[Javascript] Layer can't be accessed in IE

[Andrew Gibson]

Something like this?

   document.all["advance_search"].style.visibility = 'hidden'; 

> Hi all,
 > I have a page with layer, and a link to switch between one layer to the 
 > other. The link will run the javascript function that will 
 > change the layer 
 > to hide and visible. This works well with Netscape 4.7, but does 
 > not work 
 > in IE. How does one access the layer object in IE? any help will 
 > be greatly 
 > appreciated. The following is the simplified code.
 > 
 > Thanks.
 > Reuben D. Budiardja
 > -------------------------------
 > 
 > <SCRIPT>
 > function toSimpleSearch()
 >    {
 >    document.layers["advance_search"].visibility = 'hidden';
 >    document.layers["simple_search"].visibility = 'visible';
 >    }
 > function toAdvanceSearch()
 >    {
 >    document.layers["advance_search"].visibility = 'visible';
 >    document.layers["simple_search"].visibility = 'hidden';
 >    }
 > </SCRIPT>
 > 
 > 
 > <DIV id="simple_search" style="position:absolute; width:480px; 
 > height:1000px; z-index:1; left: 10px; top: 10px; visibility: visible">
 > <A HREF="javascript:toAdvanceSearch()">Advance Search</A>
 > <!-- HTML TABLE and FORM -->
 > </DIV>
 > 
 > <DIV id="advance_search" style="position:absolute; width:480px; 
 > height:1000px; z-index:1; left: 10px; top: 10px; visibility: hidden">
 > <A HREF="javascript:toSimpleSearch()">Simple Search</A>
 > <!-- HTML TABLE and FORM -->
 > </DIV>
 > 
 > 
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