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9/26/2011 11:46 AM
 
Flay


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Hello,

I am creating a simple custom module for searching. I used an IFrame, with a textbox, combobox and a search button. The user then enters a word he would like to search for in the textbox and he picks the search area from the combobox, these two values are then used as query parameters so I only get the data the user is looking for directly from the database (I get the data programatically in IFRAME.ascx.vb file). So up to here i'm fairly certain everything is working, query has been tested and works fine.

Now i have a ReportsModule on the same page and i would like to send this data that i get from the database to the ReportsModule so the user can see the results... But i haven't got a clue how to begin.... i have been looking at query string parameters and IMC but I'm not getting any of it.

Any ideas, sudgestions would be greatly appreciated.
 
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10/2/2011 5:03 PM
 
cathal connolly


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either approach is fine normally, but the issue it that the iframe is not a part of the page i.e. it's unaware of the URL of the hosting page and the iframe URL is not obvious to the hosting page (though it's possible to get either via javascript - as long as the iframed page is in the same domain) -this may be your best option i.e. having the iframed page execute parent.location.href=parent.location.href + "?someparameter=somevalue"
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10/4/2011 4:32 AM
 
Flay


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I don't quite understand... Why do I need the URL? I have sent the parameters to IFrame and got the data from the database, i just need to send the data to the reports module and show them as if i put a query in that module...
If there is an easier or more logical way for doing these please tell me.
 
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10/4/2011 9:33 PM
 
cathal connolly


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an iframe is a completely different page i.e. it is not part of the same page so to communicate between them you need a sharing mechanism - as they are different pages the easiest way is via the url (i.e. you can't use session/cache as they're different sites and have different content - though if they're in the same domain you can leverage asp.net session or cache), otherwise you're looking at using javascript to pass information between the elements via the DOM
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10/5/2011 4:39 AM
 
Flay


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Ah I get it :)
But I don't know how to communicate via URL, if you could tell me a bit more about that. Like I said i barely started using DotNetNuke...
 
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