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Javascript Question please!

Boohoo , I'm having an issue, have a look at this:

<body>
<v:obj id="1" o:spt="142">
</body>

Question is, how on earth do you access the o:spt value through javascript? that just a normal html body tag...i can get the obj element through the id, but cant get at the o:spt bit.

Please help, I've hit a brick wall with this and cant move on.

Thanks.

SCDMETA

Try this:

      function showIt() {
            var xobj
            xobj = document.getElementById("1");
            window.alert(xobj.getAttribute('o:spt'));
      }

alanc5

ASKER

"value is null or not an object" or just plain "null" :o(

here's the complete test page:

<HTML
xmlns:v="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:vml"
xmlns:o="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office"
>
<HEAD>
      <META http-equiv="Content-Type" CONTENT="text/html; CHARSET=iso-8859-1">
      <TITLE></TITLE>
      <STYLE>
            P{ margin: 0px; }
            v\:* {behavior:url(#default#VML);}
            o\:* {behavior:url(#default#VML);}
            w\:* {behavior:url(#default#VML);}
      </STYLE>

</HEAD>
<BODY>

      <v:shapetype id="1" coordsize="" o:spt="142" adj="" path=""></v:shapetype>

<script>
      var el=document.getElementById("1");
      alert(el.getAttribute("o:spt"));
</script>
</BODY>

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SCDMETA

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alanc5

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yeah thats what's causing me the heartache...but without that line the rest of the program falls over :o/

I cant think why that would cause that to happen.

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aratani

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alanc5

ASKER

Thanks for trying guys, no matter what I try there's no way to modify that parameter and I cant check out the schema. According to MS its read/write, but that's obviously not the case.

Hope you dont mind me splitting the points.

Regards,
Al

aratani

Yeah, well it says in the reference, the attribute is used internally whatever that means.

AJ