Help: Javascript function vs iFrame permission

Ender Delphiki · **Joined:** Wed Jan 28, 2009 7:55 pm **Location:** Montana

I'm having a problem with JavaScript- as the title suggests. Here I have some parent code:

Code:

<html>
   <head>
      <script type="text/javascript">
function foo() {
   alert ("Reached foo()!");
}
function bar(parameter){
   alert ("Reached bar(" + parameter + ")");
}
      </script>
   </head>
   <body>
      <div>Some content.</div>
      <iframe src="child.html"></iframe>
   </body>
</html>

And the child:

Code:

<html>
   ...
   <body>
      <input type="button" onclick="parent.foo()">
      <input type="button" onclick="parent.bar(1)">
   </body>
</html>

The problem I'm having is that foo() works fine, while bar(p) does not. It says I have unsafe access/don't have permission. The error occurs only if I pass a parameter. All the help online says the problem is that they need to be in the same domain, but they already are. I've tried action listeners rather than onclick with no success, and I've tried moving child.html into a subdirectory of the parent's location and vice versa. I've tried other kinds of elements besides inputs as well.

Anyone have ideas?

Kattenvriendin · **Posted:** Sat Feb 23, 2013 1:24 pm

Ok, not a CLUE what I am saying here. I showed this to a friend and he said:

I suspect that the vars have to be parsed as "./parent.bar(1)">

Again.. he could be speaking Chinese.. at least I know he is not swearing here LOL!

bmenrigh · **Posted:** Sat Feb 23, 2013 1:26 pm

You're probably using Chrome which has some stricter security checks.

Have you seen http://stackoverflow.com/questions/2161388/iframe-function-calling-from-iframe-to-parent-page-javascript-function

Setting the document.domain DOM element in both pages may do the trick.

Ender Delphiki · **Joined:** Wed Jan 28, 2009 7:55 pm **Location:** Montana

Yes, I used that page for assistance, and it does work when it's set up like on that page, but once I try to pass a parameter, all hell breaks loose. I'll take a look at the DOM and see if that fixes it.

Also, yes, I am in Chrome.

Kattenvriendin wrote:

Ok, not a CLUE what I am saying here. I showed this to a friend and he said:
I suspect that the vars have to be parsed as "./parent.bar(1)">

This would be the correct answer if I was trying to access a file, but I'm look for a function.

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