AJAX / Javascript Problem with Application Items

Question

Hi all. Another question which as been bugging me for a while and I cant find an answer on any of the Guru's examples.
This is what I am doing. I am setting an application item in an Application Proccess to either T or F.
I then need to do a IF statement in Javascript based on this result.
if (html_GetElement("SP_CHANGE1").value == 'T')
          alert("This is true, we should show the date"); }
else if (html_GetElement("SP_CHANGE1").value == 'F')
          alert("False"); }
SP_CHANGE1 is the application item. In session state (by clicking session application items etc) the correct result is displayed.
So my question is, very simply :) How do a get the application item? The html_GetElement etc dosnt seem to work.
Just a heads up. I have also tried setting a page item instead of an application item, and even though the result in session state is correct, I can see to do the condiditon because the page asnt submitted?
Anyway, thanks for your time.
Sam

Answer 1

Under topic "Application Item Tags" you will find the text:
Items followed by two asterisks (**) are available in stand-alone applications you build in LabVIEW.
And in the list that follows you can see that Options under Tools menu have two asterisks.
I have now changed my application so it uses a custom ini-file instead. In future programs I think I will do as you described. I just discovered that LV8 has new features for creating and configuring ini-files so that's probably how to do it.