[Javascript] (no subject)

[javascript@xxxxxxxxxx (Larry Cotton)]

Hi

I have a couple of questions regarding frames. The first is about whether I 
can avoid using them and the second is about refreshing frames.

1) I have a situation where the first part of the page is a simple search 
engine that, when activated (by a button press) uses javascript to generate 
and search an array. When the search is complete I wish to display the 
results below in the second half of the page. The viewer can then make some 
selections from the output and javascript is used to store any selections 
and perform any actions on the displayed items in the array. The array is 
stored in an object that must be accessible by both sections of the page. 
I'm not a huge fan of frames and was wondering if it is possible to do this 
sort of thing without using frames ?

2) I noticed that when there are two frames in a frameset and the bottom 
frame has been displayed using javascript, the bottom frame is not reset 
when the refresh button is pressed on the browser. Does anyone know a) why 
this is and b) how to make sure both frames are refreshed ?

Cheers
Larry