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Carlos Castillo
Carlos Castillo

Reputation: 553

Is it possible to use <iframe> to point to an .aspx page?

I'm trying to use an <iframe> to point to an .aspx file, but when I load it I keep getting an empty frame, no matter what is in the target .aspx nothing gets displayed. Here the html:

<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" >
<head runat="server">
    <title></title>
</head>
<body>
    <form id="form1" runat="server">
    <div>
        This is the principal page</div>
        <iframe id="myIframe" src="SimpleTarget.aspx" height="100%" width="100%"></iframe> 
    </form>
</body>
</html>

Then I tried it pointing to an html and it was succesfully rendered in the browser showing the html content. Here the html:

<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" >
<head runat="server">
    <title></title>
</head>
<body>
    <form id="form1" runat="server">
    <div>
        This is the principal page</div>
        <iframe id="myIframe" src="HTMLPage1.htm" height="100%" width="100%"></iframe> 
    </form>
</body>
</html>

So my question is, am I missing something when defining the iframe or is completely impossible to point to an .aspx with an iframe?

In case it is impossible, is there another way to show aspx pages within another html page?

Upvotes: 2

Views: 41168

Answers (5)

Dale
Dale

Reputation: 1731

I found that the following in a Global.asax file stopped iframes opening aspx pages:

void Application_BeginRequest(object sender, EventArgs e) {
    HttpContext.Current.Response.AddHeader("X-Frame-Options", "DENY");
}

Used to stop cross site scripting but also breaks internal iframes when using aspx pages; removing this "fixed" the problem for me.

Upvotes: 1

Symeon Breen
Symeon Breen

Reputation: 1541

In firefox you can right click in th iframe and get an iframe menu and choose to open the frame in a new tab - this will confirm the actual url being used by the browser for the iframe and as others have stated allow you to ensure the aspx page does render correctly.

Upvotes: 0

Chase Florell
Chase Florell

Reputation: 47447

Is this bit a typo? if not it could be your problem

src="SimpleTarget.aspx"height="100%"

should be

src="SimpleTarget.aspx" height="100%"

This is also a typo (but would not break your rendering.

<iframe id="myIframe" src="HTMLPage1.htm" 100%" width="100%">

should be

<iframe id="myIframe" src="HTMLPage1.htm" height="100%" width="100%">

Upvotes: 3

womp
womp

Reputation: 116987

A request for an .aspx page is no different from a request for an HTML file. Either your asp page is not rendering properly (possibly a server error?) or else your iframe is not pointing to it correctly.

I do notice that you have a badly formatted src tag for the .aspx page..

src="SimpleTarget.aspx"height="100%"

should be

src="SimpleTarget.aspx" height="100%"

Upvotes: 1

anthares
anthares

Reputation: 11223

It should work with SimpleTarget.aspx just make sure that the relative path is correct and the page is loaded when you hit it with the browser ...

Upvotes: 4

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