not getting clientid by using external js

[svibuk]

i have var mycontrol = <%=newcontrol.C lientId%>.id; in my aspx page
and i have an external .js file
but by uisng in this way i am not gettiing the clientid of the new control.
can anybody help

[Dormilich]

how is the asp (server side) and the javascript (client side) connected?

regards

[acoder]

You will most likely get an error with that code. The Client ID will be a string, but in JavaScript it will look like a variable name (which most likely doesn't exist), so add quotes around it:

var mycontrol = "<%=newcontrol.ClientId%>";