Acces Objects Using String Variable: Is it Possible?

[Himaxda0]

Is it possible to access Objects like (document.form1.textfield1) with
a string variable like (var obName='textfield1') and using
(document.form1.obName.value)?
Ive tried it in IE but the value in the obName is not cosidered as a
object name. Help PLZ..

 

[Ryan Stewart]

Is it possible to access Objects like (document.form1.textfield1) with
a string variable like (var obName='textfield1') and using
(document.form1.obName.value)?
Ive tried it in IE but the value in the obName is not cosidered as a
object name. Help PLZ..

See the FAQ which is posted here frequently or available here:
http://www.jibbering.com/faq/

 

[Lasse Reichstein Nielsen]

Is it possible to access Objects like (document.form1.textfield1) with
a string variable like (var obName='textfield1') and using
(document.form1.obName.value)?

Yes, except not like that. It's even in the FAQ:
<URL:http://jibbering.com/faq/index.html#FAQ4_39>

First of all, the safest way to access the form control is:
document.forms['form1'].elements['textfield1'].value
i.e., through the forms and elements collections. That also makes
it easier to access using a string or string variable:
document.forms['form1'].elements[obName].value


/L