file:/// to http:// communication via IFrame
cdc, html, iframe
Solution
You may find some of these techniques useful: http://softwareas.com/cross-domain-communication-with-iframes
Edit: Per comments below, these techniques don't seem to work when accessing `file:///c:\<path>\test.html`, whereas they do when accessing `http://localhost/test.html`.
I think that's because the `file` protocol is even more restricted by the browser than the `http` protocol. The MSDN page on the file protocol states:
Internet Explorer 6 Service Pack 1 (SP1) no longer allows browsing a local machine from the Internet zone. For instance, if an Internet site contains a link to a local file, Internet Explorer 6 SP1 displays a blank page when a user clicks on the link. Previous versions of Windows Internet Explorer followed the link to the local file.
Whatever technique you were using to get some cross-domain communication was probably blocked by the browser because you were using the `file` protocol.
Problem
Maybe some of you could have ran into the same problem i did. Imagine you have a file on your machine: file:///c:\test.html And you have an IFrame inside of this file. You need to indicate whether the IFrame contents are loaded or no. Bacically, what we have here: 1. location, href, or any other property is inaccessible from file:/// to http:///, or backwards. 2. you can't fire event from the browser window in iframe, or in opposite direction, unfortunately. Does this problem have a solution? P.S.: that's not a hack. it's a real problem. making some interaction from local machine with website integration. UPD: I kinda figure out why it's forbidden. ANY interaction with local files should be forbidden from the web page. It's kinda cool, i do agree. But isn't a # hashtag something that can't harm anyone? :(