disabled input box bug????

[Tariq Ahmad]

hi,

i have a textbox into which i insert a value using
javascript and then disable (again using
javascript).

when i post the page back to itself and look at
the .Text property of the textbox it comes back
as blank!

any ideas please?

thnx.

t.

 

[Bhaskardeep Khaund]

Hi,

Its because, when u disable a text box, and u try to request its value it wont come. So instead of disabling it, make it readonly.

Regards,
Bhaskardeep Khaund
hi,

i have a textbox into which i insert a value using
javascript and then disable (again using
javascript).

when i post the page back to itself and look at
the .Text property of the textbox it comes back
as blank!

any ideas please?

thnx.

t.

 

[Tariq Ahmad]

ok, so how can i use javascript to make the
textbox readonly?

i will try: document.formname.textbox.readonly = true;

thanks for ur help.

t.

Hi,

Its because, when u disable a text box, and u try to request its value it
wont come. So instead of disabling it, make it readonly.

Regards,
Bhaskardeep Khaund
hi,

i have a textbox into which i insert a value using
javascript and then disable (again using
javascript).

when i post the page back to itself and look at
the .Text property of the textbox it comes back
as blank!

any ideas please?

thnx.

t.

 

[Munsifali Rashid]

You could also try:

document.formname.textbox.onkeydown = function x() { return false; };
document.formname.textbox.onkeyup = function x() { return false; };

Mun