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A MainWindow creates a JavaScript object that the ChildWindow needs to utilize utilize.
My MainWindow.html looks like this at the moment
<html>
<body>
<script>
var varObject = {type:"Error", message:"Lots"};
</script>
<iframe class="child" src="ChildWindow.html"></iframe>
</body>
</html>
The ChildWindow.html looks like this
<html>
<body>
<script>
console.log(varObject.type); // goal is to log "Error"
</script>
</body>
</html>
The ChildWindow is trying to use the object that was created in the MainWindow which of course it can't because I don't yet know how to pass it.
I've tried to Google this but most of the solutions I found involved passing the values as strings instead of as a variable.
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The usual solution is to use window. parent in the frame to get "up" (into the document which contains the iframe tag). Now you can call any method in the container document. This method can manipulate the frame (for example call some JavaScript in the frame with the parameters you need).
On this page, two iframes interact with each other using JavaScript. First we show how one iframe can get references to the other iframe and the document inside it. Then we provide an example which demonstrates one iframe accessing and modifying the other's properties, objects, and content.
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One can simply pass the object by assigning the object to the window of the iframe.
in the parent window:
var frame = document.querySelector("iframe");
frame.contentWindow.object_of_interest = object_of_interest;
in the iframe'ed window
console.log(window.object_of_interest);
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