How to create input element with name or change an input element's name?

[vincentshiu]

I need to dynamic create input element in some cases, and I use javascript to do that, like the following code:

....
var inputElement = document.createElement("input");
this.inputElement.name= "fieldName";
this.inputElement.type = "text";
this.inputElement.value = "somevalue";
....
 

and in some other place, I need to use JavaScript to access the value,
like :
document.forms[0]['fieldName'].value

The code works fine in FireFox,
but in IE(6), I found that the name of the inputElement is gone.
So I wrote some other script to change input element's name,
It still not work( but works in FireFox).
I have a input element in form, and use a button to trigger the following function

function create()
{
    alert("abc:" + document.forms[0]['abc'].value );
    document.forms[0]['abc'].setAttribute("name", "def");
    alert("def:" + document.forms[0]['def'] );
}
 

in FireFox, the name is changed, but in IE, the name is not changed, and 'def' is not exist in the form.

Are there any one know what's going on?

[gits]

hi ...

have a look at the links in this post ... it covers exactly your problem ;)

kind regards

[vincentshiu]

Thanks a lot. you really do me a big favor~~

[gits]

no problem ... post back to the forum in case you have more questions :)

kind regards