This is how I have learned to it. In this case, my iframe is going to set a value for a form field on the parent window.
parent.myForm.myFormField.value='foo'; hth Charles Hanlon Senior Web Applications Developer Food Service Enablers, Inc. www.fsenablers.com The People. The Platform. The Products. Make the Difference ----- Original Message ----- From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "CF-Talk" <cf-talk@houseoffusion.com> Sent: Friday, May 19, 2006 3:21 PM Subject: reading parent form variables >I have a page with an iframe. That iframe has a form. The action/target >on the > form replaces the _parent when it submits and goes to a feedback page: > http://hhp.umd.edu/events/systems_thinking/q_a_test.cfm > > On the feedback page there is an iframe. The parent variables can be seen > by CF > using form.q_1, but I don't see a way to reference them from the CF in > that iframe. > Current it complains that it doesn't see the variables, but that's cause > they're in the > parent. How do I reference them? > > > daniel > - webtool - > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:4:241027 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/4 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:4 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.4 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54