Q381 Is it possible to detect from outside a floating frame that the contents have loaded?

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Q381 Is it possible to detect from outside a floating frame that the contents have loaded?

Only in Internet Explorer 4 using the document.all object and the frames readyState property:

<iframe id="myId" src="floatingframe.html"></iframe>

<form>
<input type="button" value="Interrogate" onClick="alert(document.all('myId').ReadyState)">
</form>

Possible values include:

• uninitialized - The object is not initialized with data.
• loading - The object is currently loading its data.
• interactive - The object can be interacted with even though it is not fully loaded.
• complete - The control is completely loaded.

Although I've only managed to get it to return the value 4.