Hi!

You can maintain a single frame for all other frames. Anyway, if this is not a good solution...

- I remember that Java objects can have ability to query HTML page from the HTTP port.

- You can instantiate the MS XML object and load XML through internet, than parse it in th Java Script. Java Script allows creating of the objects, however, MS XML should be installed on the client.

- download Behavior in IE 5.0 and hire allows file download. Take a look to help on that behavior (for example, it is available for DIV tag) in MSDN, there is a working sample.

- create a new window on the fly in JScript, than examine its content and release it.

In IE5.0 there are so many features, that I got lost to find something. Probably you can create frame on the fly using new IE5.0 features that allow to add elements on the fly to any container, there is also method that create any IE5.0 object\(s) using HTML text.

Good luck!

>>Usually hidden frame is used for this. Load page in that hidden frame when main frame remains unchanged. The HTML page loaded to the hidden frame contains a script that do anything you want to refresh on the pages without reloading them, include showing of the message as you require. (I usually use this approach to refresh 2 related list - when item in one list changed, another list refreshed by loading list from server. For example, States list - list of cities refreshing, County selection - refresh of list of zip codes in that county, order selection - refresh list of items etc.) Works in IE, Netscape and Opera.
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>Yes, that'll work. However, I don't want to add a frame in all HTML pages which do not include frame. That represents several dozens of pages and they are within the main browser page.