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help accessing objects

Hello,

I have the following code (see below).

Why is it that if i try to access objActiveX using inline C# asp.net code,
(the       <% string s = "Original Text";)

, it doesn't work. i get this:
'System.Web.UI.HtmlControls.HtmlForm' does not contain a definition for 'objActiveX'

but the 2nd example (using Javascript), does?

I need a way to access it using C# instead of Javascript. Does anyone know a solution?

Thanks,

code######################

<form runat="server" id="mainform">
            <OBJECT id="objActiveX" height="1" width="1"
                        classid="bin/ActiveX.dll#mynamespace.cwdActiveXClass"
                        VIEWASTEXT>
                  </OBJECT>
                  <%
string s = "Original Text";
mainform.objActiveX.strModifiableString = s;
Response.Write(s);
                  %>

                  <script language="javascript">
       var a = mainform.objActiveX.modifyword();
       document.write(a);
       </script>
</form>

appari

try adding runat="server" to the object declaration

alexthecodepoet

ASKER

that wouldn't make sense, as the object is supposed to be run client side, since its an activeX component.

plus, that doesn't work

alexthecodepoet

ASKER

i got it to work by doing this:

void Page_Load(object s, EventArgs e)
{
hiddenSessionID.Value = Session.SessionID.ToString();
}

<input id="hiddenSessionID" value="hello world" runat="server" />
       <script type="text/javascript" language="javascript">
mainform.objActiveX.strModifiableString = document.getElementById("hiddenSessionID").value;
       var a = mainform.objActiveX.modifyword();
       document.write(a);
       </script>

so basically, i use the hidden input field as an inbetween layer for javascript and C# to talk..

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