August 1999
Intermediate to advanced
1488 pages
72h 53m
English
text.name
The name property of an instance of a Text object returns the name of the text box. This property is often accessed via the elements array of a Form object and used to return the name of the text area. It is most useful when there are many forms on a given page, and determining the name helps you determine what function you want to perform.
This simple example has a single text box and button. The elements array of a Form object is used to retrieve the name and display it in an alert box. The result of running Listing 7.498 and clicking the button is shown in Figure 7.12.
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