Yeah, that's a pain. I did it for the Krang website for an iframe. Here's how: 

function reSize() {
    var iframe = document.getElementById("ifrm");
    if (window.innerHeight) {
      // Netscape compatible
      iframe.height = window.innerHeight - 150;
    } else if( document.documentElement &&
               document.documentElement.clientHeight ) {
       //IE 6+ in 'standards compliant mode'
       iframe.height = document.documentElement.clientHeight - 150;
    } else if( document.body && ocument.body.clientHeight ) {
       //IE 4 compatible
       iframe.height = document.body.clientHeight - 150;
    }
}

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I called that function like this: 

<body onload="reSize()" onresize="reSize()">

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I don't remember where I got this voodoo from but I sure as heck didn't come up with it myself!

-sam

In reply to Re^3: A new chatterbox flavour by samtregar
in thread A new chatterbox flavour by Aristotle

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