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Re: Problem in other browsers than Internet Explorer

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"Ilya Shambat" <ibshambat@gmail.com> wrote in message 
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> I have code that works when I use Internet Explorer, but does not work
> when I use Mozilla Firefox.
>
> The code is
>
> var textpassed = document.getElementById(fieldname).value;
>
> where fieldname is the name of the field as defined in the document.
>
> Any other operations using similar code, such as
>
> alert ("In field " + document.getElementById(fieldname).name);
>
> returns valid results in Internet Explorer but not in Mozilla Firefox.
>
> Would anyone know the reasons for this, and is this possible to get
> around?
>

Just enclose fieldname with single quotes, that should do it...

var textpassed = document.getElementById('fieldname').value;

<input type="text" value="testing" id="fieldname">


Hope this helps

Andy 

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Problem in other browsers than Internet Explorer Ilya Shambat <ibshambat@gmail.com> - 2011-07-01 20:58 -0700
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  Re: Problem in other browsers than Internet Explorer "Andy" <andy@NOSPAMmanyplay.com> - 2011-07-02 08:31 +0100
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