I found a solution. The reason the standard javascript reference did not
work is because the page is being dynamically created from several user
controls. A textbox that I named 'IDText' is being renamed _ctl1_IDText.
This syntax works:
this.document.forms[0].elements['_ctl1_IDText'].value = "working!";
"Denise" wrote:
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> > Did you try document.getElementById('myText')?[/color]
> Yes. When I try:
> var x1 = document.getElementById('IDText');
> x1.value = "does it work?"
> I get the error:
> Microsoft JScript runtime error: 'null' is null or not an object
>
> Denise
>
>
> "Eliyahu Goldin" wrote:
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> > Did you try document.getElementById('myText')?
> >
> > Eliyahu
> >
> > "Denise" <Denise@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> > news:908F31DC-3B89-4ED9-A8D9-B21AAADCE67C@microsoft.com...[color=darkred]
> > > I am working with some pre-written code that dynamically builds a page[/color]
> > with[color=darkred]
> > > user controls based on data. I need to attach my Javascript to one of the
> > > controls on the form - I do not have access to the code of the master[/color]
> > page.[color=darkred]
> > > Because of this my <javascript> ends up inside the <form> tag. I want to
> > > simply update some textboxes from a grid using Javascript but it does not
> > > work.
> > >
> > > I know that you are not supposed to have the script within the form, but I
> > > am not at liberty to change the setup - I'm just writing one of the[/color]
> > controls.[color=darkred]
> > >
> > > Here is a very simlified view of what I see when I selece View/Source from[/color]
> > IE:[color=darkred]
> > >
> > > <HTML>
> > > <HEAD>
> > > <title>My Title </title>
> > > <link href="Includes/styles.css" rel="stylesheet">
> > > </HEAD>
> > > <body id="webMainPage">
> > > <form name="_ctl0" method="post" action="." language="javascript"
> > > onsubmit="ValidatorOnSubmit();" id="_ctl0">
> > >
> > > <script language="javascript">
> > > function GridRowSelect() {
> > > document.forms[0].elements['myText'].value = 'Deos not work';
> > > document._ctl0.myText.value = 'Doesn't work either'; }
> > > </script>
> > >
> > > <TABLE id="Table1">
> > > <tr><td> .
> > > </form>
> > > </body>
> > > </HTML>
> > >
> > > All of the javascript code for the grid control is generated within the
> > > <form> tags and it seems to work fine. Would SmartNavigation have[/color]
> > anything[color=darkred]
> > > to do with it? Is there any other way I can get at the field in this
> > > scenario?
> > >
> > > Thanks in advance,
> > > Denise[/color]
> >
> >
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