Dynamic Option/Select with Internet Explorer

[chrisb19]

Hello all,

I'm trying to create dynamic options for a March Madness tournament that updates later rounds when someone selects a previous one. They work in Firefox but don't work in Internet Explorer.

Here's the code...

form_name = "re"+region+"_r"+round+"_g"+game;

if (document.forms['make_picks'].eval(form_name).options[slot].selected)
{
document.forms['make_picks'].eval(form_name).options[slot].value = team;
document.forms['make_picks'].eval(form_name).options[slot].text = '#'+team;
}

-form_name is the name of the particular select input for each game. Region, round, and game are all numbers that are input in the particular function I'm creating.
-This works great in Firefox. However, with IE, there is a problem with the eval(form_name) part.

Is there a better way to go about this?

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Chris

 

[BillyRayPreachersSon]

There certainly is - and because it doesn't use eval, it will be faster, too. Replace this:

if (document.forms['make_picks'].eval(form_name).options[slot].selected)
{
document.forms['make_picks'].eval(form_name).options[slot].value = team;
document.forms['make_picks'].eval(form_name).options[slot].text = '#'+team;
}

with this:

var frmEl = document.forms['make_picks'].elements[form_name];
if (frmEl.options[slot].selected) {
	frmEl.options[slot].value = team;
	frmEl.options[slot].text = '#' + team;
}

Hope this helps,
Dan

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[chrisb19]

Thanks for the help! The pool will now be a heck of a lot nastier.