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Hi,

I have a problem to access a hidden field by javascript. The name of
the field has a dot in it. That's the problem. But I need that dot
because it is a "Stuts Property".
I'm using IE 6. This is my code:

<!--
function changeValue(myvalue) {
//works
document.forms[0].testProperty.value = myvalue;
alert('document.forms[0].testProperty.value='+document.forms[0].testProperty.value);
//doesn't work
//(javascript error:
//document.forms[0].dotted.prop is null or not an object)
document.forms[0].dotted.prop.value = myvalue;
alert('document.forms[0].dotted.prop.value='+document.forms[0].testProperty.value);
}
//-->

<form>
<input type="hidden" name="testProperty" value="">
<input type="hidden" name="dotted.prop" value="">
</form>

Any comments are appreciated.

Cheers,
Jan.

(Jan-Friedrich Mutter) writes:

> I have a problem to access a hidden field by javascript. The name of
> the field has a dot in it. That's the problem. But I need that dot
> because it is a "Stuts Property".

It is illegal HTML, so you should check again whether it is *really*
necessary.

> document.forms[0].dotted.prop.value = myvalue;

How to access properties with illegal names:
<URL:http://jibbering.com/faq/#FAQ4_25>
I.e.,
document.forms[0].elements["dotted.prop"].value

/L
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(Jan-Friedrich Mutter) writes:

> document.forms[0].dotted.prop.value = myvalue;
> alert('document.forms[0].dotted.prop.value='+document.forms[0].testProperty.value);

Use getElementById('dotted.prop')

"Tor Iver Wilhelmsen" <> wrote in
message news:...
<snip>
> Use getElementById('dotted.prop')

Do not use getElementById to access form elements with JavaScript. Use
the W3C HTML DOM level 2 specified document.forms collection to access
the form and access the element as either a named or indexed property of
either the form or the form's elements collection:-

document.forms[nameOrIndex].elements[nameOrIndex];

- complies with the latest W3C specification and is back-compatible with
_every_ JavaScript capable browser currently in use.

Richard.

Jan-Friedrich Mutter wrote:
> I have a problem to access a hidden field by javascript. The name of
> the field has a dot in it. That's the problem. But I need that dot
> because it is a "Stuts Property".

In general, it's best not to post JavaScript questions to
comp.lang.java.* groups. Java and JavaScript are not the same.
Followups are set.

> I'm using IE 6. This is my code:
>
> <!--
> function changeValue(myvalue) {
> //works
> document.forms[0].testProperty.value = myvalue;
> alert('document.forms[0].testProperty.value='+document.forms[0].testProperty.value);
> //doesn't work
> //(javascript error:
> //document.forms[0].dotted.prop is null or not an object)
> document.forms[0].dotted.prop.value = myvalue;
> alert('document.forms[0].dotted.prop.value='+document.forms[0].testProperty.value);
> }
> //-->

Try:

(document.forms[0])["dotted.prop"].value = myvalue;

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