Accessing the selected value in a combo box

[KingKen]

I have the task of adding a value to a textbox based on the selected value in a combo box. The trouble is, I cant seem to access the selected content in the combo box so as to store it in a variable, then compare it in a switch statement, in order to write the required output to the text box.


Here is the code i am using

function EnterUserID()
{
  var Name=document.MyForm.txtPerformedBy.value;
  switch (Name)
  {
     case (Name="Keniemoka"):
         document.MyForm.txtUserID.value="19";
     break
     
     case (Name="Caludech"):
         document.MyForm.txtUserID.value="24";
     break
     
     case (Name="Harrichandrahp"):
         document.MyForm.txtUserID.value="25";
     break
     
     case (Name="Adelah"):
         document.MyForm.txtUserID.value="26";
     break
     
     case (Name="Francisff"):
         document.MyForm.txtUserID.value="2";
     break
     
     case (Name="Christophercr"):
         document.MyForm.txtUserID.value="11";
     break
     
     case (Name="msm"):
         document.MyForm.txtUserID.value="12";
     break

     default:
         document.MyForm.txtUserID.value=Name;

     break
  }
}

when execuiting this code i am being posted to default which prints the last name in the combo list.

[gits]

fix the wrong usage of the switch statement ... have a look at the following example:

[CODE=javascript]switch (Name) {
case "Keniemoka" :
//your code
break;
}[/CODE]
kind regards

[mrhoo]

If the options have values, just pass the value.

(most browsers will return the selected value without fishing for it-
document.MyForm .txtUserID.valu e= document.MyForm .txtPerformedBy .value

Or for older browsers:

function EnterUserID(){	
var who=document.MyForm.txtPerformedBy;
document.MyForm.txtUserID.value= who.options[who.selectedIndex].value;
}

Your html option values are what get submitted, not the text

<select name="txtPerfor medBy" size="1" onchange="Enter UserID">
<option value="19">Calu dech</option>
<option value="24">Harr ichandrahp</option>
</select>

[KingKen]

thanks guys I got through.
with the information that you gave me i realized that i was doing things the hard way and change my function to the following.

function EnterUserID(SourceFieldID,y)
{
  var Name=document.getElementById(SourceFieldID).value;
  
  if (Name=="")
  {
      alert ("Please select a valid entry");
  }
  document.getElementById(y).value=Name;
}

you can tell by this that i am a novis but thanks to you i feel like a geek

thanks also for the tip on the syntax errors in the switch i cant say that i didn't learn something and it just might come in handy some day soon.