Special characters in form element names

[RobG]

I am creating form elements with names that I'd like to reflect th
Dublin Core metadata set, e.g. DC.Date, DC.Subject, etc.

However, when I use them with dots, it completely confuses JavaScript
e.g.

theFunction(doc ument.forms.for mName.elements. inputName)

doesn't work if 'inputName' is DC.Date, i.e.

theFunction(doc ument.forms.for mName.elements. DC.Date)

I've tried

theFunction(doc ument.forms.for mName.elements. 'DC.Date')

and

theFunction(doc ument.forms.for mName.elements. DC\.Date)

and also

var theName = 'DC.Date';
theFunction(doc ument.forms.for mName.elements. theName);

but all fail. Is there any way around this?

PS. Using form elements that match the DC standard names is very
handy for readability and when passing stuff back to the server


-
Rob

[Michael Winter]

Re: Special characters in form element names

On Sat, 21 Aug 2004 22:39:59 -0500, RobG
<RobG.1bdry1@ma il.forum4design ers.com> wrote:

[Accessing property names containing invalid characters]

Read the FAQ.

<URL:http://jibbering.com/faq/>

Mike

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[Mick White]

Re: Special characters in form element names

RobG wrote:[color=blue]
> I am creating form elements with names that I'd like to reflect the
> Dublin Core metadata set, e.g. DC.Date, DC.Subject, etc.
>
> However, when I use them with dots, it completely confuses JavaScript,
> e.g.
>
> theFunction(doc ument.forms.for mName.elements. inputName)[/color]

theFunction(doc ument.forms[formName].elements[inputName])

You can use some really nasty characters using this format....
Mick
[color=blue]
>
> doesn't work if 'inputName' is DC.Date, i.e.
>
> theFunction(doc ument.forms.for mName.elements. DC.Date)
>
> I've tried
>
> theFunction(doc ument.forms.for mName.elements. 'DC.Date')
>
> and
>
> theFunction(doc ument.forms.for mName.elements. DC\.Date)
>
> and also
>
> var theName = 'DC.Date';
> theFunction(doc ument.forms.for mName.elements. theName);
>
> but all fail. Is there any way around this?
>
> PS. Using form elements that match the DC standard names is very
> handy for readability and when passing stuff back to the server.
>
>
>
> --
> RobG
>[/color]