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Adding OPTION Objects to a SELECT form element in IE5

I've got two fairly standard functions written (one in javascript and on in vbscript) to add options to select form elements. The problem is that in IE5 neither properly assigns the 'value' for the option. The description and the option work otherwise.

Has the 'value' simply been ignored for the option in IE5, is this a bug? can anybody provide an explaination or solution to this?

<SCRIPT language='JavaScript'>

function jvAddToList( objSelect, strText , strValue)
{
var newopt = new Option(strText);
newopt.Value = strValue;
newopt.selected = true;
objSelect.options[objSelect.options.length] = newopt;
}

</script>

<SCRIPT LANGUAGE=VBScript>

Sub vbAddToList(objLst, strDesc, strVal)
      Dim objElement

      Set objElement = document.createElement("OPTION")
      ObjElement.text = strDesc
      ObjElement.value = strVal

      objLst.add(objElement)
End Sub

</Script>

TTom

Don't know if this constitutes an answer, but my reference material says:

"An option object can be created and added to a select object's options[] array, thereby adding a new item to that select field. To add a new item to "selectName", use the general construction:

document.formName.selectName.options[index] = new Option("textToDisplay", "value", "defaultSelected", "selected")

(NB: "'s in the above construct are MINE)

The latter two options have values of 0 = false or 1 = true.

The JS option seems to be simpler than you are making it; not sure about VBS. Don't really know why your function would not work, but...

HTH,

Tom

vbWhiz

ASKER

I don't think you completely understand the dilemma. This is code that has been time tested and proven to work (In IE4). I just installed IE5 on my work computer here and suddenly my scripts were exhibiting strange behavior. I traced it to this problem. IE5 doesn't set the value of the option. I'll try the simpler-to-look at method but I have my doubts because these other methods currently don't work in IE5.

vbWhiz

ASKER

Wow...

Wow...

TTom, your suggestion worked. I'm not sure why though...

Anyway go ahead and lock the question to get your well-deserved points!

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vbWhiz

ASKER

Yeah, either somebody forgot to write the property let routine for the .value property (I can still retrieve the value, just not set it) or they decided it was no longer important to include.

Either way, including it in the function works great.

Thanks a bunch.

vbWhiz

TTom

Most welcome!

Tom