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Add control using javascript

I would like to add a textbox control on a from using javascript. my code is below and my problem is i cant see the textbox i have created. what am i suppose to do to make it visible.
there are no errors generated.
 var txt5   = document.createElement ("input");
      txt5.setAttribute ('type', 'text');
      txt5.setAttribute ('id', name);
      txt5.value = "defValue";
      txt5.name  = "name";
      txt5.top = 25;
      txt5.left = 5
      txt5.width = 100;
      txt5.height = 100;
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Sorry forgot to add the parameter
<html>
<head>
<script language='javascript'>
function AddElement(elementName)
{
var txt5   = document.createElement ("input");
      txt5.setAttribute ('type', 'text');
      txt5.setAttribute ('id', elementName);
      txt5.value = "defValue";
      txt5.name  = elementName;
      txt5.style.top=25;
      txt5.style.left=5;
      txt5.style.width=100;
      txt5.style.height=100;
 document.body.appendChild(txt5);
}
</script>
</head>
<body>
<input type="button" value="add" onclick="AddElement('txtName')">
</body>
</html>

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Thanks guys but one last thing the txt5.style.top=5; and   txt5.style.left=5; properties are not working.
the textbox is written after everything else has been displayed(there is a table on the form and i wanted txt5 to be written inside the table)
i have tried to add a div and assign it ID DIVID and changed the add line to this:
 document.forms(0).DIVID.appendChild(txt5);
but i get an error that divid is null or not an object.
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Dawie de Villiers

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this didnt work either: document.forms(0).getElementById("DIVID").appendChild(txt5);
object does not support this property or method
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hi guys, i finally gto it to work, but the textbox just appears and disappears immediately.

 var txt5   = document.createElement("input");
      var di =document.getElementById("DIVID");
      txt5.setAttribute ('type', 'text');
      txt5.setAttribute ('id', "name");
      txt5.value = "defValue";
      txt5.name  = "name";
      txt5.style.top=5;
      txt5.style.left=5;
      txt5.style.width=100;
      txt5.style.height=100;
      di.appendChild(txt5);
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sunithnair
Are you having any style applied to the div for it to get dissappeared?
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no im not, here is the div property
                                        <div id="DIVID" style="width: 433px; height: 107px">
                                        </div>
its inside a table row(im not setting visible property to anyone control on the table )
below is the complete page 
<%@ Page Language="C#" AutoEventWireup="true" CodeFile="frmSearchGrid.aspx.cs" Inherits="frmSearchGrid" %>
 
<%@ Register Assembly="RadGrid.Net2" Namespace="Telerik.WebControls" TagPrefix="rad" %>
 
<%@ Register Assembly="RadInput.Net2" Namespace="Telerik.WebControls" TagPrefix="rad" %>
 
<%@ Register Assembly="Telerik.Web.UI" Namespace="Telerik.Web.UI" TagPrefix="telerik" %>
<%@ Register Assembly="System.Web.Extensions, Version=1.0.61025.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=31bf3856ad364e35"
    Namespace="System.Web.UI" TagPrefix="asp" %>
<script language ="javascript" type ="text/javascript" >
  function AddButon()
  { 
      var txt5   = document.createElement("input");
      var di =document.getElementById('DIVID');
      txt5.setAttribute ('type', 'text');
      txt5.setAttribute ('id', "name");
      txt5.value = "defValue";
      txt5.name  = "name";
      txt5.style.top=5;
      txt5.style.left=5;
      txt5.style.width=100;
      txt5.style.height=100;
      txt5.style.visibility = 'visible';
      var newdiv = document.createElement('div');
      //var divIdName = my+num+Div;
      newdiv.setAttribute('id',"divIdName");
      newdiv.appendChild(txt5);
      //newdiv.innerHTML = '<input type="text"  name="TextBox' + "txt5" + '" value="TextBox'+ "txt5" +'" >';
      di.appendChild(newdiv);
      alert(txt5.id);     
      //
      //newdiv.innerHTML = <input type=text  name=TextBox+num+ value=TextBox+num+ >;
  }
   function OpenGrid(txt2)
   {
    alert(txt2);
   }
</script>
 
