Thanks. That works well. I didn't see that in my documentation: ClientReferenceJS13.pdf. :) But hey, I'll take anything that's clear, simple, and works.
-David -----Original Message----- From: news [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of news.gmane.org Sent: Wednesday, September 10, 2003 3:24 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: javascript with struts nested fields? Why don't you use just formName["order.program"] ? "David G Friedman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message news:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > In an html page, is there a way to reference a nested form variable without > using array subscripts? > > In the web page the client sees, it gets the below: > > <input type="text" name="order.program" value="108"> > > I want a pop-up calendar window button next to it that populates that field > with the selected date. When I switched from "program" to a nested field > named "order.program", it broke. The "program" can be referenced by > "formName.program" but the nested one causes javascript errors trying to > reference it as "fornName.order.program". I don't want to use > fornName.elements[XXX] since any changes to the page layout might reorder > fields and change those array subscripts, making development very messy. > Any suggestions? I tried formName."order.program" but it gave out > Javascript errors. > > I've already checked some Javascript 1.1 developer and reference guides from > Netscape and didn't find anything suggesting how to do it this way. > > Thanks for any suggestions, > David --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
