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Subject: how can i use window.resizeto function in an iframe and make it work in firefox?
Category: Computers > Programming
Asked by: rdnpa-ga
List Price: $6.00

Posted: 20 Jan 2005 14:06 PST
Expires: 19 Feb 2005 14:06 PST
Question ID: 460621

In my website there is a page called iframe.asp and that page is
displayed in several other websites within an iframe.

Those websites use this code: 
<iframe src="http://www.mywebsite.com/iframe.asp" width=150 height=200
name="mywebsite" id="mywebsite" MARGINWIDTH=0 MARGINHEIGHT=0 HSPACE=0
VSPACE=0 FRAMEBORDER=0 scrolling=no></IFRAME>

The problem is the content of the iframe has changed, therefore the
height of the iframe has to change as well. But since, i don't want to
ask several websites to update their iframe html code, i want the
iframe resize it self dynamically.

I found the following code which does what i want:
<SCRIPT LANGUAGE="javascript">
<!--
width=700;
height=180;
window.resizeTo(width,height);
//-->
</SCRIPT>

This code works fine in int explorer but does not work in firefox. 

Is there a way of fixing that code so that it can work in firefox as
well? or is there any other way that i can use to resize the iframe
without asking several website owners to update their html code?

ps: i checked my firefox settings, and resizing windows option is enabled.

Clarification of Question by rdnpa-ga on 22 Jan 2005 03:26 PST

I found the following post in a forum which explains how to do what i
want. But since i am not familiar with java script, i could not figure
out how to use it:
http://www.codecomments.com/JScript/message361500.html

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Subject: Re: how can i use window.resizeto function in an iframe and make it work in firefox?
From: dominik1234-ga on 31 Jan 2005 10:46 PST

Try this:

<script language="javascript" type="text/javascript">
<!--
var myframe = parent.document.getElementsByName(window.name)[0];
myframe.height = 800;
myframe.width = 800;
//-->

This will only work if there is no other iframe with the same name on the same page!

Subject: Re: how can i use window.resizeto function in an iframe and make it work in firefox?
From: sm70-ga on 16 Feb 2005 17:57 PST

Try this:
1. Define onload on your asp's (iframe.asp) body tag.
Ex: <body onload="javaScript:adjustFrame()">

2. add following in your asp's head section. I'm assuming that all
your clients using "mywebsite" as ID for your iframe.asp.

<script language="javascript">
	function adjustFrame(id){
		var id = "mywebsite"
		parent.document.getElementById(id).style.display = "";
		if (document.all){
			parent.document.getElementById(id).style.height=(this.document.body.scrollHeight+5)+"px"
		}else if(document.documentElement && document.documentElement.scrollHeight ) {
			parent.document.getElementById(id).style.height=(this.document.documentElement.scrollHeight+5)+"px"
		}else{
			parent.document.getElementById(id).style.height=(this.document.body.scrollHeight+5)+"px"
		}
		if (document.all){
			parent.document.getElementById(id).style.width=(this.document.body.scrollWidth+5)+"px"
		}else if(document.documentElement && document.documentElement.scrollWidth ) {
			parent.document.getElementById(id).style.width=(this.document.documentElement.scrollWidth+5)+"px"
		}else{
			parent.document.getElementById(id).style.width=(this.document.body.scrollWidth+5)+"px"
		}
	}
</script>

Tested on IE 6.0, Netscape 7.0, Firefox.

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