this works for me and might give you an indication where you are going
wrong. If not show us the code
.cg
<html>
<head>
<title>Test Frames</title>
</head>
<frameset cols="*, *">
<frame name="left" src="left.html">
<frame name="right" src="right.html">
</frameset>
</html>
<html>
<head>
<title>Right Frame</title>
</head>
<body>
<a href="javascript:top.frames['left'].foo();">Click Me!</a>
</body>
</html>
<html>
<head>
<title>Left Frame</title>
<script language="javascript">
function foo () {
alert ("Fucntion called and browser is " +
top.navigator.navigator.appVersion);
}
</script>
</head>
<body>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: webdev-admin at linux.ie [mailto:webdev-admin at linux.ie]On Behalf Of
> Tony Clarke
> Sent: 23 June 2000 11:43
> To: webdev at linux.ie> Subject: [Webdev] JavaScript variable scope
>>>> I'm abit baffled by the scoping rules in Javascript. Imagine the
> following scenario
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