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FRAME XHTML Element

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Windows Embedded CE 6.0 R3

4/8/2010

The FRAME element specifies an individual frame within a FRAMESET. This is a block element and does not require a closing tag.

Using this Element

There are some common properties and collections that apply to all the elements of the document object model, see Common Properties, Methods and Collections for the HTML Elements in Internet Explorer Mobile.

This element can be used within a web page with attributes.

This element can be used within scripts where it will have properties, events and methods.

Attributes

The following table shows items that Internet Explorer Mobile supports

Attribute Value Description

CLASS

 

Associates the element with a CSS style.

> [!NOTE] > Supported only for devices running Windows Mobile 2003 software or later.

ID

 

Uniquely identifies the element within a document.

> [!NOTE] > Supported only for devices running Windows Mobile 2003 software or later.

MARGINHEIGHT

1…#

Specifies the top and bottom margins for the contents of the frame. The default value for MARGINHEIGHT is 6.

MARGINWIDTH

1…#

Specifies the left and right margins for the contents of the frame. The default value for MARGINWIDTH is 6.

NAME

String

Specifies the name of the frame

SCROLLING

 

Specifies whether or not the user can scroll the frame.

 

auto

The browser determines if scrollbars are necessary. This is the default setting.

 

yes

The frame can be scrolled

 

no

The frame cannot scroll.

SRC

URL

Specifies the URL to be loaded in the FRAME

STYLE

 

Provides the definition of the CSS styles used for this element.

> [!NOTE] > Supported only for devices running Windows Mobile 2003 software or later.

Scripting Properties

The following table shows items that Internet Explorer Mobile supports.

Property Type Access Comments

document

object

Read Only

Retrieves the Automation object of the active document, if any.

marginHeight

variant

Read Only

Sets or retrieves the top and bottom margin heights before displaying the text in a frame.

marginWidth

variant

Read Only

Sets or retrieves the left and right margin widths before displaying the text in a frame.

name

string

Read Only

Sets or retrieves the frame name.

noResize

boolean

Read Only

Sets or retrieves whether the user can resize the frame.

offsetHeight

Number

Read-only

Contains the height of the object in pixels, relative to the parent element.

offsetLeft

Number

Read-only

Contains the number of pixels from the left of the parent element.

offsetParent

String

Read-only

Contains a reference to the container object that defines the offsetTop and offsetLeft properties of the object.

offsetTop

Number

Read-only

Contains the number of pixels from the top of the parent element

offsetWidth

Number

Read-only

Contains the width of the object in pixels, relative to the parent element.

scrolling

string

Read Only

Sets or retrieves whether the frame can be scrolled.

src

string

Read Only

Sets or retrieves a URL to be loaded by the object.

Scripting Events

This element has no associated events.

Scripting Methods

Method Arguments Description

getAttribute

option

Syntax:

vAttrValue=frame.getAttribute(sAttrName[,iFlags])

  • Returns the value of the specified attribute. If the attribute is not present then a NULL is returned.
    sAttrName is a String containing the name of the attribute.
    iFlags is an integer that specifies one or more of the following:
    0 (Default) Performs a property search that is not case-sensitive, and returns an interpolated value if the property is found.
    1 Performs a case-sensitive property search. To find a match, the uppercase and lowercase letters in sAttrName must exactly match those in the attribute name.

2 Returns the value exactly as it was set in script or in the source document.

Requirements

Windows Mobile Pocket PC for Windows Mobile Version 5.0 and later, Smartphone for Windows Mobile Version 5.0 and later

See Also

Concepts

Internet Explorer Mobile HTML Elements