<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" >
<head id="Head1" runat="server">
    <title>Search</title>
    <link href="../StyleSheets/StyleSheet.css" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" />    
</head>
<body enableviewstate="True" style="padding-right: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; margin: 0px; padding-top: 0px; clip: rect(0px 0px 0px 0px); width: 100%; height: 100%;">
    <form id="form1" runat="server">
        <asp:ScriptManager ID="ScriptManager1" runat="server">
        </asp:ScriptManager>
        <asp:UpdatePanel ID="UpdatePanel1" runat="server">
            <ContentTemplate>
        <table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="height: 95%; width: 100%; padding-right: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; margin: 0px; clip: rect(0px 0px 0px 0px); padding-top: 0px; background-color: #eef0f6;" border="0">
            <tr>
                <td class="Header" colspan="2" style="height: 30px">                    
                    <asp:Label ID="lblContacts" runat="server" Text="Search" ForeColor="White"></asp:Label>                    
                    </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
                <td style="vertical-align: top;">
                </td>
                <td style="padding-left: 10px; height: 40px; border-right: navy 1px solid; border-top: navy 1px solid; border-left: navy 1px solid; border-bottom: navy 1px solid;">
                    <TABLE style="padding-right: 0px; height: 80%;width: 100%; padding-left: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; margin: 0px; padding-top: 0px; background-color: #eef0f6;" cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=0 
border=0 id="tblView" runat="server"><TBODY><TR>
    <td colspan="4" style="padding-right: 5px; padding-left: 5px; font-weight: bold;
        font-size: 11px; padding-bottom: 5px; padding-top: 5px; font-family: tahoma; vertical-align: top; width: 100%; height: 90%;" rowspan="4">
        <table frame="void "
style="background-color: #eef0f6; width: 100%; height: 80%; padding-right: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; margin: 0px; clip: rect(0px 0px 0px 0px); padding-top: 0px;" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" border="0" id="MyTable">
            <tr>
                <td style="font-size: 11px; font-family: Tahoma; height: 4%">
                    <table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="table" style="height: 80%" id="MyTable">
                        <tr>
                            <td>
                                <asp:Label ID="lblLook" runat="server" Text="Look For:" style="font-weight: normal; font-size: 9pt; font-family: tahoma" ForeColor="Chocolate"></asp:Label></td>
                            <td>
                                <telerik:RadTextBox ID="tboSearch" runat="server" Width="260px" Skin="Outlook">
                                </telerik:RadTextBox></td>
                            <td>
                                <asp:Button ID="btnSearch" runat="server" Text="  Find  " OnClick="btnSearch_Click" Height="18px" Width="80px" style="font-size: 11px; font-family: tahoma" />
                                <asp:Button ID="btnRefresh" runat="server" Text="Refresh List" OnClick="btnRefresh_Click" Height="19px" Width="6px" style="font-size: 11px; font-family: tahoma" Visible="False" />
                                <asp:TextBox ID="tboLength" runat="server" Width="0px"></asp:TextBox></td>
                        </tr>
                    </table>
                </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
                <td style="font-size: 11px; font-family: Tahoma">
                </td>
            </tr>
                    <tr>
                        <td style="font-size: 11px; font-family: Tahoma;">
                            <hr />
                            </td>
                    </tr>
                    <tr>
                        <td>
                                        <div id="DIVID" style="width: 433px; height: 107px">
                                        </div>
                                    
                    <tr>
                        <td style="font-size: 11px; font-family: Tahoma;">
                            <table style="width: 100%; height: 90%;" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0">
                                <tr>
                                    <td style="height: 40px">
                                        <asp:Button ID="btnEdit" runat="server" Text="Edit" OnClick="btnEdit_Click" OnClientClick = "AddButon()" Width="70px" Height="20px" />
                                        <asp:Button ID="btnNew" runat="server" Text="New" Width="70px" OnClick="btnNew_Click" Height="20px" /></td>
                                    <td style="height: 40px">
                                        </td>
                                    <td style="height: 40px">
                                        <asp:TextBox ID="TextBox2" runat="server" Width="0px"></asp:TextBox>
                                    </td>
                                    <td style="height: 40px">
                                        <asp:TextBox ID="TextBox1" runat="server" Width="0px"></asp:TextBox></td>
                                </tr>
                                <tr>
                                    <td style="height: 1%" colspan="4"><hr/>
                                        <asp:GridView ID="rdgAccounts" runat="server" AutoGenerateColumns="False" OnRowDataBound="rdgAccounts_RowDataBound" AllowPaging="True" AllowSorting="True" OnRowCommand="rdgAccounts_RowCommand" OnPageIndexChanged="rdgAccounts_PageIndexChanged" OnRowEditing="rdgAccounts_RowEditing" OnSelectedIndexChanged="rdgAccounts_SelectedIndexChanged" OnPageIndexChanging="rdgAccounts_PageIndexChanging" OnSelectedIndexChanging="rdgAccounts_SelectedIndexChanging">
                                            <Columns>
                                                <asp:BoundField DataField="ID" />
                                                <asp:BoundField DataField="Name" />
                                                <asp:BoundField DataField="Date" />
                                                <asp:TemplateField>
                                                    <AlternatingItemTemplate>
                                                        <asp:TextBox ID="txt" runat="server" Text='<%# Eval("ID") %>' ></asp:TextBox>
                                                    </AlternatingItemTemplate>
                                                    <ItemTemplate>
                                                        <asp:TextBox ID="txt" runat="server" Text='<%# Eval("ID") %>'></asp:TextBox>
                                                    </ItemTemplate>
                                                </asp:TemplateField>
                                                <asp:CommandField ShowEditButton="True" />
                                            </Columns>
                                        </asp:GridView>
                                        </td>                                    
                                </tr>
                                <tr>
                                    <td>
                                    </td>
                                    <td>
                                    </td>
                                    <td style="width: 30%">
                                        &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
                                    </td>
                                    <td style="padding-right: 0px; padding-left: 60px" align ="right">
                                        &nbsp;<asp:Button ID="btnOk" runat="server" Text="OK" OnClientClick = "SaveToParent()" OnClick="btnOk_Click" Width="70px" Height="20px"/>
                                        <asp:Button ID="btnCancel" runat="server" Text="Cancel" OnClick="btnCancel_Click" Width="70px" Height="20px" /></td>
                                </tr>
                            </table>
                        </td>
                    </tr>
    <tr>
    </tr>
    <TR></TR>
    <tr>
    </tr>
</TBODY>
                </table>
                </td>
    </TR>
    </TABLE>
                    
                </td>
            </tr>
        </table>
            </ContentTemplate>
        </asp:UpdatePanel>
    </form>
</body>
</html>

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