iFrame parent querystring

[coder]

I don't know if this can be done in asp or if I need to figure out a script to do this, but I have an iframe and I need to call the value of the parents querystring.

this is the connection I have, which doesn't call the parents url.

WHERE videoid = "&request.querystring("vid")&"

From what I've found this can only be done using javascript, I have very limited knowledge of javascript and people recommend using

alert(parent.location.search)//querystring
alert(parent.location.href)//full-path url including querystring

So how do I incorporate that with

WHERE videoid = "&request.querystring("vid")&"

to be able to pull the value of vid because the alerts only display the value in alert tags?

Thanks for any advice, i'm completely stumped on this.

[theoart]

Your iframe can look something like this:

<iframe src="/mylink.asp?<%=request.ServerVariables("QUERY_STRIN G")%>" scrolling="Default" ></iframe>

This will give your iframe the same querystring as your parent page.

In asp, on your iframe page then just grab the variables you need from the querystring.

[coder]

theoart, thanks for the suggestion.

I would of loved to do it that way, however the iframe actually goes 2 pages deep before I need to pull the parents querystring.

Basically first it loads an iframe with an intro flash animation and at the end of the animation it then redirects to the page. I suppose I could pass the variable into flash and then export it out to the next page.

But it seems simpler to just pull the parents querystring if at all possible.

[Terry Van Horne]

Originally Posted by coder

I don't know if this can be done in asp or if I need to figure out a script to do this, but I have an iframe and I need to call the value of the parents querystring.

this is the connection I have, which doesn't call the parents url.

WHERE videoid = "&request.querystring("vid")&"

From what I've found this can only be done using javascript, I have very limited knowledge of javascript and people recommend using

alert(parent.location.search)//querystring
alert(parent.location.href)//full-path url including querystring

So how do I incorporate that with

WHERE videoid = "&request.querystring("vid")&"

to be able to pull the value of vid because the alerts only display the value in alert tags?

Thanks for any advice, i'm completely stumped on this.

You should be able to do that using .asp . I have used Inline frames and frames in the manner you describe. So.. if you wanted a value passed to it then:
<%strName=request.querystring("ItemName")%>

in inline frame
<iframe name="I1" src="page.asp?Param=<%=strName%>">
Your browser does not support inline frames or is currently configured not to display inline frames.
</iframe>

or

<iframe name="I1" src="page.asp?Param="&strName>
Your browser does not support inline frames or is currently configured not to display inline frames.
</iframe>

To do the redirects

If the flash is a set length then
load the flash page into the iframe with the parametrs you need then in the flash page use a page refresh; set the time to the length of the flash; and for the refresh location pass the param/values as above for the second page. If the legth of the flash varies then.... pass it the time value in the parameters IMO, this should work.