Internet Explorer frame.frames properties of an object do not retain their values after upgrading to Windows XP Service Pack 2 (SP2) (884697)

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256986 Description of the Microsoft Windows Registry

CAUSE

In Windows XP Service Pack 2, the frames object is now wrapped with a security wrapper. When the new object caching feature is enabled, this security wrapper is applied. Therefore, access to all cached objects is blocked. This may cause the frames object comparison to return false even though the frames are equal.

RESOLUTION

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To resolve this problem, you can use either of the following methods to restore or to replicate the original functionality:

You can compare the frames objects by name, as in the following sample code:
```
a.name == parent.frames[1].frames.name
```
You can change the registry by using the following registry setting. The following registry setting reverts the object caching to pre-Service Pack 2 behavior. The registry change has to be performed on each client. We do not recommend this method.

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE or HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software \Microsoft \Internet Explorer\Main\FeatureControl\FEATURE_OBJECT_CACHING Value: IExplore.exe Setting: 0 (Off), 1 (On)

Note Restart your computer after you modify the value data of this registry key.

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Steps to reproduce the problem

Create an HTML page that is named Test1.html. Put the following code in the Test1.html page:

<html>
<head>
<title>Test</title>
</head>

<frameset id=frset1 rows='33%,33%,33%'>
<frame name="frame1" title="" src="about:blank" marginheight='0' marginwidth='0' noresize scrolling='No'>
<frame name="frame2" title="" src="about:blank" marginheight='0' marginwidth='0' noresize scrolling='No'>
<frame name="frame3" title="" src="test2.html" marginheight='0' marginwidth='0' noresize scrolling='No'>
</frameset>

</html>

Create a second HTML page that is named Test2.html. Put the following code in the Test2.html page :

<html>
<script language="javascript">
var a;
function frames()
{
  
   a = parent.frames[1].frames;
 
   
}
function boo()
{
 
      if (a== parent.frames[1].frames)
         alert("match ");
      else
         alert("no match ");
   
}
</script>
<body onload="frames()">
<br>
<input type="button" onclick="boo()" value="Test">
</body>

</html>

Put Test1.html and Test2.html in the same folder.
Double-click Test1.html, and then click Test.
On a computer that is running Windows XP Service Pack 2, you may receive the following message:no matchOn a computer that is running a version earlier than Windows XP Service Pack 2, you may receive the following message:match

Internet Explorer frame.frames properties of an object do not retain their values after upgrading to Windows XP Service Pack 2 (SP2) (884697)

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