Frames in ASP???

benskywalker · September 26th, 2003, 10:52 AM

Can anyone help me on how to construct frames in ASP? I know that ASP does not really use frames but I am unsure on how to actually setup a page to appear to be running in frames. Like a logo at the top and a menu on the left to be anchored down on the page and then a "HOME" frame to update when I click a link.

sidneyfuerte · September 26th, 2003, 12:47 PM

I'm not sure if i understand your post correctly, if you are asking if you can display your asp pages in frames... yes you can, just create your main .html file that has two frames (top and bottom). Then on the page link in your frames call the ASP you want to use. Like this:

<html>
<head>
<title>Untitled Document</title>
<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1">
</head>

<frameset rows="80,*" frameborder="NO" border="0" framespacing="0">
<frame src="Top.asp" name="topFrame" scrolling="NO" noresize >
<frame src="Bottom.asp" name="mainFrame">
</frameset>
<noframes>
<body>
</body>
</noframes>
</html>

I hope this will help you :)

Thanks/Regards
Sidney

benskywalker · September 26th, 2003, 01:12 PM

Thanks Sidnet. But I was very incorrect in what I was asking. I can display the ASP fields in the frame...but one page is like a login screen. Whenever I login to the screen it takes me back to the login screen. If I use the page outside of the frame it will verify my username and password and take me to a submit screen that I have set up. But inside of the frame it continues to take me back to the login screen. So I conclude that my code is right but that ASP doesn't want to run in a frame. So I was asking how to write it in ASP so that the frame isn't really a frame. I hope this makes a little more sense.

sidneyfuerte · September 26th, 2003, 01:20 PM

I think you need to specify your targets in your event handlers. If your have a login event be sure to specify what frame you want to use. You can use your Frame Names as your field in TARGETS.

Thanks/Regards
Sidney

benskywalker · September 26th, 2003, 01:27 PM

How exactly do you to a target in a response.redirect tag?

benskywalker · September 28th, 2003, 11:00 AM

Okay I need a little more help on this topic then what I initially thought. I'm trying to set up a website. :) I want to make a login that I can set a session to (already done) and have it auto update pages that I have. Please view my site by going to http://www.houseofmorrigan.tk. When you get their click on the Star Wars Galaxies website. This will help people understand what I need. I have a menu on the left and a logo at the top. I want those to be constant pages that is why I set them up as frames. Now what I want to do is have the menu update when I have someone log in. I can put a generic login at the top by the logo that is no problem. But I know that asp pages don't like to run in frames so I want to know how to do this. Can anyone help me?

KenSchaefer · September 29th, 2003, 06:57 AM

You need to have some understanding of how HTML works.

Once you have verified the user, you can reload the *current* frame. Or, if you want to reload one of the other frames, you need to write out some javascript dynamically. This javascript will execute on the client and reload the appropriate frame.

Remember: ASP runs on the server. ASP knows *nothing* about the frames that are in the client browser. All ASP sees is a request for a webpage. It doesn't know anything about the other webpages in the frame that you want to reload. Only the client browser knows about these other pages. You need to tell the client browser (using client-side javascript) which other pages you also want to reload.

Cheers
Ken

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benskywalker · September 29th, 2003, 08:14 AM

Right Ken. This I know. ASP server side, scripts are generally client side. The problem is...well I'm new to it :-). I've made a page with three frames. One has a login. When I do the login I want the rest of the page to update. Of course the items are really only going to change if the login was successful. I think my first step is just to get the login to actually go through the registration process in the frame I have for it. I can't get that to work.

benskywalker · September 29th, 2003, 01:17 PM

I've done alot of research today. From what I was read I have just gotten confused. I put the login into frame C. When I input the login and click login it goes to a register page. The register page the verifies the account and Response.Redirect's to the Submit page or to the login page depending on if they authorized. This is where I assume my error is. As if I have it in a frame it does nothing but put me back to the login page. But if I have it out to a new window it works. Am I right in my assumption of where the error is? And how can this be fixed.