From http://www.faqts.com/knowledge_base/view.phtml/aid/981/fid/127
The usual objects you script inside a window (e.g.
document
history
location
varName
methodName()
are just properties of the window object and the above are just
shortcuts for
window.document
window.history
window.location
window.varName
window.methodName()
If you replace window with a reference to another window object you can script
that as well (subject to cross domain security restrictions).
To access a
frameset window from inside a frame you access the parent object so:
parent.document
parent.location
etc. scripts the containing window for a frame.
parent.frameName
is the reference to the <FRAME NAME="frameName" ...> sibling thus
parent.frameName.document
parent.frameName.location
parent.frameName.varName
parent.frameName.functionName()
scripts another frame.
To refresh a window use the Javascript function "reload". Therefore, to refresh the currect window use:
location.reload(true)
To refresh a sibling frame use parent.framename.location.reload(true).
Here is the entire script to reload the frame named "left_frame".
<script language="JavaScript1.1"> <!-- parent.left_frame.location.reload(true); //-->-> </script>