[thelist] a.b.variable.d

john at johnallsopp.co.uk john at johnallsopp.co.uk
Mon Mar 20 07:21:52 CST 2006


Hi

I want to create a ECMAScript function that will request some text and
then make that the new selection from a drop-down list of options. I'm
stuck on this bit:

function addField(pType, pFormName, pSelectName)

{

	newField = prompt ('New ' + pType);

	// set up select
	ind = document.pFormName.pSelectName.selectedIndex;
	alert (ind);
        // more stuff here

	return newField;

}

Obviously the pFormName won't be interpreted, it looks for it as a
literal.

I confess I'm not well practiced at ECMAScript, but I have looked
through my notes and can't find the answer to this: How do I get it to
look up the value that's been passed in?

If anyone feels on a roll, I then have the problem of adding the new
text to the selection but I'll work on that now ..

J



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