Redirect to parent via iFrame from MVC Action using javascript

Question

I have a MVC form in an iFrame on a Webforms site. The form submits via the following code but I would like it to redirect to the parent page on the Webforms site. It doesn’t work as I can’t get RedirectResult to target the parent. From what I have learnt in the past is that it can’t be done?

[HttpPost]
public ActionResult Index(string FindText, string FindTown)
{
    return new RedirectResult("http://www.thesite.com/SearchResults.aspx?SearchText=" + SearchText + "&Town=" + Town);
}

Is there a way I can target the parent via Javascript from inside the Action to achieve the result I would like?

e.g.. using,

window.parent.location.href

if this is possible how would I write it?

Sławomir Rosiek · Accepted Answer · 2013-05-07 20:17:59Z

6

You can try return JavaScriptResult:

return new JavaScriptResult 
{
    Script = string.Format("window.parent.location.href = '{0}'", url)
};

or ContentResult:

return ContentResult
{
    Content = string.Format("<script type="text/javascript">window.parent.location.href = '{0}';</script>", url),
    ContentType = "text/html"
};

answered May 7, 2013 at 20:17

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