Accordion attachURL(url) getFrame() document empty

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#1

Hi Folks,

I am using an accordion to which I add three items. The third item gets it’s content from a call to attachURL(url) and the iframe is loaded successfully and I can see it’s content in the DOM. Unfortunately when I try to access any of the HTML elements within the iframe I get a null value. The code follows:

accordion.addItem(“b1”, “Foo”);
accordion.addItem(“b2”, “Bar”);
accordion.addItem(“b3”, “Baz”);

accordion.cells(“b3”).attachURL(url);
var iFrameObj = subAccordion.cells(“b3”).getFrame();
var iframe = iFrameObj.contentWindow;

var findMe = iframe.document.getElementById(“findMe”);

The findMe variable is always null. If I print the iframe object to the console it looks like an iframe, but it’s #document property is empty, even though it is visible in the DOM.

Any help would be much appreciated.

Thanks,

Daryl

#2

Please note my typo, the subAccordion.cells(“b3”).getFrame() should be accordion.cells(“b3”).getFrame(). Sorry 'bout that.

#3

Also please note that when I print the iframe to the console:

var iframe = iFrameObj.contentWindow;
console.log(“iframe =”, iframe);

it shows that iframe is a Window object. If I can provide any further details, please let me know.

Thanks.

#4

I’m thinking the attachURL(url) code is running asynchronously so the content is not yet available, however I’ve tried telling it not to use ajax:

accordion.cells(“a2”).attachURL(url, false);

but that didn’t work either. I’ve tried to see if there is a “onContentLoaded” or some such event handler for an accordion, but so far haven’t found anything.

Again, any help would be much appreciated.

Thanks,

Daryl

#5

Ok, I’ve answered my own question. For anyone having any similar problem this is the solution I am using successfully:

accordion.attachEvent(“onContentLoaded”, function() {
var iframe = accordion.cells(“a2”).getFrame().contentWindow;
var findMe = iframe.document.getElementById(“findMe”);
console.log("findMe div = ", findMe); // prints:

find me

}

Sure do wish the DHTMLX documentation was a bit more thorough.

Best Regards,

Daryl