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How do I call an object/element/property when one or more of the names
are defined by a variable? I want to do something like this:

[var_window_name].document.getEl ementById("[var_id]").style.foo="b ar"

Am I missing something obvious, or is this not possible? And if not,
any suggested work-arounds?

Thanks!

Jul 23 '05 #1
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Zach wrote:
How do I call an object/element/property when one or more of the names
are defined by a variable? I want to do something like this:

[var_window_name].document.getEl ementById("[var_id]").style.foo="b ar"
window[var_window_name].document.getEl ementById(var_i d).style.foo.=b ar;

How you address var_window_name depends on what var_window_name refers
to though.
Am I missing something obvious, or is this not possible? And if not,
any suggested work-arounds?

Thanks!

--
Randy
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Answer:It destroys the order of the conversation
Question: Why?
Answer: Top-Posting.
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Jul 23 '05 #2
Ah, syntax. Amazing how much time I manage to waste misplacing
various brackets and quotes. I'm blaming the documentation ;)

Thanks for your help! That works perfectly for me.

-Zach

On Mon, 07 Mar 2005 04:41:15 -0500, Randy Webb
<Hi************ @aol.com> wrote:
Zach wrote:
How do I call an object/element/property when one or more of the names
are defined by a variable? I want to do something like this:

[var_window_name].document.getEl ementById("[var_id]").style.foo="b ar"


window[var_window_name].document.getEl ementById(var_i d).style.foo.=b ar;

How you address var_window_name depends on what var_window_name refers
to though.
Am I missing something obvious, or is this not possible? And if not,
any suggested work-arounds?

Thanks!


Jul 23 '05 #3

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