Hi Monks

I'm writing a web demo that communicates with an XMLRPC server for data, so I'm writing it as 2 frames. A top frame for everything the user would normally use and a bottom frame to show the xmlrpc trace. The UI all hinges round these 3 subs.

The problem is that I can only put items into the log frame by using the target on an HTML link or form but I need a form submitted in the main content area to produce output to the main area and also write some logging information to the log area but write_log & write_content only write to the frame they're called from.

I've RTFM'd and experimeted with using -id and/or -name on the frameset definition. 

use CGI ':all';
##    Starting Frameset Definition    
sub makeframeset {
    # create document frameset. top area for ui
    # bottom area for XMLRPC trace
    my $self = self_url;
    print header,
        frameset({-border => "1", -rows => "1*,1*",  cols => "*"},
            frame({-name => 'main', -src => "$self?run=page"}),
            frame({-name => 'log', -src => "$self?run=log"})
        ),
    end_html;
}

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I've also experimented with placing (-target => 'log') on start_html or header for each of these: 

##    Write a message to the log area    
sub write_log {
    # write message to the log frame
    my $messages = \@_;
    print header,
        start_html(-target => 'log'),
        pre(join "\n", @$messages),
        end_html;
}

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##    Write content to the main page area    
sub write_content {
    # write html to the main frame
    my $html = \@_;
    print header,
        start_html(-target => 'main'),
        join "\n", @$html,
        end_html;
}

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And enough content to make it work 

my $run = param("run");
if ($run eq 'log') {
    write_log('Log Message Area');
} elsif ($run eq 'page') {
        write_content('Main Area');
        write_content("<a href='self_url()'>Simulate Run</a>");
} else {
    write_content("running...");
    write_log("foo");
}

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In reply to Outputting to 2 HTML frames from 1 CGI by spatterson

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