[Wtr-general] Accessed Denied in Nested Frames

[Lonny Eachus]

I have to deal with some pages that contain nested frames, with source
from different domains. Some are http and some https. In some cases,
while trying to access these frames, I get "access denied":

 irb(main):044:0 ie.show_frames
 there are 4 frames
 frame index: 1 name: header
 frame index: 2 name:
 frame index: 3 name: dtnav
 frame index: 4 Access Denied, see
http://wiki.openqa.org/display/WTR/FAQ#access-denied

I went to the website referenced in the message (nice touch, that) and
read up on this situation. I have tried the solutions listed that seem
practical in our situation, to no avail. For example, I have changed
the recommended security settings in IE. I dismissed aliases in the
Host file as being impractical for us: we would go nuts adding and
changing aliases on multiple machines all the time because there are
many pages, we are using multiple machines, and we are, after all, in
development.

I even went to the MS web page about this issue: Cross-Frame
Scripting and Security, and tried setting the domain from watir
(ie.document.domaiin = ) as they imply might work. No dice. That
command will let you broaden your domain, but the "access denied" pages
remain denied.

We might have a workaround, but that would require explicitly calling a
_javascript_ function from Ruby/Watir without having an event attached to
a page element. There has been some information here lately about
calling arbitrary _javascript_ functions, but when I checked my archive I
did not find a clear reference.

I would appreciate any insight into the "access denied" issue, and if
possible more information about how to call arbitrary _javascript_
functions without firing an event from a page element.

Thanks.

Lonny Eachus
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Re: [Wtr-general] Accessed Denied in Nested Frames

[Attebery, Bill]

...if possible more
information about how to call arbitrary _javascript_ functions without firing an
event from a page element.

Here's oneway to call an
arbitrary java function that works like a charm for
me. 

window=$ie.ie.Document.parentWindowwindow.execScript('myjavafunction')

To give credit where credit is due, I found this on a
blog (which also has more details):
http://blogs.telerik.com/blogs/twisted_asp_net/archive/2006/04/26/201.aspx



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