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Re: form in iframe

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From Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn <PointedEars@web.de>
Organization PointedEars Software (PES)
Date 2013-02-21 20:57 +0100
Subject Re: form in iframe
Newsgroups comp.lang.javascript
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Andrew Poulos wrote:

> On 21/02/2013 12:04 PM, Andrew Poulos wrote:
>> I've been given some HTML which includes an iframe. Within the iframe
>> there's a form. On onsubmit I do some validation of the form input. If
>> it passes validation I return true.
>>
>> How do I get the source of the iframe to change (to a page that says
>> that the form is now being acted on)?
> 
> I've now put a hidden iframe on the page and used that as the target of
> the form. When the form is successfully validated I hide the form and
> show other content.

A curious and certainly unwise approach.  Why not simply submit to the same 
iframe?

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form in iframe Andrew Poulos <ap_prog@hotmail.com> - 2013-02-21 12:04 +1100
  Re: form in iframe Andrew Poulos <ap_prog@hotmail.com> - 2013-02-21 12:19 +1100
    Re: form in iframe SAM <stephanemoriaux.NoAdmin@wanadoo.fr.invalid> - 2013-02-21 10:54 +0100
    Re: form in iframe Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn <PointedEars@web.de> - 2013-02-21 20:57 +0100
  Re: form in iframe Danny <dann90038@gmail.com> - 2013-02-21 15:32 -0800

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