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From: Ben Bacarisse <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk>
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Subject: Re: Using getElementsByName on a DIV ?
Date: Wed, 27 Apr 2016 00:14:35 +0100
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"R.Wieser" <address@not.available> writes:
<snip>

>> I did: an example document with the code that does not work.
>
> You did ?    And I did not respond to that ?    Thats ... not good.
>
> But wait, I distincly remember having mentioned how I got a specific
> element, what the result was of using an "alert" box displaying the variable
> the objects reference was placed in, as well as the full command I used and
> the error I got when looking in FFs Javascript Console.    Thats all you
> should need to reproduce the problem, isn't it ?

Not always, no.  But that part of the thread was fine: I asked "can you
say more" and you did.  You said enough to explain the error --
getElementsByName is simply not a method of elements.

> Lets see .... Yes, there it is: In my third post in this thread, and even
> addressed at you, ben.
>
> Now I think of it, you do not seem to have mentioned anything in regard to
> (not) being able to reproduce the problem ...

But that problem was immediately explained -- getElementsByName is not a
method of elements but of documents.  Is that was you have been
discussing ever since -- that one incorrect method call?  I thought you
understood why it will not work.  My request for an example was not a
request to repeat that example.

If there is something else not working, please give an example document.

<snip>
-- 
Ben.