hello hello function paintRed() { mySon.all("5").bgColor = "red" ; mySon.focus() ; <p id="5"> AMEN</p> mY paragraph(id=5) is in mySon.htm. paintRed() is in main.htm My purpose is to change the bgcolor of the paragraph in myson.htm using the paintRed() method. what is the correct syntax to make it work? thanx a lot