Re: [WEB400] Javascript newbie problem

["Colin Williams" <colin.williams@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Ken,

arent you mixing up Java and Javascript?

cheers
Colin.W

----- Original Message -----
From: "Ken Slaugh" <ken.slaugh@xxxxxxxxxx>
To: "'Web Enabling the AS400 / iSeries'" <web400@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Sunday, January 04, 2004 7:15 PM
Subject: RE: [WEB400] Javascript newbie problem


>
>
>
> Rob wrote:
>
> >I had tried getElementsByName but without really understanding what it
did.
> >
> >I have now tried
> >
> >var e
> >e = document.getElementsByName('AFIELD.007-016')[0];
> >alert(e)
> >
> >The alert box displays
> >
> >    [object]
> >
> >rather than the name.
> >
> >Am I doing something wrong?
> >
> >Many thanks
> >
> >
> >Rob Dixon
> _______________________________________________
>
> Your use of getElementsByName is absolutely correct. As Joe stated in his
> reply, it returns the object.
>
> I don't, of course, know which tools you have been using but the terms
> 'Object Browser' and 'Man Pages' comes to mind... Here's some Man Pages:
>
>  The 'document' object...
> http://java.sun.com/j2se/1.4.2/docs/api/org/w3c/dom/Document.html
>
> On this page you should find the getElementsByName or some variation of
it.
> 'document.getElementsByName' returns an object.
>
>  This object is of a type 'element'...
> http://java.sun.com/j2se/1.4.2/docs/api/javax/swing/text/Element.html
>
> Take a look at the element object Man Page. Something like .getName is
what
> I think you are looking for, so alert(e.getName) may be your answer.
>
>
> Ken Slaugh (707) 795-1512 x118
> Chouinard & Myhre, Inc.
> http://www.cm-inc.com/
>
>
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