Clearing the content of an input field

[Claus Mygind]

I get the following code to work in FireFox but not in IE v8

	document.getElementById('MyFile').value = ""

When I examine it in the IE debugger, I can see that the code appears correct because when I put a watch on the statement it returns the current value.

Why would this line then not clear out the content?

[JKing]

What kind of element is it? You may need to use innerHTML instead of value.

[Claus Mygind]

I tried innerHTML and that just created an error.

the field was just an <input type="file" />

[JKing]

Not sure, that original line works for me in both FF and IE8. Could you post the rest of your javascript?
Are there javascript errors in IE?

[acoder]

Try using reset instead. If that's going to be a problem, you could put the field in its own form.

There's a hack you could use where you replace the element with a new one either via DOM, or by refreshing the innerHTML (a proper hack).