Question

I’m tyring to find out how some website works. In it’s JS codes there is a ‘Commander’ object that is used many times in scripts within webpages:

parent.Commander.SetTime();
parent.Commander.GetData();
etc...

and they work, i know because the SetTime() already sets the time for the pages i view within the website and other methods also are doing their jobs.
but when i try to access the Commander object i can’t.(parent.Commander returns ‘undefined’ when i try to access it in debug console)
Plus, i can’t find where ‘Commander’ is defined.
The webpage looks like this:
There is a frameset, and one of it’s frames’ name is ‘Commander’.

...
<FRAME noResize src="/_Templates/Commander.htm" name=Commander scrolling=no>
...

‘Commander.htm’ loads ‘Commander.js’.

...
<SCRIPT language=javascript src="/_Scripts/Commander.js"></SCRIPT>
...

‘Commander.js’ consist of function definitions

function SetTime(){
...
}
...

but the commander object is not defined anywhere. i’m expecting something like this:

function Commander()
{
SetTime()
...
}

OR

Commander = new Object();
Commander.SetTime=function();

so i want to know how i can access Commander’s methods.
(if my question is unclear, please ask me to explain more. thank you)

Answer 1

parent.Commander refers to the frame’s content window, so parent.Commander.SetTime() would bsically be referring to the global function SetTime() defined within the Commander frame.