hi,
i'm working on a site right now which has 3 frames, a left, top and main.  
i wanted to put a search box either in the left or top frame, but the 
problem is how would i display the results in the main frame?  is there a 
way to user response.redirect and target a certain frame? i wanted the 
input typed into the search box sent to a search page which would then 
redirect to the appropriate page but in the main frame.

Thank you.

	Yes, in fact you've got the right keyword in your question - target.
Basically in your <frame> tags, you give each <frame> a name (like <frame
name="results">), then in a <form> or a <a> tag, you can target a frame by
its name:

<form method="POST" action="search.aspx" target="results">
...
</form>

so the requested search.aspx will appear in the frame (or window even!)
named "results".  I think. :)

HTH,
- Chuck

-----Original Message-----
From: soni29@h... [mailto:soni29@h...]
Sent: Wednesday, May 08, 2002 5:17 PM
To: ASP+
Subject: [aspx] search box and frames


hi,
i'm working on a site right now which has 3 frames, a left, top and main.  
i wanted to put a search box either in the left or top frame, but the 
problem is how would i display the results in the main frame?  is there a 
way to user response.redirect and target a certain frame? i wanted the 
input typed into the search box sent to a search page which would then 
redirect to the appropriate page but in the main frame.

Thank you.

Add the target frame at the Form tag.
for example your main frame is named : "main"

<form name="FormName" method="post" action="filename.aspx" id="FormName" 
target="main">

if it doesn't work, try to change your action page to other file name, and 
add the target frame at the FORM tag.

regards,
-ali-

At 09:17 PM 5/8/2002 +0000, you wrote:
>hi,
>i'm working on a site right now which has 3 frames, a left, top and main.
>i wanted to put a search box either in the left or top frame, but the
>problem is how would i display the results in the main frame?  is there a
>way to user response.redirect and target a certain frame? i wanted the
>input typed into the search box sent to a search page which would then
>redirect to the appropriate page but in the main frame.
>
>Thank you.