Server control textbox values at runtime

[CylonLove4Life]

I'm working on a ASP.NET page and have a porb:

I have a textbox whose value I should pick and send as a parameter to a JavaScript function.

The JS function will subsequently open a new window and pass the value on to the new window for processing.

How do I get the value in the textbox at runtime? I tried document.getElementByID, but since the text box is a server control, this method doesntm work.

Note: I cant make the textbox a plain HTML control for various reasons

 

[ca8msm]

You should still be able to access server controls in javascript in exactly the same way.

Ther other alternative is to add the javascript function server-side by using Attributes.Add

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[CylonLove4Life]

But my textbox's id becomes scrambled by the server. SO I can't access it by using

document.getElementByID

because e_txtbx beacomes _ctl7:e_txtbx or something like that.

Is there some other way?

 

[ca8msm]

because e_txtbx beacomes _ctl7:e_txtbx or something like that.

So it's not just a standatd Textbox on a page then? Is it part of a DataGrid or something similar?

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[CylonLove4Life]

ca8msm,

I understand from your reply that if its a plain webserver textbox control then the id shouldnt get scrambled.

I need to cross check whats happening in my code and come back, the app architecture is complex.

 

[ca8msm]

Yes thats correct - If you just drop a TextBox on a form the id will remain the same - it's only if that TextBox is part of a control that means it will be repeated, that the id gets automatically assigned.

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