Javascript that works in every browser except FireFox

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pwaddles

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#34958 1-Jun-2009 20:22

Hi guys,

I've got an issue with a piece of Javascript that seems to work fine on IE, Opera and Google Chrome but wont work on firefox which alot of people seem to be using. The code is like this

document.all.FrameTypeValue.value = document.all.FrameType.value + "," + document.form1.FrameType.options[document.form1.FrameType.selectedIndex].text;

FrameTypeValue is a hidden field.

FrameType is a drop down box.

so Im trying to save to the FrameTypeValue field the value of the FrameType ddbox as well at the displayed text seperated by a comma. Its for an order form, where the value means something to us and the text means something to the customer. We use the info to create import files for our internal lab software.

Any help would be appreciated.

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Ragnor

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#220572 1-Jun-2009 20:55

document.all() is a non-standard way of accessing DOM elements. It was originally started by IE. Not all browsers will support it, especially modern/new versions etc.

"getElementById" is the standard way of getting a DOM element by ID, eg: document.getElementById("FrameTypeValue").value = etc

pwaddles

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#220578 1-Jun-2009 21:00

mate your a legend, I ended up using document.form1.FrameTypeValue etc... and it worked a treat, I would never of thought of document.all not being an available piece of code to use!! Thanks a million!!

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#220579 1-Jun-2009 21:03

Have a look at the jQuery library, it takes a lot of the pain out of writing cross browser javascript

http://jquery.com/