Switching between plugin and flash

[BLiZZaRD]

So it works good now? Thats great!

[jscheuer1]

I found the answer .... thanks to everybody who tried to help.... using that firebug error i was able to find another forum where somebody had asked a similar question. it turns out that firefox doesnt like calling frames by their id... so you have to do this:

window.frames[0].loadP3D(source);

Yes, that's the best way. If you call an iframe by its id in Firefox and most browsers you can access its src and other attributes of it as an element on the page. But if you want to access its properties as a window, like location, or its contained document, anything that relates to it as a window, you need to reference it as a frame. It's frames[#] is the best way to do that. Another alternative to do so is by name, ex:

<iframe name="whatever" . . .

window.frames.whatever.loadP3d(source);

But that isn't as reliable as by its number because the name has to be unique, whereas the number (which relates to which frame starting at 0 that it is on the page/in the window), will always be unique.

An additional issue with names is that sometimes they can be confused with other things (like variables, functions, classes, or id's) in the document or window. And even when they are not, may not work anyway. So, when accessing the iframe as a window, the number is almost always the way to go.

[corbo950]

window.frames.pandaFrame.loadP3D(source);

That was the way that i was referencing it that wasn't working in firefox. Doesn't matter now though this works. Thanks for all your help both of you

[jscheuer1]

That was the way that i was referencing it that wasn't working in firefox. Doesn't matter now though this works. Thanks for all your help both of you

Well not exactly, you have:

        	<iframe id="pandaFrame"  
				frameborder="0"  vspace="0"  hspace="0"  marginwidth="0"  
				marginheight="0" width="680"  scrolling="no"  height="480"
				src="p3dwrapper.html">
			</iframe>

for:

window.frames.pandaFrame

to have any chance of working, it needs to be the name of the frame:

        	<iframe name="pandaFrame"  
				frameborder="0"  vspace="0"  hspace="0"  marginwidth="0"  
				marginheight="0" width="680"  scrolling="no"  height="480"
				src="p3dwrapper.html">
			</iframe>

But as you see, the number works. And as I say, the number is the best method. Sometimes it isn't possible to use the number though.