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Reference the parent frame
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index.htm
<head>
<title>Frameset Example</title>
</head>
<frameset rows="100,*">
<frame src="frame.htm" name="topFrame" />
<frameset cols="50%,50%">
<frame src="anotherframe.htm" name="leftFrame" />
<frame src="anotherframeset.htm" name="rightFrame" />
</frameset>
</frameset>
frame.htm
<head>
<title>topFrame</title>
</head>
<body>
<h1>topFrame</h1>
<table border="1">
<tr>
<td>window.name =</td><td><script>document.write(window.name)</script></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>top.name =</td><td><script>document.write(top.name)</script></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>parent.name =</td><td><script>document.write(parent.name)</script></td>
</tr>
</table>
</body>
anotherframe.htm
<head>
<title>leftFrame</title>
</head>
<body>
<h1>leftFrame</h1>
<table border="1">
<tr>
<td>window.name =</td><td><script>document.write(window.name)</script></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>top.name =</td><td><script>document.write(top.name)</script></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>parent.name =</td><td><script>document.write(parent.name)</script></td>
</tr>
</table>
</body>
anotherframeset.htm
<head>
<title>Frameset Example</title>
</head>
<frameset cols="100,*">
<frame src="red.htm" name="redFrame" />
<frame src="blue.htm" name="blueFrame" />
</frameset>
red.htm
<head>
<title>redFrame</title>
</head>
<body>
<h1>redFrame</h1>
<table border="1">
<tr>
<td>window.name =</td><td><script>document.write(window.name)</script></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>top.name =</td><td><script>document.write(top.name)</script></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>parent.name =</td><td><script>document.write(parent.name)</script></td>
</tr>
</table>
</body>
blue.htm
<head>
<title>blueFrame</title>
</head>
<body>
<h1>blueFrame</h1>
<table border="1">
<tr>
<td>window.name =</td><td><script>document.write(window.name)</script></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>top.name =</td><td><script>document.write(top.name)</script></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>parent.name =</td><td><script>document.write(parent.name)</script></td>
</tr>
</table>
</body>
</html>
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