submit from a frame

[macca2727]

Hi i have a form displayed on a page inside a iframe

<iframe src="SMS_MembersList.cfm" width="100%" marginwidth="10" height="332" marginheight="10"
scrolling="auto" allowtransparency="true"></iframe>

what i need to do is have a button that submits this form from outside the iframe

ie

<table>
<tr>
<td><a href="javascript:document.myForm.submit();">submit</a></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
<iframe src="SMS_MembersList.cfm" width="100%" marginwidth="10" height="332" marginheight="10"
scrolling="auto" allowtransparency="true"></iframe>
</td>
</tr>
</table>

[Dan_Bracuk]

Try giving your iframe a name, and including that name in the anchor tag on your parent page.

[macca2727]

ok thanks

so if i named my iframe "FRAME001"

would my button look like this? changing the document to FRAME001

a href="javascript:FRAME001.myForm.submit();">

[Dan_Bracuk]

Worth a shot. What happened when you tested it>

[sfbell]

The way you can reference submitting the iframe may be:

javascript:window.frames["form_iframe"].submit();

If that doesnt work you can call a function from the main page which calls a function within the iframe by the following:

parent_page_function() {
//could be called from a button you click
window.frames["form_iframe"].submit_page();
}

<iframe name="form_iframe" id="form_iframe" marginheight="0" marginwidth="0" frameborder="0" src="file_name.cfm"></iframe>

on the iframe page have the function submit_page() with the document.all.submit etc etc.

Hope that helps.