Access HTMLB controll in Javascript

Question

Hi,
I am tring to access an HTMLB controll (InputField) from JavaScript, but having some problems...
I have created a DynPage and created an InputField: InputField inField = new InputField("inField");
Now, in the javascripts I am trying to access this InputField text with:
var txt = document.form.inField.value
but it does not work... I get a JavaScript error.
Any suggestion how to access the InputField from the JS? maybe with getElementByid?
Thanks in advance,
Aviad

Answer 1

Hi Aviad,
    Htmlb controls are not a direct reprsentation of html controls. The way to get hold of them is by following lines.
function validateField()
//htmlb_formid : this is automatically generated
//the following lines will get you the javascript function
//name to call to get hold of your input field
var funcName = htmlb_formid+"_getHtmlbElementId";
func = window[funcName];
//The funtion is called with id of the input field
//which returns the htmlb control object
var inputfield = eval(func("fname_input"));
//this will get you the value of inputfield
var inputString = inputfield.getValue().toString();
<b>Note: Make sure you set jsObjectNeeded = true for the htmlb control.</b>
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Message was edited by: Prakash  Singh