@mweb. co.za> wrote:
news:d6******** **@ctb-nnrp2.saix.net. ...

Hi kaeli

Many thanks for the info.

However, is the line target = "main" not assigning a value (
"main" ) to the variable ( target ) ?
What I want is to have the href statement to use a value 'passed' to
the function in the "this.jumpU RL" line.

We may have up to 6 different InLine Frames ( iFrames ) on our page,
and each menu item passes the URL and target to the jumpURL function.
The target can be any one of the 6 iFrames.

I have hard coded the function for now as follows :

this.jumpURL = function(url, target) {

var targetF = "(Default)" // the default is the BodyFrame iFrame
var targetS = "same" //target is same window
var targetN = "_new" //target is a new window
var NoURL = "(No URL)" //there is no URL for this menu button to
link to var targetBF = "BodyFrame" // this is the name of 1 of the
iFrames

if(url == NoURL){
targetF = "_";
targetS = "_";
targetN = "_";
targetBF = "_";
}

if(target == targetF) if(url) BodyFrame.locat ion.href = url;
if(target == targetBF) if(url) BodyFrame.locat ion.href = url;
if(target == targetS) if(url) document.locati on.href = url;
if(target == targetN) window.open(url );
but would prefer to find a way to get it to work with the passes
target value.

Regards

DaveO
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"kaeli" <ti******@NOSPA M.comcast.net> wrote in message
news:MP******** *************** *@nntp.lucent.c om...
In article <d6**********@c tb-nnrp2.saix.net> , js******@mweb.c o.za
enlightened
us with...

this.jumpURL = function(url, target) {
if(url) target.location .href = url;

this.jumpURL = function(url, target) {
if (url) {
if (!target) {
// call the default frame "main" or something
target = "main";
}
top.frames[target].document.locat ion.href = url;
}
}

And do note that while vb comparisons and assignments both use the
"=" sign, javascript uses "=" for assignment and "==" for
comparisons. A little tip for
you. ;)

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[DaveO]

Hi All

Many Thanks for the solution.

Your kindness is appreciated greatly.

Regards

DaveO

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"BootNic" <Bo*****@bounce .prodigy.net> wrote in message
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<script>
function jump(url,Target ,I){
// I == n for a Frame
if (I == 'n'){
top.frames[Target].location = "http://"+url
}
// I = y for an iframe
if (I == 'y'){
frames[Target].location.href = "http://"+url
}
// I is left blank for normal target
if (I ==''){
window.open("ht tp://"+url, Target,'');
}
}
</script>
<a href="javascrip t:jump('www.dow nload.com','fre e','n')">Frame</a><br>
<a href="javascrip t:jump('www.www .sue.com','sue' ,'y')">Iframe</a><br>
<a href="javascrip t:jump('www.gho st.com','spook' ,'')">Target</a><br>

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BootNic Friday, May 20, 2005 12:23 PM

The world is very different now. For man holds in his mortal hands the power
to abolish all forms of
human poverty, and all forms of human life.
*John Fitzgerald Kennedy, Inaugural Address*

"DaveO" <js******@mweb. co.za> wrote:
news:d6******** **@ctb-nnrp2.saix.net. ...

Hi kaeli

Many thanks for the info.

However, is the line target = "main" not assigning a value (
"main" ) to the variable ( target ) ?
What I want is to have the href statement to use a value 'passed' to
the function in the "this.jumpU RL" line.

We may have up to 6 different InLine Frames ( iFrames ) on our page,
and each menu item passes the URL and target to the jumpURL function.
The target can be any one of the 6 iFrames.

I have hard coded the function for now as follows :

this.jumpURL = function(url, target) {

var targetF = "(Default)" // the default is the BodyFrame iFrame
var targetS = "same" //target is same window
var targetN = "_new" //target is a new window
var NoURL = "(No URL)" //there is no URL for this menu button to
link to var targetBF = "BodyFrame" // this is the name of 1 of the
iFrames

if(url == NoURL){
targetF = "_";
targetS = "_";
targetN = "_";
targetBF = "_";
}

if(target == targetF) if(url) BodyFrame.locat ion.href = url;
if(target == targetBF) if(url) BodyFrame.locat ion.href = url;
if(target == targetS) if(url) document.locati on.href = url;
if(target == targetN) window.open(url );
but would prefer to find a way to get it to work with the passes
target value.

Regards

DaveO
---------------------------------------------------
"kaeli" <ti******@NOSPA M.comcast.net> wrote in message
news:MP******** *************** *@nntp.lucent.c om...
In article <d6**********@c tb-nnrp2.saix.net> , js******@mweb.c o.za
enlightened
us with...

this.jumpURL = function(url, target) {
if(url) target.location .href = url;

this.jumpURL = function(url, target) {
if (url) {
if (!target) {
// call the default frame "main" or something
target = "main";
}
top.frames[target].document.locat ion.href = url;
}
}

And do note that while vb comparisons and assignments both use the
"=" sign, javascript uses "=" for assignment and "==" for
comparisons. A little tip for
you. ;)

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