FP2000: How to Link to Two Target Frames Using a Single Hyperlink

ID: Q196137


The information in this article applies to:
  • Microsoft FrontPage 2000


SUMMARY



If your web includes a frame set page, you can set a link to specify the frame in which you would like a page to be displayed.

This article explains how to create a link that will be displayed as a Uniform Resource Locator (URL) in a frame. (You can also use this procedure to display URLs in multiple frames.)

NOTES:

  • The code in this article will function only in a Web browser that supports JavaScript.


  • ImageMap hotspots will only refresh one frame as extended attributes are not available in the Image Hotspot Properties dialog box.



MORE INFORMATION

Microsoft Technical Support will not resolve problems produced by editing the HTML that FrontPage generates. This HTML Code sample is provided as a convenience for authors seeking to extend the capabilities of FrontPage. For more information about writing HTML, please see the following Microsoft Web site:

http://www.microsoft.com/workshop/c-frame.htm#/workshop/author/default.asp

WARNING: ANY USE BY YOU OF THE HTML PROVIDED IN THIS ARTICLE IS AT YOUR OWN RISK. Microsoft provides this HTML "as is" without warranty of any kind, either express or implied, including but not limited to the implied warranties of merchantability and/or fitness for a particular purpose.

To edit your hyperlink to update two frames, follow these steps:

Method 1


  1. In Page view, open the page on which you want to create the link.


  2. Select the text you want for the link and click the Link button on the toolbar.

    The Create Hyperlink dialog box will appear.


  3. In the URL box, type the URL of the first page that you want to load.


  4. Click the Target Frame button and then click the frame for the first page.


  5. Click OK twice.


  6. To switch to HTML view, click the HTML tab.


  7. Insert the following onClick parameter in the anchor tag:

    onClick="parent.frames[<n>].location.href='<URL>';"

    where <n> is a number indicating the frame that you want the resource to appear in, and <URL> is the URL of the page that you want to appear in that frame.

    NOTE: Frame numbers start at 0; hence, parent.frames[2] indicates the third frame in a collection.

    For example this code

    
          <a href="mypage.htm"
          onclick="parent.frames[2].location.href='otherpage.htm';">My Link</a> 

    will load Otherpage.htm into the third frame in the collection. If you want to load additional frames, repeat step 6 for each frame you want to load (separate each new entry with a space).


  8. On the File menu, click Save.



Method 2


  1. Point the hyperlink to a new frames page.


  2. Set the initial pages of the new frames page to be the desired pages you want the hyperlink to point to.


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Version : WINDOWS:
Platform : WINDOWS
Issue type : kbinfo


Last Reviewed: January 14, 2000
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