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How to put a DIV tag around another tag in Javascript

1. I need to know how to put a div around a object on the page. I have <object></object> and I want it to be <div><object></object></div> from within javascript. It should work in IE and Moz and it should only put the div around the requested element.

Here is my javascript so far:

// get element on page. this element is in body tag with other elements after it
var myEl = document.getElementById("myElementID");

// create div to surround only the above element
var myDiv = document.createElement("div");
myDiv.style.position = "absolute";
myDiv.style.zIndex = 100;
// this works for IE and Mozilla
myDiv.style.left = 10+"px";
myDiv.style.top = 10+"px";
myDiv.style.height =400+"px";
myDiv.style.width = 300+"px";
myDiv.style.overflow = "auto";

// not sure what to do here...

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COBOLdinosaur

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omicronpersei8

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CobolD - i see that your answer could have worked had we had the chance to discuss it.
Zvonko - your solution worked. thank you. i appreciate the full example. it helps to show a full working example. cause then i know if something goes wrong in my project it's because i didn't implement it right.
superm401 - you're answer would have lead me to the final solution.
GwynforWeb - i appreciate that you provided another solution even though Zvonko provided a working solution. i like that you expressed your idea.

Zvonko

Thanks for the feedback omicronpersei8 .

superm401

I appreciate your generosity.