Question

I got different javascript-Files and a website with frames. In generalJavascript.js I wrote this

console.log("BP0 - generalJavaScript.js eingebungen;");
top.window.clickedNewForm = false; 
function setClickedNewForm(booleanobj){
    console.log("BP5 - setClickedNewForm(); top.window.clickedNewForm: " + top.window.clickedNewForm + ";");
    top.window.clickedNewForm = booleanobj;
    console.log("BP6 - top.window.clickedNewForm: " + top.window.clickedNewForm + ";");
}
function getClickedNewForm(){
    console.log("BP7 - getClickedNewForm();");
    return top.window.clickedNewForm;
}

In Firefox-Console I can see messages like this:

Permission denied to access property 'clickedNewForm'
generalJavaScript.js()genera...ript.js (Zeile 11)
[Bei diesem Fehler anhalten]    
top.window.clickedNewForm = false;

What is wrong ? I thought if I declared a global var on top-object it will be accessable from all frames?!

UPDATE: tried to use parent.myvar instead of top.window, unfortunately nothing changed, FF-Console:

BP0 - generalJavaScript.js eingebungen;
genera...ript.js (Zeile 10)
Permission denied to access property 'clickedNewForm'
generalJavaScript.js()genera...ript.js (Zeile 12)
[Bei diesem Fehler anhalten]    
parent.clickedNewForm = false;

Answer 1

You need to use the parent object to access value’s from a parent frame.

console.log("BP0 - generalJavaScript.js eingebungen;");
parent.clickedNewForm = false; 
function setClickedNewForm(booleanobj){
    console.log("BP5 - setClickedNewForm(); parent.clickedNewForm: " + parent.clickedNewForm + ";");
    parent.clickedNewForm = booleanobj;
    console.log("BP6 - parent.clickedNewForm: " + parent.clickedNewForm + ";");
}
function getClickedNewForm(){
    console.log("BP7 - getClickedNewForm();");
    return parent.clickedNewForm;
}