Q592 How can I read the contents of another frame?

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Only in Internet Explorer 4 by the use of the document.all() object. For example:

<script language="JavaScript"><!--
function extract() {
    if (document.all)
        for (var i=0;i < parent.frameName.document.all.length; i++)
            if (parent.frameName.document.all(i).tagName == 'TABLE')
                alert(parent.frameName.document.all(i).outerHTML);
}

extract();
//--></script>

But this only works if the JavaScript and the CGI program are located on the same server.