active/x controls are not form elements, and thus are not form children, so
you cannot reference them from the form as you are trying.
try:
myControl = document.getElementById('hdnCustName'); // supply id attribute
on <object tag>
myControl = document.getElementByName('hdnCustName')[0]; // supply name
attribute on <object tag>
also active/x control are loaded async. they can be null until the onload
event fires. properties should not be accessed until readyState == 4, as the
object maynot be created or init until then.
so you normally do something like:
// loop until ready - burns cpu - should use setTimeout
myControl = null;
while (true)
{
myControl = document.getElementById('hdnCustName');
if (myControl && myControl .readyState == 4)
break
}
// can now access control (may never get here)
myControl.prop = ...
-- bruce (sqlwork.com)
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> Hopefully someone can help me because I am very confused. I need to write
> a
> javascript function to set the properties on an activeX control I wrote.
> For
> some reason though any javascript I write in my ASP.NET page can't fnd
> even
> the simplest control. Just for test I have the following code:
> function Test() {
> alert(document.Form1.hdnCustName.value);
> }
> Every time I run this function it throws an error saying
> document.Form1.hdnCustName.value is null or not an object. I've double
> checked the control name and even set the value of the control in the
> html.
> Nothing. I get a similar error if I use document.getElementById. Can
> anyone
> help me find what I might be missing? I've used similar and more complex
> code in the past and cannot figure out why this piece will not work.
>
> Thanks in advance
> Chris Smith
