353629 - Iframe JavaScript objects not accessible from external scripts

Status: RESOLVED INVALID

(Core :: General, defect)

Description

[bht237]

Scripts in iframes can call functions in external scripts.

But an attempt by a script in the enclosing page to call a function in an iframe fails.

What can be done so that iframe scripts get the same capabilities as scripts in frameset frames?

Comment 1

[bht237]

Attachment: iframe content

Comment 2

[bht237]

Attachment: Test case - Click on this!

Comment 3

[bht237]

Additional information:

http://www.w3.org/TR/html4/present/frames.html#sharing-frame-data

"Sharing data among frames 

Authors may share data among several frames by including this data via an OBJECT element."

I have tried this with the OBJECT tag - same negative result. IFRAME and OBJECT: Only tag attributes such as name, or document properties are accessible.

It is understood that the OBJECT tag can be used as a replacement for the IFRAME tag. Because of this, in the interim, I am not creating a duplicate bug record for the behavior of the OBJECT tag.

Comment 4

[bht237]

Error in testcase