form in frames

[gaurav chaudhary]

I am stuck with a problem regarding frames. I have one main html which has three frames...top,bottom,middle. Now on this main page I wanted to have a form. Now, two fields are in top page, two in middle page and two fields with submit on bottom page. Can these all values be submitted like a form?
thanks in advance

[Randall Twede]

that is not going to work. your main page contains a frameset tag which takes the place of a body tag. it can only include other frameset tags, frame tages and noframes tags. since you have no body you cant add a form.

[Chris Reeves]

You can try this; no guarantees here though.
In the html for each frame, you must declare a form; in this form tag, give the form a name.
e.g.:
<form name="form1" action="whatever" method="[POST/GET]">
Next, in the form that contains the submit button, add some hidden fields, one for each field you'd like to submit from the other frames.
Then, change the action for this form to a javascript function. In this function, you'll want to copy the values from the other frames/forms in your hidden fields. Then submit().
It's not pretty but it should work. As for me, I'd just get rid of the frames.

[Eric Pascarello]

here is an idea.
On the frame that is being submitted, have a series of hidden form elements that correspond to the other elements in the other frames. When information is entered into the element, have it fill in the hidden field.
if you do not know how to do it, here is the basic idea
<input type='text' value="" onblur="parent.FrameName.document.FormName.HiddenElement.name.value=this.value">
This method would be the easiest way to do it