Help setting value of object from a separate iFrame/aspx

[buymeapc]

Hi all,

I'm trying to set the value of an object on a web page. The object, however, is not specified in the original source, but is referenced in a separate aspx by way of an iFrame. If I open the separate aspx that contains the object in another window, I can interact with it, but how do I get the info I set in it back to the original window?

Here's the reference to the iFrame from the original window's source:

<IFRAME title="DemoIFrame" id="DemoIFrame" onload="DemoIFrameOnLoad(this);" name="DemoIFrame" src="http://localhost/WebFormDemo.aspx"
frameBorder="no" height="1500" style="WIDTH: 100.0%; BORDER-RIGHT: thin inset; BORDER-TOP: thin inset; BORDER-LEFT: thin inset; BORDER-BOTTOM: thin groove;"></IFRAME>

Within the WebFormDemo.aspx source, a table contains the id to the object that I can then interact with:

id="DropDownPatType"

So, if I open the iFrame in a second window and interact with the object, how do I get that information back to the original window so I can continue interacting with the original webpage?

[JohnOne]

I don't imagine you need to open another window, just get a reference to the frame, then the object, and set it.

I think.

Probably help if you posted some code you are trying, or better still the URL is it not super secret.

[buymeapc]

Unfortunately, the URL is internal, so posting it won't really help

Here's something I've been trying, but I haven't had much luck with it...

$oIE =   _IEAttach("example"); - I opened the webpage already, so I can just attach to it
$propIE =  _IEPropertyGet($oIE, "locationurl")
$newProp = StringReplace($propIE, "example.aspx", "WebFormDemo.aspx")
$oIE1 =  _IECreate($newProp)
_IELoadWait($oIE1)
$err = _IEHeadInsertEventScript($oIE1, "window", "onchange", "DemoIFrame.GetGroupInfo()")
$oPropTxt = _IEGetObjByName($oIE1, "txtDropDownPatType")
$oProp =  _IEGetObjByName($oIE1, "DropDownPatType")
_IEFormElementSetValue($oPropTxt, "02", 1)
_IEFormElementOptionSelect($oProp, "Setting2", 1, "byText", 1); Apply Changes To Listbox
$oForm =  _IEFormGetObjByName($oIE1, "WebFormDemo")
;$oForm.document.parentwindow.execScript("SynchDemo()","javascript")
_IEQuit($oIE1)

[JohnOne]

I'm not very good with _IE but I think you need a reference to the frame

Something like

_IEFrameGetObjByName($oIE,"DemoIFrame")

[buymeapc]

Ok, if I reference the frame, how do I then reference the object that I need to interact with? Would the id of the object from the other aspx function this way? Thanks

[JohnOne]

I'm not entirely sure, the way I see _IE functions around the forum probably would be

Get your $oIE.

$oIFrame = _IEFrameGetObjByName($oIE,"DemoIFrame")

$oProp = _IEGetObjByName($oIFrame, "DropDownPatType")

Then whatever you want to do with it.

[buymeapc]

Ok, I've been able to set the control values in the separate window, however I'm not entirely sure how to get these values passed back to the original window. There's a javascript command that I'm trying to use to do this, but I'm not sure if it'll do what I need...

_IEErrorHandlerRegister()
$oIE =   _IEAttach("example")
$oIFrame =  _IEGetObjByName($oIE, "DemoIFrame")
$oIE1 =  _IECreate($oIFrame.src)
$oProp =  _IEGetObjByName($oIE1, "DropDownPatType")
_IEFormElementOptionSelect($oProp, "Setting2", 1, "byText", 1); Apply Changes To Listbox
$oIE1.document.parentwindow.execScript($oIE&".SynchDemo(txtDropDownPatType)","javascript")
Exit

[buymeapc]

Searching around, I found a reference to "window.top.document.myvariable". Am I on the right track with this type of command? I'm not quite sure where to go from here. How would I be able to get the element id/name from the separate iFrame and use it on the main IE object?